2021 Lexus IS 350 F Sport
Lexus IS 350 Details
V6, 3.5L
Caviar
AWD
Gasoline
42,813 Miles
Flare Red w/Black
BT18168A
JTHGZ1B28M5043632
NuLuxe leatherette
F Sport
Estimated Payment
$0 / month
About This 2021 Lexus IS 350
Equipment
The leather seats in this vehicle are a must for buyers looking for comfort, durability, and style. Our dealership has already run the CARFAX report and it is clean. A clean CARFAX is a great asset for resale value in the future. The state of the art park assist system will guide you easily into any spot. This vehicle offers Android Auto for seamless smartphone integration. Good News! This certified CARFAX 1-owner vehicle has only had one owner before you. It enhances safety with a blind spot monitor, alerting drivers to potential dangers in adjacent lanes. This vehicle offers Apple CarPlay for seamless connectivity. It is pure luxury with a heated steering wheel. Protect this vehicle from unwanted accidents with a cutting edge backup camera system. The vehicle keeps you comfortable with Auto Climate. This small car features a hands-free Bluetooth phone system. The satellite radio system in this small car gives you access to hundreds of nation-wide radio stations with a clear digital signal.
Packages
Accessory Package: Carpet Trunk Mat; Wheel Bolt Locks; Cargo Net; Key Gloves. Moonroof. Intuitive Park Assist with Auto Braking. Carpet Trunk Mat. Wheel Bolt Locks. Cargo Net. Key Gloves. **Equipment listed is based on original vehicle build and subject to change. Please confirm the accuracy of the included equipment by calling the dealer prior to purchase.**
The leather seats in this vehicle are a must for buyers looking for comfort, durability, and style. Our dealership has already run the CARFAX report and it is clean. A clean CARFAX is a great asset for resale value in the future. The state of the art park assist system will guide you easily into any spot. This vehicle offers Android Auto for seamless smartphone integration. Good News! This certified CARFAX 1-owner vehicle has only had one owner before you. It enhances safety with a blind spot monitor, alerting drivers to potential dangers in adjacent lanes. This vehicle offers Apple CarPlay for seamless connectivity. It is pure luxury with a heated steering wheel. Protect this vehicle from unwanted accidents with a cutting edge backup camera system. The vehicle keeps you comfortable with Auto Climate. This small car features a hands-free Bluetooth phone system. The satellite radio system in this small car gives you access to hundreds of nation-wide radio stations with a clear digital signal.
Packages
Accessory Package: Carpet Trunk Mat; Wheel Bolt Locks; Cargo Net; Key Gloves. Moonroof. Intuitive Park Assist with Auto Braking. Carpet Trunk Mat. Wheel Bolt Locks. Cargo Net. Key Gloves. **Equipment listed is based on original vehicle build and subject to change. Please confirm the accuracy of the included equipment by calling the dealer prior to purchase.**
Features & Options
- Accessory Package: Carpet Trunk Mat; Wheel Bolt Locks; Cargo Net; Key Gloves
- Moonroof
- Intuitive Park Assist with Auto Braking
- Carpet Trunk Mat
- Wheel Bolt Locks
- Cargo Net
- Key Gloves
- Apple CarPlay/Android Auto smart device mirroring
- Enhanced Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) hands-on cruise control
- Pre-Collision System (PCS) w/Pedestrian Detection
- Enform Wi-Fi (complimentary 4 GB trial for 3 months) mobile hotspot internet access
- Rear mounted camera
- Lane Departure Alert (LDA) with Steering Assist
- Rear Cross Traffic Braking collision mitigation
- All-Speed Dynamic Radar Cruise Control
- Brake assist system
- Cruise control with steering wheel mounted controls
- Enform Remote (3-year trial subscription included) smart device engine start control
- Ventilated driver and front passenger seats
- Heated steering wheel
- Heated driver and front passenger seats
- NuLuxe leatherette front seat upholstery
- Primary monitor touchscreen
- First-row sliding and tilting glass sunroof with express open/close activation sunshade
- Driver seat power reclining
- lumbar support
- cushion tilt
- fore/aft control and height adjustable control
- 3.5L V-6 port/direct injection
- DOHC
- VVT-i variable valve control
- premium unleaded
- engine with 311HP
- Lexus Safety System+ 2.5 forward collision mitigation with left turn assist
- Vehicle Sway Warning driver attention alert
- Road Sign Assist (RSA)
- SmartAccess with hands-free access and push button start
- Keyfob window control
- Keyfob sunroof/convertible roof control
- Automatic brake hold
- Bluetooth wireless audio streaming
- Blind Spot Monitor (BSM)
- Dual-zone front climate control
- Intelligent High Beam auto high-beam headlights
- Immobilizer
- Vehicle tracker
- Pioneer speakers
- Lexus Enform w/Safety Connect vehicle integrated emergency SOS system
