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===F marque=== {{Further-text|[[Lexus F]] and [[Lexus F#F Sport|Lexus F-Sport]]}} [[File:Lexus F-division logo.png|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Lexus F]] marque emblem|alt=Logo in the shape of the letter 'F'.]] Lexus produces its highest-performance models under its F marque division.<ref name=F/> The name refers to Flagship and [[Fuji Speedway]] in Japan, whose first corner, 27R, inspired the shape of the "''F''" emblem.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/EE775C71EC94A9A5CA257300001FC985 |title=IS-F, TRD power-plays |date=21 June 2007 |publisher=GoAuto |last1=Pettendy |first1=Marton |last2=Martin |first2=Terry |access-date=27 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906221018/https://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/EE775C71EC94A9A5CA257300001FC985 |archive-date=6 September 2008}}</ref> F marque models are developed by the Lexus Vehicle Performance Development Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.automotorevue.cz/auto/svezli-jsme-se/lexus-is-f-japonsky-expres.html|title=Lexus IS F-Japonský expres|work=Automotorevue|access-date=1 October 2010|date=28 June 2008|language=cs|archive-date=7 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007064809/http://www.automotorevue.cz/auto/svezli-jsme-se/lexus-is-f-japonsky-expres.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The first F marque model, the IS F, went on sale in 2007, followed by the LFA in 2009.<ref name=bwl/> A related [[Lexus F#F Sport|F-Sport]] performance trim level and factory-sanctioned accessory line is available for standard Lexus models such as the IS 250 and IS 350.<ref name="Ramsey"/> The F-Sport trim level commonly includes cosmetic upgrades to the exterior and interior, and in some vehicles, mechanical upgrades such as an adaptive variable suspension.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.autoweek.com/drives/a1934296/2014-lexus-drive-review/|title=2014 Lexus IS drive review|last=Vettraino|first=J.P.|access-date=24 May 2021|date=24 March 2013|newspaper=AutoWeek|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525202103/https://www.autoweek.com/drives/a1934296/2014-lexus-drive-review/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.automobilemag.com/news/2013-lexus-ls-first-look/|title=First Look: 2013 Lexus LS|last=McCausland|first=Evan|publisher=Automobile Magazine|date=31 July 2012|access-date=24 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525202045/https://www.automobilemag.com/news/2013-lexus-ls-first-look/|url-status=live}}</ref> F-Sport succeeded an earlier in-house tuning effort, the [[Toyota Racing Development|TRD]]-based L-Tuned, which had offered performance packages on the IS and GS sedans in the early 2000s (decade).<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Dell |first=John |title=Toyota Turns Its Tuners Loose on the Lexus |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=23 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Long|2001|pp=186}}</ref> Additions to the performance F Sport marque include the Lexus RC F Sport and Lexus GS F Sport and Lexus LS F Sport.<ref>{{cite web|title=The philosophy of Lexus 'F' models|url=http://blog.lexus.co.uk/2014/02/the-philosophy-of-lexus-f-models/|website=Lexus UK Blog|publisher=Lexus Blog|access-date=11 February 2015|archive-date=20 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420063334/http://blog.lexus.co.uk/2014/02/the-philosophy-of-lexus-f-models/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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