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Lexus IS

$ 61,500 - $ 74,877* MRLP

Latest Lexus IS ratings breakdown

8.0

Performance
8.0
Safety Technology
7.4
Ride Quality
8.5
Infotainment & Connectivity
8.0
Handling & Dynamics
8.2
Energy Efficiency
7.5
Driver Technology
8.0
Value for Money
8.0
Interior Comfort & Packaging
7.8
Fit for Purpose
8.1
2021 Lexus IS300 Luxury review
Review | 11 May 2021

8.0

The current model is an in-depth refresh of a nameplate that's been around for decades, but did Lexus do enough to freshen it up?
2021 Lexus IS300h review
Review | 16 Mar 2021

8.2

Traditionalism shakes the hand of technology in the new IS300h. Do they meet amicably?
2021 Lexus IS300 F Sport review
Review | 2 Mar 2021

7.9

Is this the perfect luxury weekender?
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2021 Lexus IS review: Australian first drive
Launch Review | 18 Dec 2020

8.1

Japan’s luxury mid-sizer gets a complete makeover. We drive the new and improved Lexus IS range for the first time in Australia.

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Police impound Lexus 15 minutes after being collected from impound lot
news | 16 Feb 2024
Authorities said the offender was seen performing a burnout after the vehicle was released from the impound lot.
Lexus IS could return to Australia as electric Tesla rival
news | 18 May 2023
The next-generation Lexus IS, due by 2026, is expected to be an electric vehicle, and it could be coming to Australia.
Lexus Australia recalls more than 14,000 GS, IS and RC models
Recalls | 7 Dec 2022
A fault in the design of certain Lexus fuel tank vent tubes could lead a petrol leak, the car-maker claims.
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2023 Lexus IS500 V8 to be built in right-hand drive – for Japan
news | 18 Jul 2022
Despite originally being made for North American markets, the V8-powered Lexus IS500 will soon debut in Japan.
Old v new: 2020 Lexus GS F v 2011 Lexus IS F
Culture | 11 Jun 2020
If the Lexus IS F represents genesis, does that make the GS F the last supper?
2015 Lexus IS200t first drive review
CarAdvice | 23 Sep 2015
Japanese luxury brand adds turbo power in its battle against the European brigade.
Dear Drive... Stepping out on the town
Buying Advice | 25 Jul 2006
Melissa is looking for a second car with a bit of luxury for driving trips outside of her daily routine.
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2012 Lexus IS F: owner review
Owner Review | 27 Jul 2020
Hi So the day comes finally get one of my dream cars a 2011 my12 lexus isf absolutley immaculate on the outside beautiful on the inside well serviced etc couldnt have been a more perfect car for the price i got it for. Always been a fan of fast luxury midsized sedans with big motors And with the isf you get the beautiful sound of a 5lt n/a v8 both through intake and exhaust ( suprisingly noisy) but bearable also your supposed to get the nitorious lexus relibility except as i found out later this one doesnt . Also have the creature comforts of most modern sedans including radar cruise control, heated seats, horrible out dated nav system, amazing stereo except bluetooth to stream music but its a small payoff to have that glorious v8 sound on full load. The engine and gearbox are a great combo except if your below 3000rpm the motor has no torque when your trying to move. The gearbox has quick snappy gear shifts in manual mode but is nice and lazy when your cruising around. I did take it to the drags pulled a really disapointing 13.3 1/4m and suffered severe heat soak after 5 runs but when i took it to our local race track for some laps the isf made alot of sense and was perfectly balanced around turns no understeer or oversteer and the gearbox was amazing with perfectly matched throttle blips and the brakes are amazing no fade always stops. So reliabilty has been sort of question mark for mine surrounding the infamous valley plate leak, was definatly not leaking when i bought the car but the next week started to use coolant i admit i just kept topping it up every 3 days 100ml at a time for around a month then as i got a w/a done the gearbox was a nice shade of toyota pink. I ended up doing the job myself wasnt exactly the most friendly job i have ever done but i got it done made sure everything was perfect (btw im actually a toyota mechanic) it all last one month then did some spirited driving and decided to blow the seal out again unfortunatly found the cause which was a faulty rad cap not releasing preassure and over pressurising the system and unfortunatly design of the valley plate surface isnt a good design could have had a better design for sealing. The second issue i had but knew about was my dash was sticky but lexus warranted a 9 year old car due to a dash campaign on the Is range The 3rd issue i have is the ride quality on rough roads and low speeds is horrendious but i guess for great handling there needs to be a line drawn for ride quality. 4th issue is the small fuel tank you are always at the servo filling it up only costs 50$ per fill but you are always there its like the isf just lives there. Apart from all that the car is amazing just a shame it has a vital design flaw which tbh makes me regret not buying a e92 m3 and knowing there will be issues and rectifying straight away
