[Eshan Joshi]

Toyota’s luxury division has shared with Lexus Enthusiast a mysterious teaser image of a new performance car, but without providing any details regarding its identity.

All we have is this sole image depicting what looks like a carbon fiber engine cover with F Sport badging, so what could it be?

Yes, there is a somewhat wild rumor indicating Lexus is planning to introduce no fewer than three F models later this year with V8s, but this isn’t one of them. Our money is on an IS500 seeing as how the company applied for this trademark on June 25, 2020 in the United States. We’ve now checked the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website where "IS500" appears with a publication date of November 10, 2020.

While Best Car Web’s report claims the fully fledged IS F will use the familiar 2UR-GSE 5.0L V8, logic tells us an IS500 F Sport would pack six-cylinder power. It could be a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 with a significant bump in output over the 311 hp and 280 lb-ft (380 Nm) of torque available in today’s naturally aspirated IS 350.

The hotter variant with forced induction would allow Lexus to rival the likes of BMW M340i, Audi S4, and Mercedes-AMG C43. The six-cylinder is rated at 416 hp and 442 lb-ft (600 Nm) in the flagship LS500 sedan, but it remains to be seen whether the smaller IS will have access to its full force.

For more:
https://www.motor1.com/news/488062/n...-sport-teaser/

[Venkatesh]

2022 Lexus IS 500 F Sport Performance revealed.

https://youtu.be/TXlzDdyR1js

The 2022 Lexus IS500 features a naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V-8 with 472 hp and 395 pound-feet of torque

Lexus says that the IS500 will get to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds.

The IS500 appears to be the spiritual successor to the IS F but is called an F Sport Performance model this time around

The 2022 IS500 will go on sale in the U.S. this fall.

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[Venkatesh]

Lexus teases a Special IS 500 F Sport Performance, will be revealed on March 19.

Lexus introduced the IS 500 F Sport Performance last month and it appears the model is about to gain a special edition.

https://youtu.be/dQtyN38QbOM

[Venkatesh]

Lexus IS 500 F Sport Performance Launch Edition debuts in Incognito Colour and is limited to 500 units

The IS 500 F Sport Performance has the same naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8 that makes 472 horsepower (352 kilowatts) at 7,100 rpm and 395 pound-feet (535.5 Newton-meters) of torque at 4,800 revs. An eight-speed automatic sends the output to the rear wheels.

Lexus estimates the V8 model reaches 60 miles per hour in 4.5 seconds.

The IS 500 F Sport Performance comes standard with the Dynamic Handling Package that includes an adaptive suspension and Torsen limited-slip differential.

https://youtu.be/4k7ihZ2nHEQ

https://youtu.be/I4F8mOV0uv8

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