Cancel the Funeral; Lexus breathes new life into its second-gen IS sports sedan.(Lexus IS 250, Lexus IS 350)(Product/Service Evaluation)
AutoWeek, August, 2005 by Gritzinger, Bob
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Byline: BOB GRITZINGER If you've spent any time ensconced in the isolation for which Lexus is famous, we don't have to remind you it can be a desensitizing-dare we say, deathlike?-experience. Between the coffin-caliber appointments and the tomblike interior quietness (is that engine running?), we've come to see products from Toyota's high-end division as the automotive equivalent of the cone of silence.
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The exception, of course, is the IS, Lexus' near-luxury sports sedan aimed squarely at the class-leading BMW 3 Series. Introduced in the United States in 2000, the ...
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