2019 Lexus IS350 F Sport: owner review
Owner Review | 11 Apr 2020
I was a happy, one-eyed BMW owner for twenty years but eventually became tired of the increasingly excessive service costs ($850 to supply and fit four sets of disk pads) and turned to the internet to research an alternative luxury sport ride. A 2011 Lexus IS350 looked the goods with its punchy V6 engine, pin point handling and sumptuous leather interior. The friendly team at Lexus of Chatswood helped me into a mercury coloured IS350 which I thoroughly enjoyed owning for five years. Then Lexus notified me that the airbag needed replacing. When I dropped off my car at my nearest Lexus workshop at Waterloo, the service manager kindly loaned me a near new 300h to take home. Wonderful car: sleek shape, comfy soft leather interior, F sport option and superb Mark Levinson sound system. What’s not to like? Great way to showcase the new model to a potential customer! Was this the car for me? A perfect city car but not enough power for overtaking moves on our regular jaunts down to the south coast on the Princes Highway. Upon returning the 300h I spotted a cobalt mica blue IS350 F sport on the showroom floor. What an awesome colour and what sleek lines and the 18 inch wheels! I think I was falling for it. Just for fun I tried the pilot’s seat and the instantly the seating and steering wheel position became a part of me - just perfect! As I cast my eye around the cockpit all the controls were just where they they should be. Everything easily readable and within easy touch. I especially liked the climate controls which are buttons on the dash unlike my early Lexus which has a touch screen, requiring me to take my eyes off the road. Hmmm, I wonder what the trade in value on my car would be? Surprisingly the trade in they offered wasn’t too far away from what I had in mind so after a test drive and then a committee meeting with the good wife I signed on the line. I have read some reviews about the V6 atmo engine being dated, particularly with other manufacturers in this class offering turbo four engines. The silky smooth 233 kW and 378 Nm engine with its pleasing exhaust sound track has more than enough grunt to push you back in the seat and catapult its 1,685 kgs towards the horizon when you plant the go pedal. The eight speed auto gearbox transitions through the gears with barely noticeable shifts and if you choose to switch the shift lever to manual mode you can use the magnesium paddles to shift into warp. There are four drive mode mapping options: eco, normal, normal, sport and sport plus. These are easily changed on the move by twisting a knob on the console. Eco mode causes the transmission to shift very early when accelerating, riding the huge torque curve where you end up doing around 1,800 rpm at 100 km/h. In addition, the air conditioning system unloads more frequently. Normal mode raises the shift points while the fun starts when you switch to sport mode. This setting sets a more aggressive ECU map, raises the shift points and switches out seventh and eighth gears for a more responsive pedal. Sports plus dials in the active suspension to virtually eliminate body roll when you pitch it through the windy stuff. It makes you want to turn around and run through the twisties all over again! I love the sports seats, voice activated Bluetooth phone, easy navigation screen and digital radio. This is cool: the speedo can be moved to one side via a control on the fat steering wheel to reveal an additional space for a variety of extra information such as fuel stats, radio screen, gear positions and navigation data. The mouse-like control stick on the console controls a cursor around the generous TFT navigation screen. Although this feature has been mercilessly maligned by motoring journalists I find it easy to use, especially if the tactility adjustment is upped a few bars. I love this car. It’s whisper quiet on the motorway with plush suspension excellent sound deadening. It blasts off the line with turbine smoothness all the way through the rev range and the huge disk rotors pull down the speed effortlessly. This car comes standard with heaps of features (moon roof, lane guidance, parking proximity alerts, blind spot warning, auto wipers and forward facing radar) which are additional options on its competitors. All this while enjoying the superb craftsmanship of the plush leather seats, dash and trim while blasting out your favourite tune on the awesome sound system...what’s not to like?
