Next Lexus IS (updated with test mule,page4)......
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I would be very interested in an estate version of the IS even if it wasn't very popular in the US. Hybrid offerings, particularly more performance-oriented versions, would be well-received I think.
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I'm thinking IS 450h Sportcross.
Lexus could do alot with the IS line:
IS 220d (Europe)
IS 250 (Sedan)
IS 350 (Sedan)
IS 250C (Convertible)
IS 350C (Convertible)
IS F (Entry Level Performance)
GS F (Mid Level Performance) Hopefully Lexus builds.
LFA (Top of Line Exotic High Performance)
Lexus could bring in:
IS 250C/350C (Fixed hardtop coupe)
IS 450h (Hybrid)
IS 450h Sportcross
IS 350C h (Hybrid fixed hardtop coupe)
Lexus could do alot with the IS line:
IS 220d (Europe)
IS 250 (Sedan)
IS 350 (Sedan)
IS 250C (Convertible)
IS 350C (Convertible)
IS F (Entry Level Performance)
GS F (Mid Level Performance) Hopefully Lexus builds.
LFA (Top of Line Exotic High Performance)
Lexus could bring in:
IS 250C/350C (Fixed hardtop coupe)
IS 450h (Hybrid)
IS 450h Sportcross
IS 350C h (Hybrid fixed hardtop coupe)
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In the course of doing my write-up for my.IS on the Autocar wagon story ( http://my.is/forums/f41/will-we-see-...-wagon-408626/ ), I found this photoshop rendering by a Dutch guy named Theo of what a 2nd-gen IS wagon/SportCross might have looked like:
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In the course of doing my write-up for my.IS on the Autocar wagon story ( http://my.is/forums/f41/will-we-see-...-wagon-408626/ ), I found this photoshop rendering by a Dutch guy named Theo of what a 2nd-gen IS wagon/SportCross might have looked like:
![](http://my.is/forums/attachments/f41/26229d1268418618-will-we-see-return-5-door-lexus-wagon-lexushatch33md.jpg)
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They just need to square off the back like a REGULAR wagon/estate and it would look SO much better.
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Agreed that it is geared toward Europe, but even then, I think the will still have a diesel IS and an IS F.
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Wow at first glance I thought that was an HS wagon ![Egads!](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/pat.gif)
Anyway, aside from the obvious, the IS wagon wouldn't look anything like the Avensis because it'll be RWD (ie short front overhang) and have L-finesse styling elements throughout.
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Anyway, aside from the obvious, the IS wagon wouldn't look anything like the Avensis because it'll be RWD (ie short front overhang) and have L-finesse styling elements throughout.
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In the course of doing my write-up for my.IS on the Autocar wagon story ( http://my.is/forums/f41/will-we-see-...-wagon-408626/ ), I found this photoshop rendering by a Dutch guy named Theo of what a 2nd-gen IS wagon/SportCross might have looked like:
![](http://my.is/forums/attachments/f41/26229d1268418618-will-we-see-return-5-door-lexus-wagon-lexushatch33md.jpg)
![](http://my.is/forums/attachments/f41/26229d1268418618-will-we-see-return-5-door-lexus-wagon-lexushatch33md.jpg)
I gave it a try.
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