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Subscribe to this threadLexus IS Coupe close to confirmed, maybe debuting in Tokyo?
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Ligor @ Jul 27th 2007 9:59AM
i hope they differentiate it a lot from the sedan
sedan is too bland and cost more than the G35 so no reasuon to go to Lexus
psarhjinian @ Jul 27th 2007 2:29PM
Not true. The Lexus is rides better, is a little smaller (if you like that--I do), is better-balanced (in IS250 form) and has a nicer interior.
I would have taken the original IS300 over the original G35 in a heartbeat. This generation's difference is a little smaller, but I still like the IS over the G. Maybe it's a personal thing.
I do wish Lexus had seen fit to infuse the IS with a little more "bad boy" than they did. The original IS was great that way--it was more raw than the 3-Series, and at the same time more trustworthy (in the the "it wont leave you with a $4000 repair bill" sense of the word), but it wasn't as muscle-car-crude as the G was. But the auto scribes complained about the lack of refinement and, as such, we have the current IS, which is nice for sure, but not the black sheep it was.
I think Lexus (and Acura, back in the Integra Type-R days) had a real chance at wounding BMW's dominance. The 3-Series was definitely going softer: both the IS and ITR could have tried a further-to-left-field strategy and out-sported BMW, but for some reason they went the other way. It's a real puzzler in Lexus' case as they already have the ES for people who want a cruiser--they could easily have made the IS sportier without losing buyers who probably would have opted for the ES anyway.