Lexus IS 250 drops its top at the Paris Motor Show and showed two doors convertible model due to enter Europe in the summer of 2009, and the U.S. curtly thereafter.
The 2009 Lexus IS250C skin a three-part aluminum roof that retracts in a “world’s longest” 20 seconds, and features revised overhangs 15mm (front) and 55mm (rear) longer than the sedan, a new fog lamp plan and a rising beltline that integrates into the revised haunches. The IS250C‘s rear end foliage a lot to be desired, with an odd assortment of angles ending into a set of awkwardly located LED taillights.
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With the top up, nothing seems seamlessly to mingle, looking like an ill-advised amalgamation of the outgoing SC430 and BMW 335i. Inside, thing get mildly better – in standard grave Lexus tradition – with a set of rollover hoops for the rear seat passengers, a 12-amplifier Mark Levinson sound routine and a hustle receptive climate sway method that will boost the cook during open air jaunts. And obviously, you can fit a golf bag in the body with the top down.
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