Opinions on the Lexus IS 220d 2008

Ban Ki Moon

This may be a case of internet love but I have really fallen for this one. Anyone else here been with her? seems like a good machine for the price and looks like a better package than the A4(B8) and the new Accord (2008)

What would you go for out of these 3?

bazz26

IS220d is not very refined, the gearing is all wrong, has very noticable turbo lag and fuel consumption is not great.

Take a look at the BMW 320d.

colm_mcm

The power delivery is terrible on them and 6th gear is unusable unless you're doing 90 mph.
They're better than an A4 but a 320d is a much better package even though its not that pretty.

R.O.R

I'll echo the above comments. IS220 isn't as good as it sounds on paper, or as good as it looks. I do like the cooling seats in the exec model though.

New model Accord is very good to drive and would be my pick of those 3 in either EX or Type S specification.

Don't know what year / budget you are looking at, but there is probably better value for money in the 318d/320d. Quite a few 08 Edition models advertised - they had a few extra's thrown at them before the facelift in 08.

Jesh1

Ban Ki Moon wrote: »

This may be a case of internet love but I have really fallen for this one. Anyone else here been with her? seems like a good machine for the price and looks like a better package than the A4(B8) and the new Accord (2008)

What would you go for out of these 3?

Check out......
http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/lexus/is-saloon/video/25522-2

doOh

yeah diesel sux in IS second generation, go for IS 250 it has similar mpg, better gearing, V6 and 210 horses also comes with auto/tiptronic and is220 only in manual ... im looking for one too :P

Nissan doctor

The is220d also seems to be suffering head gasket issues alot too:(