Where's IS250?

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Read today's ST review on the IS250 by Dr. Winston Lee?
Well, for the reading pleasure of our overseas forumers, some excerpts:



..... The Germans should take notice because the Japanese luxury upstart has just launched a formidable weapon for the junior executive market.

The new Lexus IS250 is aimed squarely at the BMW 3-series, the market leader in the luxury sports segment it pioneered some 30 years ago .....

For starters, the styling is spot on. Following a theme first seen in the Lexus GS300, the new IS250 has taut character lines with bulging fenders. Most would agree it looks more stylish and muscular than its bigger sibling.

And of even more importance to Lexus is the fact that, parked side by side with its archrival from Munich (the BMW 3-er), it is the IS250 which has the greater presence.

Lexus is obsessed with quality, and nowhere is this more evident than in the interior.
The cabin has a plush look and a feel of luxury quite unexpected of this class of car.
The leather upholstery and plastics are top grade .....

Coupled with the tenacious grip and well-sorted suspensions, the IS250 is extremely agile and stable .....

With almost identical pricing in many overseas markets, the 218 bhp BMW 325i is usually regarded as the logical competitor the IS250 has to match.

Unfortunately, the 325i costs $33,000 more than the IS250 (Luxury variant) in Singapore. The model closest in price here is the 320i, which has ONLY a 150bhp 2-litre four-cylinder engine.

As expected, it (the 320i) is comprehensively out-gunned by the Lexus in both performance and refinement.

The new IS250 has given Lexus a genuine contender in the ever expanding market for sporty junior executive cars.

Competitvely priced and luxuriously finished to Lexus' quality standards, this model is detined to secure a significant share of sales in its class. Together with the GS300, it proves that Lexus finally has its own design language and "DNA".



Cheers :)
 
Re: Where's IS250?

Here we go again.............Seems to me like you're a man with a mission.
Can somebody please give our good friend here a "kim-puay"?
 
Re: Where's IS250?

who's Dr Winston Lee?
 
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It's an individual choice. I bought the 320i as I could not see myself driving a Lexus. Even if it was not a BMW, I would be driving an A4 or Volvo now. Nothing personal as my weekend family car is a Toyota.

For every car review you show praising the Lexus IS250, I can show you another that praises the 3 series.

Let's end it here? Am really tired of seeing such threads in a forum, especially a BMW one.
 
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wow, calm down dude...
agree, bmw!
 
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IS250,

I find that it's really great that you have so much passion with the Lexus marque! You really know what aspects of a car is important to you and actively seek out cars that have those qualities. I say this without malice or sarcasm.

It's precisly this kind of passion that makes this world interesting and keeps the quality of things at a very high level, as demonstrated by Lexus and BMW.

So, naturally you are going to find people who belong to the other camp who feel exactly about their cars too, be it BMW or Merc or Audi.

But at the end of the day, they're just cars... You like Lexus, I like BMW, and that's just fine and dandy by me.
 
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u shud hv read the report on BT and car buyer on the IS 250. hey why dun u print that here? tell us what that wrote....

ok i quote this " the big question which i've avoided till now is wheter the new Lexus us a match for BMW's 3 Series in the twisty bits. The short answer is no...."

good for u the IS250 is cheaper blah blah blah....and i m glad u enjoy what u paid (or what u sell)...u hv made ur point. we all agree its value for money.

u win....
 
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True. This morning the FOC newspaper TODAY thrown into my garden, in there was a less than quarter page of the IS250 write up. It is a small paper mind everyone. Then went to petrol kiosk to buy a very expensive 80cts straits times...kekeke. A more detailed version which was the one in the 1st post here....just mor LOH SOH :)

After reading the whole article in between KOPI-SEE sips, I sort of like the idea that LEXUS is giving german car makers[not only BMW] something to think abt. Guys actually it is a good thing for conti lovers. With competition comes innovation and quality. If LEXUS persists, it is actually positive for conti car lovers bcos sooner or later, manufacturers such as BMW would have to adjust their strategy in order to retain their current advantage, such as putting more gagdets and/or lowering the price of their cars,...and so will mercedes, audi, etc.....I agree that while the 325 is a tad better, its $33k premium over the IS250. That , to most of the people,is a lot of money !!

its ok everything is aa-okay
 
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Hi guys,

I will lock this thread, and any future threads regarding such comparisons for a week to allow the recent incident to cool down. While there is nothing wrong with the thread, i feel it's in the forums' best interest to allow threads such as these to simmer and cool down.

Wil re-open this thread later, and if you have any disagreements with the poster and would like to fight it out with the poster, please don't. . It brings us nowhere.

Thanks.
 
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