I do not want to go into a big ol diatribe about how feminine I think the Lexus brand is but… well, this is my blog and it is.
The Lexus IS 250 & 350 are mostly a pretty and expensive Toyota. They are the least expensive of the Lexus fleet. The best selling IS-250 has an anemic horsepower rating of just 204 HP. Although Lexus claims its IS cars compete with the BMWs 3 series it just doesn’t add up. Even the lowest level of the 3 series line has 230 HP. Doesn’t sound like a serious match up to me.
It’s ok that Lexus has positioned themselves in a very [...]

I was driving home one day not too far back. It was the usual tough day at work, just want to get home and chill kind of day. With the setting sun in the background I saw and heard very nice black Lexus. Upon further inspection I recognized this fine automobile, as a Lexus IS – something or other.
The car had been debadged which only leads me to believe that it is the IS-250 with the 2.5 liter V6 engine pushing a whopping 204 HP. Not the IS-350 with the 3.5 Liter V6 which makes 306 HP. The IS-350 is a) nicer, and b) has more balls horsepower.

Not to long ago you could get your sports car in only two varieties. You could have either the spyder aka soft top convertible, or the hard top coupe.  The convertible was for the masses who want the sun shining in on them. They want the accolades, the thumbs up’s, the tanning while driving and all that good stuff.

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