Lexus IS 500 Spy Shot Video

vladinecko · 12-01-2006, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ksfrogman

I didn't see any signs that matched.

i did

(first pic is E93, second IS)

vladinecko · 12-01-2006, 06:09 PM

by the way, i wanted to find if the track would appear in other videos too (that would probably raise some questions about their authenticity) but they require a pretty extensive registration (cell phone number is a required field) so i just passed...

canucklion · 12-01-2006, 06:12 PM

did any of you noticed that a M5 was chasing the IS500? it's at the 1:51 mark

JO3 · 12-02-2006, 01:24 AM

I heard some throttle blipping on some of the downshifts... could it be? A manual transmission?!?!

That would be a good sign for lexus...

maq · 12-03-2006, 11:19 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

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Originally Posted by vladinecko

by the way, i wanted to find if the track would appear in other videos too (that would probably raise some questions about their authenticity) but they require a pretty extensive registration (cell phone number is a required field) so i just passed...

If you haven't figured it out yet, the track is Nurburgring Nordschleife, where a lot of car manufacturers run test laps all year long. It's world's biggest car spy video/photo venue.

maq · 12-03-2006, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JO3

I heard some throttle blipping on some of the downshifts... could it be? A manual transmission?!?!

That would be a good sign for lexus...

The current generation paddle shift squential gearboxes blip the throttle automatically on downshifts. The throttle blipping on the Lexus sounds "artificial" to me.

ksfrogman · 12-13-2006, 10:17 AM

Here's another video on the IS-F I seem to have missed:

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

ChineseGuy · 12-13-2006, 06:45 PM

i don't think the IS-F would be any competion to the new M3 in a track....the new GTR would be a challenge though

i wonder if the old M3 can catch up with the IS-F

JO3 · 12-17-2006, 02:09 AM

"Paddle shift 8-speed automatic, the sole gearbox...."

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