The IS500 Ultimate Edition therefore receives the regular IS500 F Sport Performance's 5.0-liter V-8 with no notes. We don't have any, either. So, buyers can look forward to 472 hp, 395 lb-ft of ...

It's lived a long and fruitful life, but sadly this 5.0-liter sports sedan is soon to join its discontinued competitors.

IS500 is still comfort king, but Blackwing has a few features that the Lexus doesn’t. While both have adaptive suspension, it’s the Cadillac that changes more dramatically between settings.

The 2022 Lexus IS500 F Sport receives fenders elongated to match the repositioned radiator, and a 2.0-inch hood bump lets a surprisingly handsome intake manifold breathe, and, uh, that's mostly it.

It’s a manual gearbox and an estate version shy of on-paper perfection. Today has been more difficult than most, for Lexus has just revealed the IS500 ‘Performance Launch Edition’.

The Lexus IS500 F Sport Performance isn't the quickest or most powerful compact sport sedan, but I love that it exists. It's here at a time when the auto industry is moving away from cars like this.

With the 2022 IS500 F Sport Performance, the brand has reached into its catalog of hits and pulled out the more-than-decade-old, still-amazing 5.0-liter V-8 that debuted in the IS F (and continues ...

It is, instead, an IS500, the first member of Lexus's newly minted F Sport Performance tier. It, therefore, lives between the largely style-driven F Sport level and full-blown F efforts, such as ...

There are no turbos under the IS500's hood. What is under there is closely related to the IS F's 5.0-liter V-8 from a decade ago. The engine—shared with the RC F —now produces 472 horsepower ...

IS500-exclusive aesthetic parts include lighter, 19-inch Enkei wheels, a small lip spoiler, darker window trim, and a more aggressive rear diffuser that houses stacked quad exhaust tips.

Curiously enough, the IS500 was expected to debut with the 2021 refresh, so rumors of its appearance on the menu have been around for months. Ultimately, Lexus chose to keep the IS300 and IS350 ...