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Old 02-12-05, 12:48 AM
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Hey everyone

Some people from another Lexus Fan Forum website found pictures of the new IS350 from
a Japanese Magazine.

I called my Japanese friend and he told me that this is the one.

What do all of you think?

-Donald
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Old 02-12-05, 12:53 AM
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Once more picture.
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Originally Posted by MY GS300
Once more picture.
These were posted on .net.. yesterday and as most people agree this is the best spyshot yet. A few who work for lexus and have seen the video have confirmed that this is what it looked like. The front looks like the GS a little bit and the rear looks like all the chops floating around..me personally I think this is it boys and girls...
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Looks too much like the pontiac g6.
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It's close to that but not exact. The tails are a tad larger and square for the actual car.
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Kind of resembles the Acura TSX I think. I'm not sure if I like it or not. Gotta see it in person first I think. Any AWD aoption that you know of?
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Originally Posted by Lexusfreak
Kind of resembles the Acura TSX I think. I'm not sure if I like it or not. Gotta see it in person first I think. Any AWD aoption that you know of?
Someone posted that AWD will be available for IS250.
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enough of th damn speculating!!!!!!


March 1st at the Genevea Auto show it will be reveiled......when we have the concrete news and evidence, then lets discuss it

Tuesday 1 March 2005 at 12:15 PM, Geneva time. For those of us in North America, this works out to 6:15 AM Eastern time, 5:15 AM Central time, 4:15 AM Mountain time and 3:15 AM Pacific time.
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Originally Posted by tsopranoMB
enough of th damn speculating!!!!!!


March 1st at the Genevea Auto show it will be reveiled......when we have the concrete news and evidence, then lets discuss it

Tuesday 1 March 2005 at 12:15 PM, Geneva time. For those of us in North America, this works out to 6:15 AM Eastern time, 5:15 AM Central time, 4:15 AM Mountain time and 3:15 AM Pacific time.
I have to agree with you, although this IS the first thing I've seen that looks the way it's been discribed to me by my friends that work at Lexus and have seen it. It basically looks like a baby GS which is how it was described to me. I'll have to see live pics of it before I make a decision on whether or not I like it.
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looks mazda 6-ish


Originally Posted by MY GS300
Hey everyone

Some people from another Lexus Fan Forum website found pictures of the new IS350 from
a Japanese Magazine.

I called my Japanese friend and he told me that this is the one.

What do all of you think?

-Donald

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looks mazda 6-ish
YIPE! It does!!! AAAARRRRRGHH!!!! It better look a lot better or diff when that crap comes out dangit.
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yup i think it looks like the mazda 6
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Originally Posted by amy011079
YIPE! It does!!! AAAARRRRRGHH!!!! It better look a lot better or diff when that crap comes out dangit.
Don't worry too much about it, even if they do look somewhat alike, there will be no comparison when you see them parked side by side, the Lexus will stand out with the details/build quality etc.

I always love the Mazda 6 btw, so it won't be bad to have a more upscale RWD version
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looks more like a scion tc to me.

better yet a hybrid of mazda 6 and scion tc
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It can also be argued though that the Mazda 6 looks a lot like the 1st Gen IS from many angles. These spy pics simply look like an evolution over the first generation so...who copied who in the first place?

-Michael-


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