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| Lexus GS F-Sport variant. (Lexus) |
The IS F was published in 2008 and is still in the program: five-liter, 311 kW/423 hp, 0 - 100 in 4.8 seconds, top speed 270 km / h (electronically limited). The whole daily, and packed in the normal IS-body. At most, the large wheels, the rear spoiler and the small 8-shaped dual exhaust pipes reveal the potency. And the price: 70,600 euros - twice as much as the basic model IS 250th
Romp even more, the engineers were the Lexus LFA. Without regard to series production such as the IS-F, they developed a cockpit made of carbon fiber plastic, powered by a V-ten-cylinder 4.8-liter, speeds up to 9000 rev / min and 412 kW/560 hp. It accelerates the 1500 kg vehicle predominant in 3.7 seconds from zero to 100 h and a maximum of up to 325 km / 500 copies of the LFA were built by hand and immediately sold - 50 of which amplified again with "Nürburgring performance package". Test driver Akira Iida lapped so the famous Eifel-course in 7 minutes and 14 seconds. In Germany were sold out of the 500 LFA specimens 16, for 375,000 euros each round, one with Nürburgring performance.
Competition for A6 and 5 Series
The GS Sport version has a variable suspension and sporty design elements. The nearly five-meter mid-size sedan has recently appeared in a new form, it should again be an alternative such as the Audi A6 and the BMW 5 Series. They have to be as a GS 250 with 2.5-liter V6 engine. (154 kW/209 hp) and the GS 450h with 3.5-liter petrol plus electric motor, total output 254 kW/345 hp The prices are € 45,200 for the GS 250 and 54,750 euros for the GS 450h, for F Sport will be (including a comprehensive feature set and the GS 450h, including rear-wheel steering) is called each about 15,000 euros more.
Third model with F-Sport emblem is the recently revised in some details RX. It is an SUV, much like the VW Touareg, the Volvo XC90 or the Mercedes ML to have a RX 350 with 3.5-liter petrol engine (204 kW/277 hp) and RX 450h as with the same V6 engine plus two electric motors. The second provides for the four-wheel drive at the rear axle. The system output is 220 kW/299 hp, the standard consumption is specified at 6.3 l/145 g of CO2. The F Sport trim level does not differ in the drive, but in details such as the tighter suspension with transverse dampers front and rear and an independent diamond-shaped "Diabolo" grill. The base prices be 53,150 euro for the RX 350 and 59,950 for the RX 450h, supplement F Sport: round 10,000 and 13,000 euros.
The modifications introduced in the 2011 CT 200h compact sedan at the sports model are limited to a firmer suspension with horizontal dampers front and visual changes such as the bumpers, side skirts and the grill. The system performance of the hybrid (100 kW/136 hp), the driving values and the consumption (3.8 l/87 g) do not change, the price increases by 34,430 euros to 5,000 euros good.
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