There Is More to the Lexus IS350 Than Just Reliability - 2021 Lexus IS350 F Sport Review

Everyone knows Lexus as being one of the leaders in making reliable cars, but what about making fun cars? That's something we haven't seen much of from the premium version of the Toyota giant. Is it possible that the new IS350 F Sport breaks that mold? On this episode, we find out.

#fsport #lexus #is350

Chapters:
0:00​ Introduction
0:15​ Exterior
1:25​ Interior
4:55​ Driving Impressions

[Soh]

With Lexus you know what you’re getting. It will not be cutting edge technology, but it will be something that works for 250, 000 miles and not ask its owner for anything except for gas, tires, oil, and brake pads. But the IS is also very fun to drive and absolutely stunning in person. I think if you want an everyday daily driver and have a long commute, the IS is the car for you.

[stereoheadmtl]

After watching over 20 reviews on this car----looking at current was the most informative and best POV!

[ryb]

Take this over everything in its class stunning car.

[boboutelama]

Let's admitting it guys.
Lexus is killing it.
When every car builder is moving away from sportscar, and especially form sedans.
When Mercedes and Volvo are moving away from 6 cylinder to four.
When BMW is mellowing more and more their cars for making them more SUV-like and introducing horrible chinese design choices in their brand signature.
When the few remaining sport options are insanly powerful and so expensive that nobody can buy them anymore.
Lexus still offer enthousiast cars with enough horsepower to enjoy them, and improved handling and chassis behavior.

[reggiey]

This guys knows what he’s talking about. No bias thoughts towards this car at all

[andym]

Finally someone who doesn’t bash it for being “outdated”. I have an ES350 right now and while I love the car I’d much rather have one of these. Unfortunately my wallet doesn’t agree with me right now but hopefully by the time I have 200k on the ES I will be able to get one of these!

[elusivellama]

You absolutely nailed the review. The IS350 is a do it all luxury car with enough sports car DNA to be fun and reliable, without being too harsh or unforgiving. For 95% of your daily commute, you're not carving through the canyons or running 0 - 60 around town, and it excels at that. So it is even more surprising that it handles as well as it does, with a naturally aspirated V6 for the throttle response, powerband and sound. Now with the IS500 on the way, there are no more excuses that anybody can make because it'll be a reliable, powerful, livable daily driver with impeccable build quality.

Regarding your comment about RWD - up here in Canada, we get the IS350 AWD only (RWD used to be offered years ago), because AWD + winter tires will rip through the snow like its not there. It works very, very well and it'll kill any FWD or RWD car in terms of traction in slick or snowy road conditions. However I'm slowly convincing myself that the 2UR-GSE is good enough that I could make do with RWD and winter tires...

[Richard_Fouts]

I drove an IS350 when I took my ES in for service and now I'm hooked. So agile, nimble, and very responsive. Super-fun to drive. Amazing sound system and the NA engine is simpler in design, easier to maintain, and more reliable than other engines.

[salmanddj]

Just went from BMW 535 to Lexus GS 350, more then enough for everyday use and soo much Fun with reliability !!!

[DLPTonyATL]

Totally dig the POV vid, keep it up! I have a '16 350 FSport...just waiting for the IS500 to come out. Hopefully it'll be a V8!

[pope]

the lexus is just a straight rock solid daily driver.Just an overall better car than any of its competitor.

[genesismedia]

I love the design of that Lexus !!! it looks very good

[EatSleepDrive]

If you were curious about that {!} light on the dashboard, one of my tires was a PSI too low. No this Lexus wasn't broken, that's impossible...

[beny.]

This man knows what he’s talking about.

[terrynguyen]

I bought 2023 Lexus IS350. I love this car. I highly recommend it.

[SamanShirani-qv]

I saw a great deal of reviews for this particular car and this was the best. Thanks for the amazing, honest review.

[asifalimirza]

I love the IS350! I have a 2010 IS350 Sport with F-Sport sway bars and rear chassis brace, F-Sport intake, RC-F LCA bushings, ISF steering ecu as well as slotted & drilled rotors and I've done this same canyon as your doing in this video! It's a fun car that's extremely reliable! Because they are so reliable and don't change much (a good thing to me) Lexus is a car you should only buy used

[apallo.]

i love the point you made about this being a great only car because that's absolutely true. if you don't have a dedicated race car, luxury car, and daily driver, this strikes a balance between all of those really well. it's not gonna beat a m3 off the line, the ride isn't smoother than an S class (probably not even better than a C class depending who you ask), and it's not *quite* as cheap to maintain as say a corolla or civic. but you can toss it around a canyon corner, the interior is super nice and it rides over rough roads surprisingly well, and it won't break the bank or require a stupid amount of labor to fix. AND you'll still see these on the roads in 20 years with 300k miles on the dash. if you're looking for a car that isn't the best at anything but is pretty good at everything this doesn't have much competition in its class.

[curtydbikes]

So good! Thank you for being the one reviewer than reviewed the RWD model! Great review!

[robertog]

Can't wait for the new F trims paired with this beautiful design 😁