Lexus IS: 1st Generation

Not every day you get to see a souped 700hp Lexus IS engine blow up (make sure to turn the sound down, loud rap music ahead):

Not sure on the full story, but I can't help but think whoever made this video of must have wanted to rub it in -- either that or it was the owner.

(I wonder if it was this IS?)

Normally, I wouldn't post a video like this, but the insane power of this car needs to be shared. (Funny thing is, at lower speeds, it still managed to retain its Lexus characteristics.)

I wouldn't call this a Lexus video necessarily, but this sped up footage by Flickr user sullivan1985 featuring an IS 300 is still pretty cool:

(Direct link to video)

Reminds me of this scene from movie Ghost Dog:

(As a sidenote, I've wanted to post that Ghost Dog clip since I started this site.)

Ignoring everything that could have went wrong, this video of a Lexus IS 300 drifting 180° into a garage is just the thing for a Friday afternoon:

Really though, that's a perfect setup, how could you not try that if you had a driveway like that?

Ken Brown, who spends his days photographing coachbuilt classics for the Blackhawk Museum in California, managed to squeeze in a shoot with a coworker's IS 300:

Just wonderful, makes the car look like a diecast model, but it doesn't even touch the other photos in Ken's Flickr Stream. The '57 Mercedes SL300 is fantastic, but my favorite has to be the Bentley Badge. Brilliant.

This black & white photo, by Flickr user toyangel immediately caught my attention because of the perfectly captured wheels, looking exceptionally crisp. From my own experiments, it's difficult to photograph a car-in-motion, and this photo does a fantastic job of just that.