New Lexus IS out - whatta grille!

Moses7

The front grille is just huge. Not a big fan of it, though the rest of the car, including the interior looks very nice.

more pics here.

Please Kill Me

That's rotten, it looks distorted or something.

Avns1s

Yuk!!

Mycroft H

Looks like that thing could hoover up small children as it drives by.

mickdw

Was waiting for this, thought there was a big reveal on the 15th of this month. IS there a 2.5 hybrid coming here?
Thats the F sport. Even the current model F sport looked fairly agressive. I expect the standard version to be quite tame. I dont think its a huge step over the old one appearance wise.

CianRyan

Well it's only the concept so don't expect the exterior to look anything like that.
The interior is gorgeous though, very driver focused.

Moses7

CianRyan wrote: »

Well it's only the concept so don't expect the exterior to look anything like that.
The interior is gorgeous though, very driver focused.

not a concept. this is the actual production car based on the LF-CC concept

Hootanany

Where will the Reg go

CianRyan

Moses7 wrote: »

not a concept. this is the actual production car based on the LF-CC concept

Right you are, that's some pretty crazy styling then.

I'm into companies actually putting out cars that look like their concepts though, it takes balls.

CianRyan

Hootanany wrote: »

Where will the Reg go

Side mount like many Alfas I guess.

mickdw

CianRyan wrote: »

Side mount like many Alfas I guess.

Or a big dirty plastic panel midway on the grill like most audis

deaglan169

vaguely reminds me of this brute

CianRyan

mickdw wrote: »

Or a big dirty plastic panel midway on the grill like most audis

I hate our front reg plate law. :mad:

Stheno

mickdw wrote: »

Or a big dirty plastic panel midway on the grill like most audis

Yeah there doesn't seem to be space on the side for the licence like on an alfa.

That grill is fecking hideous, it's like bullbars without the spaces.

mickdw

I think it works but the photo is giving an odd effect due to the shape of the 'mesh' in the grill.

ShadowHearth

CianRyan

mickdw wrote: »

I think it works but the photo is giving an odd effect due to the shape of the 'mesh' in the grill.

Yeah I get ya, looks better in this one but it needs bigger wheels. They look lost.

Edit: Bleeding massive picture!

dar83

Looks like the wedding fireplace in Beetlejuice, haha.

colm_mcm

That just looks like your typical toyota facelift, keep virtually all the sheet metal the same then change the lights and bumpers and end up with something that looks cobbled together. If someone did that to their IS it'd be in the skangermobile thread.

mickdw

colm_mcm wrote: »

That just looks like your typical toyota facelift, keep virtually all the sheet metal the same then change the lights and bumpers and end up with something that looks cobbled together. If someone did that to their IS it'd be in the skangermobile thread.

Harsh!

At least the interior is not bad. I was disgusted with the old one, far too much avensis about it. Then again, if I sit into this, I might find switches and buttons lifted straight out of the avensis.

colm_mcm

Still not sure if its photoshopped. There's no way they'll try selling that? Seriously?

Osborne

Aaaaand it's gone....



Taken from Lexus.ie.

Paddy@CIRL

Osborne wrote: »

Aaaaand it's gone....

http://www.lexus.ie/img/new-is-camo-001_tcm899-1196579.jpg

Taken from Lexus.ie.

If you look closely, you can still see the grill behind the camo vinyl.

It's absolutely f**king rank.

Carson10

That grill looks like the designers hand slipped off the mouse.

Osborne

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

If you look closely, you can still see the grill behind the camo vinyl.

It's absolutely f**king rank.

You're absolutely right. I thought they may had come to their sensed. God it's going to be awful.

Cookie_Monster

I like the front, the back and rear 3/4 panels looks awful though with the lights stretched down the side

BigEejit

Very unusual styling, dont like it ..... might grow on me over the years.

Supergurrier

Osborne

They're all at it...

Autosport

I like it, completely different from every other car out there and quite distinguishably Lexus

Osborne

Now this I like...

Mycroft H

Osborne wrote: »

They're all at it...

Ford raiding the parts bin from when they owned Aston Martin?

Tea 1000

mickdw wrote: »

Harsh!

At least the interior is not bad. I was disgusted with the old one, far too much avensis about it. Then again, if I sit into this, I might find switches and buttons lifted straight out of the avensis.

Don't be daft, you're either blind or you actually sat in an Avensis. There is nothing Avensis-like about the IS interior. Sharing the stalks for the wipers and indicators is about all, and they're actually fine to begin with.

BX 19 wrote: »

Ford raiding the parts bin from when they owned Aston Martin?

Ya, they screwed up a nice looking car when they did that to the Fiesta. Real fake-Aston look about their new Mondeo and the rest now.

Stallingrad

Wonderfully un-German.

Matt Simis

Stallingrad wrote: »

Wonderfully un-German.

But but stupidly oversized "waterfall" grilles are so Audi, its more German than ever!?

Stallingrad

Matt Simis wrote: »

But but stupidly oversized "waterfall" grilles are so Audi, its more German than ever!?

