any car with 300++ horsepower is a drivers car. most driving enthusiasts are men. most women choose a car for the looks and size... what looks better than the is? ill bet that the women who have the is have significantly more tire tread left than the men!

 

I wouldn't go so far as to call it a girls car. I do question why Lexus would make cars so small inside that men feel less comfortable in it. Even the exterior dimensions are rather diminuative. I believe it shares floorplans with the GS...that means they consciously shrunk the car. I guess you guys should be happy abot that...with more space inside, a lot more of us would be driving one. They are already every where. They would be really everywhere. Most of the people I see in them a female...and I completely understand that. Super attractive, reliable with sport luxury at an affordable price.

I agree with the guy who said mods make it more masculine but don't tell my wife that. She's riding in a lowered, black rimmed GS.

 

And there's a problem with this?? I'm sure no one will mind come CL meet days!!

 

funny this came up becuase the iswas on forbes list of 10 luxury cars driven by woman

 

Did anyone else notice, in the very last episode of the Sopranos, Tony Soprano's daughter, Meadow, drove a IS 1250 AWD? She had trouble parallel parking it. It was very near the end of the show.

 

I have never seen a woman driving an IS350. Usually they are in a 250/AWD.

 

+1, I was JUST about to say the same thing!

 

^x4. especially true if it's a is350.

 

its half and half here in MI, we rarely see IS's but when i normally do see one its an is250. only is350 asian women that i see driving is MY girl! and of course everyone wants to race her when shes driving it but when im driving it, nothing happens..

 

hmm.... aprox 30% think it is a girls car.

 

I think your eye see's what it wants to...there are a lot of women out there (thank God for that) driving all types of cars. Now-a-days more expensive ones. Lexus, BMW, Mercedes and the like. I always get complemented by my car and think it looks great...so no; not a girls car (unless it comes out in pink).

 

i highly disagree on this SEXIST STATEMENT!

and i dont believe that just because a lot of girls are driving a car means that its gonna be categorized as a girls car... thats just being closed minded man!

no photoshoot now hmph* :]

 

haha well i was at in-n-out around 11 and there was the usual crowd all hovering their cars, there was some matrix's, rsx, gti's all lined up near each other talking. and all of a sudden a white IS350 pulled in and me and some friends i was with started chatting and it came up that all the IS's we've seen that night were driven by females. nothing against them driving that car,but they all know i love the IS and was giving me a hardtime

 

Does it really matter? If anything that just means you and the girl just got more in common... that's the way I see it

Funny thing, I moved out of the Bay Area two years ago, but I was talking to my buddy last night and he did say there were a lot of ISx50's out there...but nothing about gender

 

Down here in South Florida, I have observed varied drivers of the ISx50. Women, men, mixed ages 20s - 50s and even "seniors" (over 55). Most of the ISs are IS250s, but we knew that based on the production numbers. Often, the IS350 is a male driver (based on my observations).

Is the IS a "girl's car"? I don't think so. The ISx50 simply appeals to many. In the IS category of cars (G35 coupe, new G37coupe, BMW 3 series, G35 sedan), there are plenty of women drivers. I recall reading that over 50% of those who purchase these cars are women.

BTW guys (or should I say "boys"...lol), from a woman's view, I don't think that a "girl" would find you less "manly" for driving an IS. Rather, a man who drives an IS indicates a smart shopper, class, style, sport, and a degree of social status.

A few cars come to mind when thinking what a woman wouldn't "often" drive. Those being: Corvette, Lotus Elise, Charger, Mustang GT/Shelby.