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Old Feb 13, 2005
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06 Lexus IS preview possibly

these pictures are almost 99% sure chops. But some people on the is300.net board said they have family working in one of the plants, and verified that the new IS looks like these pics.

No one will know for sure till March 1st, but I figured I'd share.







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sexxxxxxyyyyyyyy once again! I Love Lexus! Never liked the ES, so its a HUGE improvement.
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It has some of the same styling cues as the new GS, so I'll pass.
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mmmm,

I guessed the real pic has been posted before.
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no one has seen an actual picture of the car yet. It's unreal that a spy shot has not actually been released. It is released to the public on March 1st at like 6pm eastern time.
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ehh, looks like the Mazda 3
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mazda from the back and the blue looks kinda like a Scion TC body!
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i dunno about you guys, but i drove an IS300 and i wasn't very impressed... it didn't meet any of my expectations... but hey, maybe it was just that car.... those pics do look nice though
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I like the styling, on the yellow one. I wonder how the taillights look on the blue one!
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Originally Posted by Fletch
i dunno about you guys, but i drove an IS300 and i wasn't very impressed... it didn't meet any of my expectations... but hey, maybe it was just that car.... those pics do look nice though
Did you try throwing it into a corner? The IS has never been an amazing straight line car, unless you turbo it, but thats a whooole different story.
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Every new car is starting to look the same.
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eh, i don't like it
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oh boy i love the yellow one
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looks stoops. if i wanted to buy a $30,000 mazda id buy an rx8 pfffff....
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The new IS has also been rumored to have a possible V8 powerplant option to combat its competition with BMW.
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very nice car. mmmmmm tasty
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I LOVE IT.

hate the new v6, inline6 OWNS!
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Looks really nice. I drive it in a heart beat.
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looks like the new solara.
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Lexus is amazing... Those look nice, can't wait to see them.
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Dont like it.
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Mm, the V8 was the IS430 I believe? It was in SCC magazine a few months ago if I'm not mistaken, along with some lightweight carbon fiber SRT-4 (mmm...).

They got rid of the I6? Why the hell would they do that, the 2JZ was an I6, BMW has been using the I6 for ages now, they're smooth, responsive engines, I don't see why they'd scrap it...
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ehh... all 3 look kinda sexy but dissapointing at the same time
at first glimpse.....
the first deep blue one has the front look of a [scion tc] an the mid-rear look of an [acura TL] to me....

.....the second teal one looks somewhat similar to the new [acura RL] especially that (mugen?) one, the orange sporty v8 one thats overseas

....and the third yellow one does have some originality to it besides the solara headlights....

but again these could be chops or photos to confuse the public

not the most original but ...

TKO
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Reminds me of a G35
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hey the headlights look like the ones on the camary solaras
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I agree with TKO the blue looks somewhat like a rounded TL.

I like the designs... they look great. Even the new Avalon looks better than the car it replaces.
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Lexus always look very conservative, but they are really reliable cars.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
Every new car is starting to look the same.
This is very true all of these cars now a days are shaped weird.
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i wonder now that toyota has owns lexus and just started the sexy scion lineup (excluding the xA and xB ) you think honda will follow through? someday..?
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