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Way back in October, The Good Car Guy pasted Lexus with criticism "simply because Lexus should know better". When Lexus goes off offending GoodCarBadCar.net with an ugly convertible, it ends up in The Bad 8 and Lexus smartly decides to soon remove it from the marketplace. Yet Lexus deigned to offer consumers another ugly convertible. For the second time it's a hardtop convertible; making good design difficult. (See the new BMW Z4 for exceptions to the rule.) Despite the Lexus IS sedan's ability to look more than half-decent, Lexus designers have turned out another boat in automobile drag.
- Lexus Is Coupe-convertible: 35 High-res Images
One of the most anticipated premieres of the 2008 Paris Motor Show, the all-new Lexus IS 250C coupe-convertible was officially unveiled today. Equipped with a three-piece aluminum hardtop that folds down (or up) with the touch of a button in 20 seconds,...
- Lexus Is 250c Coupe-convertible: First Photos And Details
*Click Here for our new image gallery with 35 high-res photos of the IS Coupe-Convertible These are the first official images of the Lexus IS 250C Coupe-Convertible that is making its world premiere in production form at the Paris Motor Show. The first...
- Lexus Is Coupe-convertible Scooped
This scoop picture of the lightly camouflaged Lexus IS Coupe-Convertible was scanned from an unknown German car magazine by one of the posters at the Club Lexus forum. According to the poster, the article claims that the Lexus IS CC will be available...
- Could This Be The Next Lexus Rx?
One Lexus vehicle at the Paris auto show was thoroughly panned by The Good Car Guy. Twisting the IS into a two-door hardtop convertible was hard to swallow.... since it's ugly. But Lexus also revealed the LF-Xh Concept. Apart from its Lincoln...
- The Bad... From The 2008 Paris Auto Show
Thus far, two cars that hadn't yet been displayed on these pages have garnered "good" ratings at the Paris auto show. Audi's A1 Sportback and the Renault Megane Coupe are intriguing, handsome, and properly evolved transportation. (Click to read...
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LEXUS IS CONVERTIBLE'S WORST ANGLES
Way back in October, The Good Car Guy pasted Lexus with criticism "simply because Lexus should know better". When Lexus goes off offending GoodCarBadCar.net with an ugly convertible, it ends up in The Bad 8 and Lexus smartly decides to soon remove it from the marketplace. Yet Lexus deigned to offer consumers another ugly convertible. For the second time it's a hardtop convertible; making good design difficult. (See the new BMW Z4 for exceptions to the rule.) Despite the Lexus IS sedan's ability to look more than half-decent, Lexus designers have turned out another boat in automobile drag. Why turn up the rhetoric for a second time? Well, Lexus has released a new Gallery of photos for the Lexus IS C. It won't be published here, because... three pictures is enough. Most of the Gallery is taken up with pics of the front end. From the front, the Lexus appears straightforwardly ISesque. Turn the car around and start shooting, however, and things turn ugly. The pictures you see here include a normal IS, just to show how how stable a foundation there was, and the worst three angles I could find of the new Lexus IS Convertible.
Take note of the front wheelwell in the first picture. Because of the additional weight, Lexus has clearly been forced to negatively alter the suspension. This has resulted in excess space between the wheel and the fender. BMW's convertibles don't do this. The second picture doesn't accentuate the disastrous front wheelwell quite so much, but the bulky rear end is shouting loudly. Finding space for the roof is difficult when it's a hard metal surface. Lexus jacked up the trunk height. That's a shame. Finally, the third pic shows the excessive rear overhang; another problem Lexus designers couldn't avoid because of the hardtop. Also, the upswing which is parallel with the rear headrests probably seemed like a good idea when first pencilled in. Now, it further dramatizes the difference between what the rear end should/could be and what it is. With the sedan, the wheelbase looks appropriate. From this angle, the wheelbase looks 6 inches too long.
- Lexus Is Coupe-convertible: 35 High-res Images
One of the most anticipated premieres of the 2008 Paris Motor Show, the all-new Lexus IS 250C coupe-convertible was officially unveiled today. Equipped with a three-piece aluminum hardtop that folds down (or up) with the touch of a button in 20 seconds,...
- Lexus Is 250c Coupe-convertible: First Photos And Details
*Click Here for our new image gallery with 35 high-res photos of the IS Coupe-Convertible These are the first official images of the Lexus IS 250C Coupe-Convertible that is making its world premiere in production form at the Paris Motor Show. The first...
- Lexus Is Coupe-convertible Scooped
This scoop picture of the lightly camouflaged Lexus IS Coupe-Convertible was scanned from an unknown German car magazine by one of the posters at the Club Lexus forum. According to the poster, the article claims that the Lexus IS CC will be available...
- Could This Be The Next Lexus Rx?
One Lexus vehicle at the Paris auto show was thoroughly panned by The Good Car Guy. Twisting the IS into a two-door hardtop convertible was hard to swallow.... since it's ugly. But Lexus also revealed the LF-Xh Concept. Apart from its Lincoln...
- The Bad... From The 2008 Paris Auto Show
Thus far, two cars that hadn't yet been displayed on these pages have garnered "good" ratings at the Paris auto show. Audi's A1 Sportback and the Renault Megane Coupe are intriguing, handsome, and properly evolved transportation. (Click to read...