translate English to French: Lexus, as the premium car manufacturer of giant Toyota has always been chasing down the big dogs of the automotive market, especially those 3 coming from Germany that the whole world knows and respects. In 2005, Lexus brought a new “IS” to the table, rocking a new design and mechanical parts to go against the BMW 3 series and the likes…the IS250 and IS350 proved to be excellent cars but something was still missing…a high performance version to compete with the M3 or C63 AMG from Mercedes Benz.
Avec des lignes plus étirées et des angles plus prononcés, Toyota tenait avec son IS l’arme absolue pour répondre à une concurrence germanique à l’époque un peu en manque d’imagination coté design.