Alloy wheels do not live up to the quality of the overall car. Continually rusting despite regular attention. One set replaced by Lexus free of charge already. Another set of wheels likely to be needed very soon.
An excellent drive, very comfortable.
Beats BMW man hands down.
Everything you need comes as standard. No hidden extras unlike our German friends.
You feel like you are driving something different.
A better handler than BMW or Mercedez and more nifty than its bigger brothers.
A bit hungry on the petrol, but this could be down to my driving.
I will buy again if Lexus can give me guarantees about the alloy wheels.
Its not the way you drive your lexus it is crap on petrol period. 21 around town 35 on the motorway as far as beating bmw man I have a bmw 320d with a top speed of 134 same as yours economy of 35/62/50 mpg a lot of difference and pulling power of 340ft torque as against your 144ft pounds of torque a bit crap for a 2ltr straight 6 as far as handling goes well I had the is sport and got rid as quick as I got it cabin is very noisey terrible tyre roar the only good thing about a lex is its exhaust note nearly as good as a beemer (nearly)
Get real, bound to have more torque and mpg if it's a diesel. if you want to drive round in a taxi, your choice, feel sorry for you!
The Lexus is a better car all round, infact Lexus probably make the best cars out there.
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Lexus are a very reliable car - they are, after all made by Toyota - it is their single most attractive attribute - the reliability that is - not the Toyota parentage! However in comparison to a 3 series BMW (the benchmark car used by Lexus when developing the IS, hence the rear wheel drive and straight six engine) the range is woefully narrow, there was no diesel version available and the quality of the interior...well, lets just say it was not great. I have driven the IS200 and the engine, while wonderfully smooth is completely gutless. The car also feels cramped and the cabin is narrow. I have had a few 3series' and it feels like a much more substantial car, heavier on the road and the diesels are very refined, very quick and very economical. It is also, by general consensus the benchmark for handling in the compact exec class. The diesels are not as refined as a straight six petrol, obviously, but they are as refined as the new IS 220D!
Why do all lexus reviews knock the bmw? I wager that hardly any of them have actually drove a bmw. none of the bmw reviews knock the lexus. its childish if you ask me. I had a lexus and found it to be lovely, but not very quick or sporty so I part exed it for my e46 330 ci sport. the torque on the diesels are amazing and evey bit as good as the petrols so its stupid to knock them.
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