Lexus IS

Lexus has added the 2014 IS250C and IS F to the Takata recall list, expanding on a campaign initially launched in January 2018. As with all Takata-related recall notices, a combination of heat and humidity can make the airbag propellant degrade. If a car fitted with a faulty inflator is involved in an accident where the airbag is triggered, metal fragments may shoot into the cabin, putting vehicle occupants at risk of serious injury or fatality.

Lexus has announced it will recall a further 2166 vehicles in Australia as part of the global Takata airbag recall controversy. Lexus Australia has added 2166 more cars to the recall list, with that figure including 100 IS F models, 260 IS250C convertibles, 565 IS250 sedans, 1231 examples of the IS350 and even 10 Lexus LFA supercars.

The company's American arm has created a one-off Lexus IS, which has been covered head-to-toe with a responsive LED lighting array. Created in conjunction Vevo, the Lexus LIT IS, as it's known, was created for UK singer Dua Lipa and her latest music video "Be The One". Almost every conceivable surface of the IS, excluding its windows, head- and tail-lights, have been turned into one giant LED screen.

Artists commissioned by Lexus UK have come up with a one-off full-size Lexus IS sedan created entirely from cardboard. Dubbed the Lexus Origami Car, the cardboard IS was designed and created by London-based firm LaserCut Works and Scales and Models, and took around three months to build. Lexus provided the cardboard artisans with a 3D CAD (computer aided design) model of the latest-generation IS sedan.