Review: 2015 Lexus IS350 AWD - LeftLane News
Lexus, in their Relentless Pursuit of Perfection , has come to this: a car that looks good, has a decent power to weight ratio, and is built like the proverbial brick house. What is it. Now in its third-generation, the 2015 IS350 AWD is the Lexus sedan charged with doing battle against some of Europe's finest entry -level luxury models. Sure, the price of some of those models has suffered some upward creep, and truth be told, the Lexus is matching them, step for step. It is equipped with Lexus's Variable Valve Timing (VVT-i) with intelligence, and a combination of direct-to-cylinder injection as well as secondary port injection for an added one-two punch. With our AWD example, the engine is mated to a six-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission, which allows you to leave it in a set-it-and-forget-it drive mode or have the ability to row it yourself through steering wheel-mounted... With the AWD, better living through technology is the order of the day with a system that will vary front-to-rear torque from 50:50 to as much as 30:70. The Drive Mode Select system allows a driver to vary the IS' drive characteristics through... If all-wheel-drive makes no sense where you happen to live, order the standard rear-wheel-drive (RWD) configuration and you can take advantage of an eight-speed automatic transmission. Source: www.leftlanenews.com
