Lexus Engineers鈥?Attention To Details Is Amazing

Lexus Engineers鈥?Attention To Details Is Amazing

There are many reasons why the IS 250 is a much anticipated junior executive from Lexus. Firstly, it is not a secret that Toyota Motor Corp. BMW 325i primarily and even for that matter, the Mercedes-Benz C230 V6. Secondly, it is one of the rare Japanese sedan of this class to have a front-engine/rear wheel drive layout. Last but not the least its premium pricing versus once again, the other Teutonic junior execs. Hallmark of any Lexus is the 'dead' silence experience of refinement. I must say the IS 250 cabin must be one of the quietest around, possibly even better than the GS300. The 2.5 V6 is just as sonically muted, picking up revs with sheer smoothness and finesse. Pleasantly torquey too for a normally aspirated motor. I can safely vouch for the lower decibels of rolling noise from the Bridgestones here, as opposed to the Yokohamas shod on its elder brethren, the GS300. Deserving a compulsory mention is the superbly pliant and comfortable suspension of the IS despite its shorter wheelbase relative to the GS. In the IS250 everything just felt so well-oiled, silent and refined in execution. Lexus engineers鈥?attention to details is amazing, an example being the extendable padded door pockets with a water bottle holder. It was a short drive and it will be unfair to pass a verdict on the IS鈥?handling. While the steering is accurate with just-adequate feel, the initial impression was that the rack weighting was more on the lighter side, as sampled on a few occasions at three digit velocities. Tracking stability is acceptable but the overall feedback from the chassis and suspension is perhaps a little soft and light. All for the goodness of ride comfort and super compliant damping I guess.

Ferrari 250. Honestly, some of the stuff here is just nonsense. The Lambo is the only good good looking cr on the list. My first car was a 1959 Chevy Belair. My second car was a 1955 Ford with moon rims. I would love to have both of them in my driveway now. Fruitypastles - I would totally agree with you about the Gullwing, the original is a stunning car and if I had chosen the list then it would have been in there, I promise! However, this list was created by Classic and Sports Car Magazine so all blame falls on them! 300 sl gullwing came out in 1954 and if you just look at the shape of the body and imagining it rolling down a street in 1954! It must have looked like it had dropped from outer space when people saw this car! 1954 would have probably been confronted by a crowd of people questioning him where he could have possibly got this car from! I might add the Alfa-Romeo 8C Competizione to the list.

That car is truly exquisite. That Bentley is my favourite! I think this is killer information about most beautiful car lovers like me. And I am really thank ful for it to blog owner. Nice collection you got going on there. I prefer Yenko, Camaro's more but hey any classic car is awesome. Check out my site its mainly on Donald Yenko but its got some info about camaros. I especially liked the Jag having owned one but it was quite a gas guzzlers even before the gas wars. Wow, "a few" Veloce's! The Ferrari's do have terrible wiring/ Yeah I heard the muria wasn;t that great to drive, and suffered from bad brakes and worse over-heating! I have owned and loved a few alfa Romeo Veloce's despite some pretty nasty design faults the early Veloce are a lovely drivers car with sleek bodywork by Bertone. Nice list from the mag, but have real doubts that they drove the Ferrari or know much about it. I have driven and repaired several, and a more overrated pile of junk has never been made. The worst wiring and electrical system in the world! Even worse than the Veloce, which is saying something. The Miura is truly horrible to drive. They are, however very nice to look at. That they are Lee. Yeah I'd take the Miura too, syunning cars!

The route south from Seattle to Yakima, Washington, winds through the Mount Rainier National Park. Streams and valleys bracket the road, the scenery changes from green to brown, and Mount Rainier stands majestically in the distance, snow-capped even in September. The 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class is a lovely car for this scenic drive and a step up in every way from the current 鈥渂aby Benz,鈥?the CLA-Class, except perhaps, in looks. The A-Class owes its combination of sporty dynamics and ride comfort to the mistakes of the CLA. 鈥淭he CLA was flawed from the start,鈥?a Mercedes chassis development engineer tells us. He鈥檒l go nameless here because he probably wants to keep his job, but he further explains that Mercedes aimed for sportiness in the CLA at the expense of ride quality. The previous A-Class, which was offered as a hatchback and never sold in the U.S., was too stodgy, so Mercedes engineers erred in the opposite direction for the swoopier CLA. As a result, the CLA is fun to drive as long as the roads are glass smooth, but the ride becomes buckboard hard when the road turns rough.