2015 Lexus IS 250 AWD Review – Distinctly Divisive - SlashGear
Luxury buyers are being wooed by the segment above, while the gradual up-speccing of full-sized sedans below is making it harder and harder to stand out. Lexus ’ answer to that in 2013 was the new IS, a stark departure from the company’s previous playbook, and it’s the 2015 IS 250 that’s been on my drive trying to coerce me from behind the wheel of a BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C Class, or Audi A3.... Then there's the curve that starts at the base of the rear doors, cuts up through the wheel arches, and then slices into the rear light clusters. It looks as though the IS caught the whistling tip of a Samurai sword that makes the whole back end look cohesive without resorting to over-complex surfacing. At a time when BMW's sedan styling has reached the point where you need to be a minor expert to tell the difference between 3, 5, and 7 Series, when smaller Audi's have homogenized into something sturdy, certainly, but nowhere near playful, and... It might not always prove pleasing to those eyes, but I'd rather that than the Mogadon of Lexus' past. Source: www.slashgear.com
