The hardest thing to describe when reviewing the 2009 Lexus IS F is how I will cook the crow I have to eat.

Like many auto journalists, I was so busy drooling over the BMW M3 and Nissan GT-R at the AJAC Car of the Year testing last month that the IS F sat unloved like an ugly girl at a dance. Then it got mavericky and won Sports Performance Over $50,000.

At a price of $64,450, it was a solid 20 grand cheaper than the version of the M3 and nearly $30,000 cheaper than the GT-R competing at TestFest. If the IS F can put a smile on your face and save you 20 to 30 Gs, why not surrender?

“Okay – when you get some open road, just hammer it and wait till you hear it,” was the advice of a fellow auto journalist at TestFest. So many of us needed to catch up and drive it, we had to lug each other around on the buddy system.

It was great advice, though. The IS F is so unLexus-like; at hammer time a deep moan punches through the stratosphere thanks to the work of the exhaust tuners.

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Or watch Video fo the 2009 lexus IS here.

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Dino Delellis says ” most definitely an interesting car”. One that most would have no problem taking for a ride on the track.

You know like this.

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And a little eye-candy … Guys keep your eyes on the cars, you know there in there somewhere, lol

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