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Lexus IS200

Lexus IS200 Review (Continued)

Despite the IS200's amazing Customer Satisfaction Results the IS series doesn't stand out quite so much in the motoring press. We've never seen it do badly in a review, but it's not put on a pedestal in the way that car's like the Porsche Boxster or the old BMW 5 series are. From which we conclude that the car is too much of an all rounder for the press to get really excited about it. Certainly it doesn't have the dynamic appeal of the Boxster, and there's no questioning the huge appeal of the BMW. It seems to us that a car that is so highly regarded by its drivers ought to get rave reviews from the press, but that doesn't quite seem to be the case.

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IS 200 / IS 300 Specificications

On paper, the IS200 range is stacked with goodies that give it a considerable edge over the competition. Prices for the entry level IS200 may be on a par with those for the entry level BMWs and Mercedes, but you can expect to get lots of items as standard in the Lexus that you would have to pay a hefty price for in the German cars.

Standard equipment on all models includes a brilliant stereo which has a 6 disk CD player as well as a cassette player and of course a radio. And the CD changer doesn't even take up valuable space in the glove compartment or the boot as it's built into the dash which extremely convenient.

And across all models in both ranges air conditioning, electric windows, an electric sunroof and lots of other great features are standard. Many models get full leather seats as standard, and those that don't get part leather / part Ecsaine.

About the only option you would want to fit to either range is the Satellite Navigation system which comes at a very reasonable price given the high quality of the unit.

On the other hand, the published figures for performance and fuel economy don't do the Lexus models any favours when compared to their German rivals.

IS 200 / IS 300 Performance

In performance terms, the IS200 and it's big brother the 300, aren't going to set the world alight. The two litre car produces 153bhp which is more than adequate for most drivers, while the automatic only IS300 delivers a healthy 211bhp. 0-60 times are 9.5 seconds for the manual IS200 and 8.2 seconds for the 300. Both cars engines are smooth six cylinder VVTi units which in theory should produce great torque across the entire range, though some commentators are disappointed with the low range torque on the two powerplants.

Sister company Toyota manufacture a number of cars that make the IS performance figures look quite ordinary by comparison - the Celica T-Sport for example costs around the same price as an IS 200 Sport, and yet has 190bhp in a considerably lighter chassis, giving it a considerably faster 0-60 time. So despite the 'Sport' tag on some of the models in the IS range, high top speeds and particularly rapid acceleration clearly wasn't what Lexus were going for with the IS range.

IS 200 / IS 300 Economy

In terms of fuel consumption, both cars seem to do less well than one might expect. The official combined figures for the IS200 are 29.1 mpg and for the IS300 26.2 mpg, though it seems that some drivers can get much better results than the published figures. To put these numbers into perspective, the 2002 BMW 3 series 318i which has a similar 0-60 time as the IS200 has official combined figures of 39.2 mpg, and its big brother the 320i (which like the Lexus models has a straight 6 engine) delivers combined figures of 31.7 mpg and yet has a published 0-60 time of just 8.3 seconds in manual guise.