2010 Lexus IS F review
Owner Review | 4 Apr 2019
IS Fs fly under the radar a bit which I like, people either don’t know about them or think they’re an IS250/350. This is fine by me. Before the IS F I had a Renault Megane Sport 225 Cup with some engine and suspension modifications and it was a really fun car to drive. However I wanted a V8 and started looking around when the IS F caught my eye. They seem to stay on the market for a while and I had my eye on a 2010MY11 which was on the usual sites plus the Lexus forum. Just when I was thinking of making an offer it was sold! Undeterred I flicked the seller a message and let him know I was interested if the sale fell through. Being a very nice chap he kept me updated and what do you know the sale wasn’t completed and a few weeks later I was nervously driving the IS F back home. That was May 2018. The previous owner had installed Novel equal length headers, a Joe Z PTS exhaust, ECU remap and a couple of subtle cosmetic mods to enhance the more squat and muscular appearance of the F. The exhaust work makes it LOUD but with more of an exotic high pitched wail than Holdens and Fords for example. It has an eight speed automatic with very crisp shifts up and down (blips the throttle on the downshifts) in F sport mode, help with metal paddle shifts that are connected to the steering wheel. Left in last auto mode there is a nice slurred shift feel. Floor it and this thing moves with traction and stability control as well as the slightly oversize 275mm rear tyres keeping things in order so you just feel a bit of a wobble from the rear. Very linear acceleration and doesn’t run out of breath (at least at legal or slightly illegal speeds…). I’ll have to give it a try with the nannies switched off though, maybe the track day voucher I was given for my birthday will be the time so I don’t lose my license. I think it handles well, not as nimble as the much lighter Megane Sport but I’ve got no complaints. The suspension is taught but compliant. The Brembo brakes are great (6 pot front, 2 pot rear) and pull you up very well although dust is an issue. The seats a very comfortable and have a lot of adjustments, both fronts with memory. The rear is cramped but I rarely have passengers apart from the dog. I did swap in an IS250 rear squab which is more comfortable for the dog than the IS F’s which has a hard plastic centre section. The interior has held up well for an 8+ year old car, the carpets are still plush and the leather and dash surfaces all still look good. The paint seems good quality but to be safe I just had paint correction and ceramic coating which has brought back the lustre. Bummer it’s a black car though as they’re never clean! The ‘stereo’ is fantastic sounding with 14 speakers and this model had USB input and I still play CDs. The touch screen interface is dated but does the job. The controls are all well placed for me with good tactility. Radar cruise control is bonus and the air con icy cold. Wish it had ventilated seats though, and velour for that matter which I would much prefer over leather! Bring back velour seats I say!!! The steering wheel needs to be thicker so I think I’ll buy an aftermarket Alcantara one that I’ve seen on the forum. It’s 5.0L V8 so is heavy on fuel around town, OK on the highway. I’m not fussed about fuel costs though as I enjoy driving the car (and listening to the sound) and it puts a smile on my face. Lexus service is very reasonably priced although I have sourced the Brembo rotors off Ebay from the USA for about a third of the cost (landed) here in Oz. I can’t compare my IS F to the competition at the time which was the M3 or the C63 as I’ve not driven those cars (but would like to). It is streets ahead of the HQ Premier wagon with the 308 and 4 speed manual I had about 30 years ago though!
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2011 Lexus IS350 F Sport review
Owner Review | 11 Jul 2018
