North Vancouver, British Columbia - To get an idea of how satisfied Lexus engineers and designers are with their flagship sport luxury sedan, consider the only change to the 2009 IS F over the 2008 model: a standard Smart Key card. That’s it.
No minor, let alone major, tweaks of suspension bits. No tinkering with the refined yet ground-shaking 5.0-litre V8 power plant. No shaving of the already slippery tuner-inspired silhouette. Just a new key.
I was only a day — actually about an hour — into my week-long test of the 2009 IS F, when it became clear why those perfection-seeking engineers would, albeit reluctantly, keep their hands off every aspect of their creation: it’s already perfect
No minor, let alone major, tweaks of suspension bits. No tinkering with the refined yet ground-shaking 5.0-litre V8 power plant. No shaving of the already slippery tuner-inspired silhouette. Just a new key.
I was only a day — actually about an hour — into my week-long test of the 2009 IS F, when it became clear why those perfection-seeking engineers would, albeit reluctantly, keep their hands off every aspect of their creation: it’s already perfect
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