- Bluetooth handsfree wireless device connectivity
- AM/FM/HD/Satellite radio
- External memory control
- Digital/analog instrumentation display
- Configurable instrumentation gauges
- Electronic stability control system
- Hill start assist
- Automatic climate control
- Intuitive Parking Assist front and rear parking sensors
- LED daytime running lights
- LED brake lights
- Rain detecting wipers
- LED front fog lights
- Leather and metal-look steering wheel
- Sport ride suspension
- Manual rear child safety door locks
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2021 Lexus IS 350 F Sport Review
My first go around in this current generation ES was 2 years ago when Lexus last redesigned it. I really embraced the changes but ultimately decided that the hybrid powertrain was simply not for me. Well now, Lexus is offering the ES with all-wheel drive for the first time but unfortunately they’ve paired it with the wrong engine.This car costs $53,555…about 3 grand less than a base Audi A6. And for that Lexus gives you a 203 horsepower all-wheel drive midsize sedan with F SPORT touches such as a sport-tuned suspension and a red faux leather interior. Prior to this model year, ES gas-only models were exclusively V6 powered and front wheel drive. But now, you can spec one with a RAV4 engine – the only way to get an ES with all-wheel drive. Weighing 90 pounds more and producing 83 pound-feet of torque less obviously results in much slower acceleration, adding 2 seconds to this car’s 0-to-60mph time of 8.6 seconds. How slow is that exactly? A Mitsu Outlander Sport will leave it in the dust. But the ES is one of the maturest cars Lexus sells and the over 60 crowd doesn’t necessarily crave speed anyway. So maybe this paring is acceptable? But with an F SPORT badge? Now things are getting silly.
Just to make it clear, I like the ES… but not like this. With the 4-cylinder engine, this has to be the slowest luxury car I’ve ever driven and I’m not one that believes everything has to be a sports sedan; far from it. I love cushy, smooth rides and quiet cabins. But this here is a mistake and putting the F SPORT badge on it is an insult to the letter F and the word Sport. So just make sure the numbers after your ES begin with a 3 and not a 2.
This is not a torque vectoring all-wheel drive system so it can’t apportion power between the rear wheels to improve handling but it can direct up to 50% to the rear wheels when accelerating from a start or after there’s slippage at the front wheels. There’s also a disconnect feature for when it’s not needed that benefits mileage earning this car a noteworthy 25mpg city/34mpg highway on regular nevertheless. A set of excellent, 19” Michelin Primacy MXM4 all-season tires complete the contact.
The interior is spectacular – big kudos to Lexus for this gorgeous cabin. And it’s quiet and spacious and easy to use…after recently using Acura’s touchpad I’m starting to warm up to this one a little more. But as for life from behind the wheel, I can’t find much F SPORT. It’s sedate and deliberate and perfect for your grandparents.
F SPORT is more of an image than performance anyhow and that’s best displayed in here with specific materials and touches that imbue this car with some racier attitude. The sport gauges with the slide out are very cool, the bolstered heated and cooled seats feel great and automatically activate, the head-up display is cockeyed but large and informative, the 17-speaker Mark Levinson, 1,800 watt surround sound system provides rich audio and cool grilles, there’s an F SPORT heated steering wheel and a fast-response cabin heater and a wireless charger in the center console but no way to wirelessly project your phone so this mess is still necessary. My car also has embedded navigation for the touchpad-controlled infotainment, triple beam LED headlamps, a trunk with kick sensor and a power rear sunshade so this one is definitely loaded. There’s a neat dual stage front cupholder, a pair of USB ports in the legroom friendly rear seats and a high mounted drive mode selector that brings you to Eco, Normal or Sport. You’ve got adaptive cruise control with steering assist too but no 360 degree camera.
The firmer suspension tune and lateral dampers work in concert to approve stability and agility while adding ride comfort and lower NVH levels. It’s a solid, confident ride in the Lexus vein that has proven very capable on snowy roads and can hold its own on the curvy ones. As the driver, the control is palpable. But playing with the 8-speed’s paddle shifters just isn’t much fun because this car simply lacks the oomph to make it so.
The ES F SPORT is an attractive, conservatively styled car with a little extra flair that when V6-powered can make for a worthy luxury companion. But this particular build is an oddity that’s better left on the showroom.