2011 Lexus IS350 Review I've owned this car for just over a year now, and in that time have travelled 44,000klm in it. Initially I was looking into purchasing a BMW 335I, 330d, or 328i. I had my eye on a few Lexus IS250s before a friend smacked me over the head and told me that would be a mistake. He knew I had an affinity for getting into the loud pedal on occasion. It's not wrong to say that I'm forever in his debt, I think I'd have been very disappointed with anything less. The first time I test drove the car I was rather unimpressed with how dated the interior appeared to be, there's a reasonable sized 9 inch touch screen mounted in the center, surrounded by navigation buttons. The display itself is low resolution for lack of a better word, and everything just screams early 2000s. Remember when Nokia first came out with their symbian OS and we thought "wow technology has come a long way"? Yeah, me too, and it's not so crash hot 15 years later. That aside, it does everything it's meant to do, and fortunately the navigation screen is nice and clear with just enough detail to keep those thoughts out of your head. The thing with purchasing a luxury car, and especially a used one, is that they are excellent value for money, the Lexus shines ahead here because you're buying a $75,000 car for less than half its purchase price, and it's guaranteed to be as reliable as your grandmothers Camry. The interior quality is exceptional, they have cheapened slightly in the third gen, but the second gen IS350 is a lovely place to be, everything is soft touch. The roof feels amazing, the interior plastics feel solid and hardy, the doors are sturdy, and the speaker grilles are well defined, not just an injection molded lump that says there's something in there. It's more akin to the grille on quality hifi equipment, I love that extra detail. The F-Sport comes with some nice perforated leather seats, which are extremely comfortable, and hard wearing too, my car has 140,000km on it now and they're an 8/10. No discoloration, no structural issues, just leather wearing as leather should. I could go on and on about every detail of the interior that I love, but I'll spare you. Just know that it's a very nice place to be, and you don't feel like you're sitting in something that was built out of a retooled megablox factory (Mitsubishi......) I will list a few caveats of this car whilst I'm here: * No Bluetooth audio except in MY13 models * No rear legroom. I'm 6'3 and you wouldn't get behind me. * Rear headroom is limited * Front headroom is limited, which means if you're tall you need a reclined driving position (which I'm fine with) So how does it feel on the road? Excellent, in short. The engine is the 2GR-FSE, which somehow manages to muster up 233KW from its relatively small 3.5L capacity. Have a VE SS staring you down at the lights? Not a worry, he's done and dusted. This defeat comes with a refined and smooth engine tone. As you come up to the redline you notice the tachometer glow orange, a prefined indicator that you can set using a button next to the steering wheel. The gearbox is a 6 speed traditional torque converter arrangement, which has been met with great criticism in all other reviews I've read. Apparently it doesn't know what it's doing. This is not a true reflection of it. You will not have any issues with the mapping of it. It's fast, and can be very aggressive depending on your mode setting (sport, normal, snow) The handling of the car in its factory F sport form is improved over the Sports Luxury and base variants, it has different dampers and 30% stiffer spring rates. Unfortunately we missed out on the stiffer sway bars and big brake kits that the US got, but you'll be pleased to find some chunky 4 pot calipers at the front, which have air dams in the front bar. Fade is not, will not, and cannot be an issue. These same brakes are equipped to the heavier GS350 as well. Rest assured, it stops. You'll find on turn in the car feels like it wants to lift the rear inside wheel, it's almost as if the rear sway bar is not aggressive enough, and can be quite disconcerting when you first feel it. It's only exasperated by the fact that this car does not have a Limited Slip Differential. Lexus, I understand you're targeting an aging demographic, but in a car like this, it's a serious omission and will likely steer people towards other brands. I have lowered the car on some HSD coilovers and also installed an aftermarket intake for a more aggressive engine note, and am very happy with the handling now. My average fuel economy is around 10-11L/100. 8-9 would be easily achieved by a sensible human behind the wheel. Maintainence? Only the usual. Oil changes and brake pads, you're not going to have any mechanical issues with this car ever. I haven't touched on a lot of things that I wanted to, but this is starting to get a little long now, I'm happy to answer any comments below, and I hope everyone enjoyed reading. This is my first car review, and if the response is good, I have many, many more cars that I can write my thoughts on also. Thanks for reading Billy
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