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Top Gear: IS-F vs. ///M3 Sedan

It is well known that Jeremy Clarkson is no fan of the Roundel. Maybe he has just been a closet fan and is now out of the closet. Finally in Top Gear’s 12th season he lets his true feelings out in a comparison of the E90 M3 versus the Lexus IS-F.

“The Lexus does a lot of things brilliantly. But the BMW… that does everything brilliantly. In the past you’d have to be a cock to buy one; now though, you’re a cock if you don’t. Cocks are now driving Audis and dorks are driving Lexus.”

Lap times: M3= 1:25.3 which is faster than a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, Porsche 997 C2S, Porsche Cayman S, BMW M5, and Aston Martin DB9 to name just a few!

IS-F= 1:26.9 not too bad but not an ///M3

Written By: Michael

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Manzancene Dec 1st, 2008 Link

hahahahahhaha!! great! i’m just going to watch the full episode now! =D Cheers!

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JonPD Dec 1st, 2008 Link

I put the IS-F into the same place I put the GTR, at the end of the day they still look like Japanese cars, which are all so similar design concepts that I get lost in the mediocrity of the design. Glad to see Jeremy come around on the new M3 it is quite a car and by sound alone one of the best notes to date from BMW.

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Primo135 Dec 1st, 2008 Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gV0Q-gh8Yw

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Liam Dec 1st, 2008 Link

Given the IS-F exists, I can see exactly why BMW have made an M3 sedan. Doesn’t make it look right though.

The lap times from both saloons were damn impressive though.

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Ham Dec 1st, 2008 Link

M3 still reigns supreme!

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illegalprelude Dec 2nd, 2008 Link

wow. most amazing quote in a long time

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TMQ Dec 2nd, 2008 Link

Clarkson is very entertaining.

I wonder what justifies his comments about Audi. Is it because Audi seems to offer better designs?

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illegalprelude Dec 2nd, 2008 Link

Here is what Audi offers. Spamming its car in every single Hollywood movie that is not sponsored by GM

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