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Originally Posted by M3_WC

It was more than a 2~3 second gap.


http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/.../photo_16.html


I guess it is now on par with a C63 around a track, not the M3.

Fuji is a track that will produce a time of around 2 minutes in something like the IS-F, it's of similar length to that of the Hockenheim GP course which with the IS-F takes 2:04.45, if what Lexus are say is true and on a roughly 2 minute lap the improved IS-F will shed 2 seconds then that would mean a lap time of 2:02.45 which is remarkably similar to the E90 M3 at 2:02.71.

Hopefully you can see my point now.

Though to put it frankly I don't understand some of the defence comments on this forum, what is exactly wrong with another competitor's car being as good as an M3, there is a lot more an just performance to the decision process, well it is for me anyway.