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Lexus IS250 AWD

by Cor Steenstra, photography Chris Jones, model Michaela, hair & make up Michael d Gallego

Since we last evaluated the Lexus IS350 (see the video below), the car has received some updates. In driving the recent Lexuses, especially noting the excellent road holding characteristics of the IS350 Convertible, we were interested in seeing how a current IS250 would behave so we requested one and received the IS250 AWD.

Taking it over my favorite Highway 74 here in Southern California allows me to try the car out on all fronts, quality of the ride, road handling, ease of control, acceleration and braking, and I must admit, it passed with flying colors. The IS250 is vastly different from the much newer HS250 h we tested recently, in that this is clearly aimed at performance driving, even in the 250 version. At no point did I ever feel that the car could not handle what was put in front of it. Of course, some people push the boundaries of reason, but on the 74 in both directions, uphill and downhill, slow twisty parts as well as longer curved sections, it was all perfect.

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Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago at 10:56 pm.
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Lexus HS 250H

By Cor Steenstra, Photography by Chris Jones, Model Ashley, Hair & Make Up Michael d Gallego, Home Ross Design

Lexus has had a good range of hybrid vehicles for quite some time now, most impressive of which to us at the time was the GS 450h. The range has recently been extended with a small car, a new size in the Lexus range, the HS 250h. Based on its Toyota Prius platform, the HS 250h has a difficult task to be both more conservative in comparison to the Prius, which it aims to achieve with a decidedly 3 box sedan shape, yet be more up-scale and high tech than the same Prius, which is clear from the interior design and its fit and finish.

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Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago at 10:31 pm.
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Lexus IS 350 C Convertible

By Cor Steenstra, Photos by Chris Jones, Model Natasha Lankish, Make Up Victor Krone.

We recently drove the Infiniti G37 Convertible for you, and as luck would have most of the week we had the Infiniti was rained out, a unique phenomena in Southern California. So, we planned the Lexus IS 350 C Convertible for a time of the year nuch more suitable for open top driving…, and again we were confronted by a lot of bad weather. We’re now going to test if this logic really works, that whenever we plan a convertible for a test the rains come to SoCal. If that works, we could finally overcome the drought that has harmed this region for so long!

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Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago at 7:44 am.
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Lexus RX Evaluation

By Cor Steenstra, Photos by Chris Jones.

We have been looking forward to try out the new 2010 Lexus RX, since we have such good experiences with the previous generation, in both normal and hybrid guise. The 2010 Lexus RX did not dissapoint. It again is a very high quality built vehicle, with superb fit and finsih. It performs very well, is quiet, and seems to have no problem at all with any circumstances thrown at it.

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