Before I test-drive a car, I always make a coffee and spend a half-hour reading over as much of the technical jargon and engineering notes I’m able to find on it. As a purebred geek, I love this sort of reading-but it also shows me what goes into these cars, so I can give you a better sense of what you’ll get out of them, in real life conditions.
In my reading on the new Lexus IS 300 in the days leading up to this story, I noticed plenty of information and notes from the designers and engineers elaborating on how they sweat all manner of detail, large and small, to make this latest version of their four-door luxury sport sedan bar-none the smoothest and most responsive car that it could be.
Targeted structural reinforcement and lightening of components down to the very lug-nuts on the wheels were part of the package. Extensively validated suspension systems, isolators, and steering tuning help give the IS 300 a distinctive feel on the road. Here, the full brunt of Lexus’s Japanese engineering is deployed towards an all-out attack on unwanted vibrations, noises. sensations and feedback from the car.
These efforts are so extensive, they’ve even got a name: the Lexus Driving Signature.
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