I'm still glad I bought an RS4...

I let a friend who bought an IS-F drive my car. His words: "Man, I should've bought one of these."

 

you've got yourself one of the best looking cars, I like the B7 RS4 a lot.

 

I really dislike the stacked quad tips in the rear. The car seems kind of boring to me, and I've always been a Lexus IS fan, it was my first car out of college.

 

+1 on the exhausts. That Ferrari followed suit with the California blows my mind. Does anyone actually fall for that look? The Lexus does look a lot more composed and aggressive in real life but IMO it doesn't hold a candle to the M3 or RS4.

 

Rear tailpipes = LOL

 

Yeah, I don't like it at all. Remember when we walked by one in Båstad? It was the first time I saw one, and I had to lol at the rear exhausts
It could have been a lot better...

 

After much seat time in the IS-F and M3 I really can say Lexus did a great job. An M3 is directly a drivers car all day long but can get annoying on the daily. The IS-F above 3500RPMs turns into a little bull dog, delete the resonators and it sounds like one too. Not to mention in a straight the IS-F will pull ahead by a little which is also very surprising for Lexus's first crack at this sports sedan thing. In the twisties the M3 will run away but the F is nothing to sneeze at, it holds on well. Swap out the stock tires for wider ones and try it again. Just my .02s