{"id":4844,"date":"2022-07-07T10:57:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T14:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/?p=4844"},"modified":"2022-07-07T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:01:03","slug":"the-exhilarating-lexus-is-500-performance%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/?p=4844","title":{"rendered":"The Exhilarating Lexus IS 500 Performance\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had an exhilarating and breathtaking experience spending a week with the Lexus IS 500 F performance. It is a V8 compact luxury sports sedan that makes 472 horsepower and 395-pound feet of torque. I spent a lot of time driving on I-270 West and on I-70 through the beautiful hills in Western Maryland. I drove on I-81 in Appalachia in West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seeing the beautiful scenery and hearing the rich throaty exhaust note was healing. The IS-500F performance goes from 0 to 60 in 4.4 seconds according to Lexus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The paddle shifter was great. With the eight-speed automatic, I was able to downshift and upshift going through the mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pleasure was mine. The model I drove was red. There are a lot of safety features. It also had paddle shifters and was mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. I loved the 10.3-inch high-resolution touchscreen. I was able to listen to the music I made with the music department at Carnegie Mellon University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I listened to my song Paradise<\/a> on the 17-speaker Mark Levinson system with 7.1 surround sound. The sound system was heavenly. It also has Apple CarPlay integration. The Lexus IS 500 F performance gets an EPA-rated 25 miles per gallon on the highway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Though my concern was not on fuel economy as I spent my week also driving around the Washington metropolitan area on I-495. I was really into the handling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It just felt tight, taught, and very responsive. It was exhilarating to drive. Overall the Lexus IS 500 Performance is one of the best compact performance sedans on the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The base price on The Lexus IS 500 F performance is $57,575. Visit www.Lexus.com<\/a>\u00a0 for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had an exhilarating and breathtaking experience spending a week with the Lexus IS 500 F performance. It is a V8 compact luxury sports sedan […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-07-07T14:57:40Z","apple_news_api_id":"48ce0302-1d93-4283-9053-15ba1f2c43d4","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-07-07T15:01:15Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ASM4DAh2TQoOQUxW6HyxD1A","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"GENERAL","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/531a6d19-0134-4eda-b747-7c5b0a2c3300"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,27,13,28],"tags":[580,70,180,179,93,83,231,188,84],"class_list":["post-4844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cars","category-must-have-item","category-review","category-test-drive","tag-580","tag-design","tag-is","tag-lexus","tag-luxury","tag-performance","tag-sedan","tag-style","tag-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t