Thread: Toyota challenges Porsche with Lexus IS F - The Japan Times
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Old 10-05-2007, 01:29 PM
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In all fairness... the 8-speed DSG on the IS-F sounds insane.

edit: No longer sure if it's a DSG, in Toyota's press release they call it a "Direct Sport Shift" that shifts within a 10th of a second, but then goes on to say it has a lockup torque converter, meaning it's no different than the standard tiptronic and probably not as performance tuned, but with more gears.
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