Lexus IS 500 Spy Shot Video

ksfrogman · 11-29-2006, 08:50 PM

IS500/IS-F update:

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=118182

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/autoexp...us_is_500.html

Sure sounds like a V8 as it chases down that minivan in the video.

just4kickz · 11-29-2006, 09:04 PM

i want one

Carnage · 11-29-2006, 09:40 PM

It sounded good but looked a tad bit unsteady in some of those corners.

E90Boy · 11-29-2006, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by matsarge

It sounded good but looked a tad bit unsteady in some of those corners.

+1

aapriadi · 11-29-2006, 10:16 PM

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/autoexp...issan_gtr.html

maq · 11-30-2006, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by matsarge

It sounded good but looked a tad bit unsteady in some of those corners.

What do you mean by "unsteady"? Care to elaborate?

ksfrogman · 11-30-2006, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by aapriadi

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/autoexp...issan_gtr.html

I was looking for that video earlier today. Saw it at a friend's place.

Sounds like a jet.

Carnage · 11-30-2006, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by maq

What do you mean by "unsteady"? Care to elaborate?

watch the video, it speaks for itself. In a couple of the turns you can see the car wobble in a way that's shows the car wasn't "dialed in". I'm willing to bet the guy driving it was fighting the car alot on the turns to keep things steady.

NaTuReB0Y · 11-30-2006, 12:34 AM

Greeney · 11-30-2006, 12:40 AM

I love how the first thing the GT-R does is pass an e90.

maq · 11-30-2006, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by matsarge

watch the video, it speaks for itself. In a couple of the turns you can see the car wobble in a way that's shows the car wasn't "dialed in". I'm willing to bet the guy driving it was fighting the car alot on the turns to keep things steady.

It showed a tad bit of oversteer exiting a corner at 44 sec, that's all the unsteady I can see. The guy probably got on the throttle a little too soon.

I didn't really see what the driver was fighting with. It looked pretty neutral, and judging by the excessive tire squeal on turn-in, perhaps a bit on the understeer side. The "wobble" you described is the car reacting to the bumps on the track, which I think were soaked up by the suspension pretty well (the wheels moved up and down, but the body didn't). I did a few laps there in an E46 M3 in 2003, and in our homemade video, the way it handled those bumps looked just like that Lexus.

The Lexus did however show more body roll than I expected from a "performance sedan", but then again it's no real sports car.

treublue · 11-30-2006, 01:53 AM

Lol notice how the Minivan was in front of the Lexus

jojogargoles · 11-30-2006, 02:11 AM

nice catch for that LINK!

E91 Dude · 11-30-2006, 04:05 AM

Wow. The only other sneak peeks of the GT-R that I've seen before were teaser/speculation pics. The track video was a nice surprise.

John · 11-30-2006, 06:58 AM

that should be some good competition for our m3

ynotony · 11-30-2006, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by John

that should be some good competition for our m3

you mean should be competition for our m3. who said anything about "good"?

herbz · 12-01-2006, 10:36 AM

great, another non exciting luxury car with too much power for the chassis to handle. gj lexus. :yawn:

vladinecko · 12-01-2006, 10:59 AM

is it just me or this "spy" video was shot on the exact racetrack as the E93 "spy" video and some other videos that came from that same site?? hmm...

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/autoexp...w_3series.html

ksfrogman · 12-01-2006, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by vladinecko

is it just me or this "spy" video was shot on the exact racetrack as the E93 "spy" video and some other videos that came from that same site?? hmm...

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/autoexp...w_3series.html

That's hard to say. Could be?

They look very similar in many regards with the forest, the railing, the chalked off track, but I didn't see any signs that matched.

sstarch1 · 12-01-2006, 12:04 PM

Put a V8 in a IS250 and understeer will result.

herbz · 12-01-2006, 05:28 PM

lol i just watched it again and realized the v8 lexus cant pass a honda odyssey

NaViT · 12-01-2006, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by herbz

lol i just watched it again and realized the v8 lexus cant pass a honda odyssey

lol ah man!

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