Many people misunderstood the Lexus IS500 and its V8. But today it could represent an interesting used car buy.

Lexus has finally revealed the secret V8 car it has been working on. It's not called the IS F this time around, though. All new for 2022, it's now called the IS 500 F Sport. I have a problem with that ...

You always know when you’re doing something for the first time, but you almost never know when you’ll be doing it for the last. When it comes to driving the 2024 Lexus IS500 F Sport Performance, ...

Stuffing a 5.0-liter V8 engine under the hood of a smallish sedan sounds like a recipe for plenty of fun, and the prospect of just such a machine from Japan keeps Toyota and Lexus enthusiasts up at ...

The Lexus IS 500 is the last compact V8 sedan standing in the US market, but its days are numbered. Due to be discontinued in November 2025, the Lexus IS range and the IS 500 F Sport Performance ...

The IS500 F Sport Performance carves its own path in a very crowded space, shared with the Cadillac CT5-V, Audi S4, BMW M340i, and Mercedes C43, providing a naturally aspirated V8, rear wheel drive ...

Lexus has announced the introduction of the "IS500 F Sport Performance," equipped with a 5.0-liter V8 engine, to the Japanese market. The IS, born in 1999 as a compact FR sports sedan, is now set to ...

Our time in the IS500's passenger seat was brief, and, in all honesty, merely confirmed the simplistic assertion that an IS350 F Sport with a V-8 behaves much like, well, an IS350 F Sport with a V-8.

The Lexus IS 500 F Sport Performance is the first IS with a V8 engine since the IS F’s departure back in 2014. And while it won’t be officially released until the fall, Kirk Kreifels gives us another ...

Subsequent to the unveiling of the 2021 IS in mid-June, Lexus appears to be interested in expanding the lineup with an all-new variant. According to the USPTO’s (United States Patent and Trademark ...

We can always count on Nihon Car & Bike to keep us abreast of the goings on in Japan, and its latest scoop is what we think are official shots and specs of the forthcoming Lexus IS500. While these ...