The M3 is my back up if the v does not become a reality for me. Either because the base price is too high or I can't get one within the time frame that I need it in.
I actually LOVE the new M3 (more importantly so does the wife)...but I prefer the sedan variety...
Although I don't care for the large nose on the car, the fake exhaust tips is what gets me to laugh. Just seems a cheap touch to a car not so cheap. However an IS-F will be smoking stock and slightly modded Gen 1 CTS-Vs. So you can tell the owner his car is ugly, but they'll just laugh at the folks they're leaving behind.
The fake exhaust tips are functional.
Even the IS350 is keeping up with C6 Corvettes with very light modifications. Up to about 80mph, anyway.
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Even the IS350 is keeping up with C6 Corvettes with very light modifications. Up to about 80mph, anyway.
And who told you this? Having had serveral encounters with IS350's and owning a C6 myself, this is not accurate. Your definition of "very light modifications" must be way different than mine.
An is350 traps at about 100mph stock. That = a severe a$$ kicking by a C6. They are mid to lhigh 5 second 0-60 which also= severe a$$ kicking by a C6. What kind of "very light modifications" are you talking about?
Direct from the Car and Driver road test on an'08 Lexus IS F - "For its first F (there’ll be more, rest assured) Lexus presents a V-8 sledgehammer that hurls to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds—fleeter by 0.1 second than an ’08 M3 coupe [December 2007]—is still straining the reins at its 172-mph speed governor, stops from 70 mph in 159 feet, and generates 0.92 g on the skidpad. "
The 2008 C6 they tested in September - "The new Vette runs from 0 to 60 mph in 4.0 seconds and clears the quarter-mile in 12.4 seconds at 116 mph. "
That sure looks like the Lexus IS F will give the Corvette a run for it's money, but the 6 banger won't be in the same schoolyard even with a few mods.
And who told you this? Having had serveral encounters with IS350's and owning a C6 myself, this is not accurate. Your definition of "very light modifications" must be way different than mine.
An is350 traps at about 100mph stock. That = a severe a$$ kicking by a C6. They are mid to lhigh 5 second 0-60 which also= severe a$$ kicking by a C6. What kind of "very light modifications" are you talking about?
Did you read the thread? It references a thread on a lexus board where a guy said his is350 kept up with a C5. There was another person in a thread that said he kept up with a C6. Every person on that board(corvette board) called BS. IS-F, yes it could keep up. Still loose, but keep up. IS350 will get smoked.....period. C6's average trap is between 112 and 115. IS350 is around 100. If you have ever raced and seen the difference in car lengths in two cars that trap 10 to 15mph different, then you would know that is a sound beating.
That sure looks like the Lexus IS F will give the Corvette a run for it's money, but the 6 banger won't be in the same schoolyard even with a few mods.
I agree completely. An IS-F is a very fast car. IS350 is not in the same league. Not even close
