Lexus IS-F CCS-R Pikes Peak Shakedown Video
The highly modified Lexus IS-F CCS-R is set to take on the famous Pikes Peak hill climb race to the clouds, and ahead of the big day the team has been doing some shakedown runs.
Lucky for us, the one of those runs has been captured on video, showing the light-weight Lexus climb the 156 corner track, accelerating from an altitude of 9,300 feet to 14,110 feet.
The car itself, while making the factory 416 hp from its 5.0-liter V8, has been extensively modified to weight just 3,087 lbs – almost 700 lbs less than the production version.
Watch the shakedown run video below, plus check out the bonus video of just how amazing the IS-F CCS-R’s V8 engine sounds.
The Pikes Peak International Hill climb takes place July 8th.
GALLERY: Lexus IS-F CCS-R
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With AutoGuide from its launch, Colum previously acted as Editor-in-Chief of Modified Luxury & Exotics magazine where he became a certifiable car snob driving supercars like the Koenigsegg CCX and racing down the autobahn in anything over 500 hp. He has won numerous automotive journalism awards including the Best Video Journalism Award in 2014 and 2015 from the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). Colum founded Geared Content Studios, VerticalScope's in-house branded content division and works to find ways to integrate brands organically into content.
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