Walter de Silva has a lot answer for alright. But when last did you see that many curves, concave and convex surfaces on a German car?

_Kaiser_

Think this new Lexus looks awful - it's like looking at it through one of those fun house mirrors - except it's really like that! :eek:

Don't know why all the hate for the Audi grilles though - I quite like them!

mickdw

Tea 1000 wrote: »

Don't be daft, you're either blind or you actually sat in an Avensis. There is nothing Avensis-like about the IS interior. Sharing the stalks for the wipers and indicators is about all, and they're actually fine to begin with.

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Actually, I sat into an IS after having an avensis on hire for a couple of weeks. It was the multifunction steering wheel buttons that got me and the hand brake was like sonething from 10 years earlier. If I remember correctly, the drivers seat didnt go down very much either. All very much avensis traits.

Chris_Heilong

It a Luxury car, trying to imitate the Jag look

Just plain ugly.

Green Hornet

Tea 1000 wrote: »

Don't be daft, you're either blind or you actually sat in an Avensis. There is nothing Avensis-like about the IS interior. Sharing the stalks for the wipers and indicators is about all, and they're actually fine to begin

I agree that the outgoing model is attractive and I thought about buying one a while back. Took it on trial but the interior was shocking! Just shocking. Hard plastics all over the place. It was just a Toyota inside, and a cramped one at that. I was extremely disappointed with the interior and that was only coming from the last model Accord (2006) at that time.

That, coupled with the chronic fuel consumption and 'wrong' gearing meant that I handed it back early. Pity because it was pretty comfortable and looked nice but it wasn't for me.

Tea 1000

Green Hornet wrote: »

I agree that the outgoing model is attractive and I thought about buying one a while back. Took it on trial but the interior was shocking! Just shocking. Hard plastics all over the place. It was just a Toyota inside, and a cramped one at that. I was extremely disappointed with the interior and that was only coming from the last model Accord (2006) at that time.

That, coupled with the chronic fuel consumption and 'wrong' gearing meant that I handed it back early. Pity because it was pretty comfortable and looked nice but it wasn't for me.

It's not shocking at all, and no Toyota uses similar plastic. It's a high quality interior, but some folk don't recognise one I guess. Autocar actually praised the interior and they usually slate most interiors.
The gearing ratio is shíte though, as is consumption.

Lawless2k12

Jaysus that new Lexus looks like one of those "Photoshop fail" pics. It's warped or something No likey, no lighty!

rocky

Pretty similar to the GS that's already on the fourcourts

mickdw

Tea 1000 wrote: »

It's not shocking at all, and no Toyota uses similar plastic. It's a high quality interior, but some folk don't recognise one I guess. Autocar actually praised the interior and they usually slate most interiors.
The gearing ratio is shíte though, as is consumption.

Ah it is far from good and its nowhere near where a premium car should be now. Lexus interiors dont do it for me. The current LS is good but apart from that I dont like the designs or materials used.
It is a high quality interior when placed beside a corolla but that only goes to further prove my point.
Japanese interiors in general dont work for me. Even if they use a good soft touch material, they make it with a cheap shiny finish or at least that is how I see it.

Voodoomelon

You could grate a lot of cheese with that car.

bridgepeople

mickdw wrote: »

Ah it is far from good and its nowhere near where a premium car should be now. Lexus interiors dont do it for me. The current LS is good but apart from that I dont like the designs or materials used.
It is a high quality interior when placed beside a corolla but that only goes to further prove my point.
Japanese interiors in general dont work for me. Even if they use a good soft touch material, they make it with a cheap shiny finish or at least that is how I see it.

The interior on the new GS is really nice. Probably the best in its class at present.

Tea 1000

mickdw wrote: »

Ah it is far from good and its nowhere near where a premium car should be now. Lexus interiors dont do it for me. The current LS is good but apart from that I dont like the designs or materials used.
It is a high quality interior when placed beside a corolla but that only goes to further prove my point.
Japanese interiors in general dont work for me. Even if they use a good soft touch material, they make it with a cheap shiny finish or at least that is how I see it.

Toyota do usually use a cheap looking shiny finish, even look at the last Camry to be sold here, cheap and shiny. But the current IS doesn't have that, it's a Matt finish. The cabin plastics are certainly at or around C-Class and E90 levels, although not at A4 levels, where VW and Audi are particularly good.

Edit: - Steve Sutcliffe agrees with me! http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/first-drives/lexus-is250

galwaytt

...jeebus, sorry, but that grille just reminds me of this guy.........

Blazer

it's frakking hideous..its like the grill has been punched on both sides..

ION08

The grill doesn't actually look that bad to me.

The strangely shaped 2-piece headlights and droopy tail-lights on the other hand...

mickdw

bridgepeople wrote: »

The interior on the new GS is really nice. Probably the best in its class at present.

Sorry yes, I have not experienced this in person yet. Old GS which I considered buying was ok but alittle 'old man' and of course had the drivers seat made for a guy about 4'5". New GS doesnt look bad. I quite like the styling of this new IS too.