Photo: Early Sketch of the Second Generation Lexus IS | Lexus Enthusiast

Photo: Early Sketch of the Second Generation Lexus IS

Posted by krew on March 10th, 2015

This latest image is a half-rendering/half-sketch of the second generation Lexus IS.

Designed by Kengo Matsumoto & Hiroyuki Tada, the IS debuted in 2005 and stayed in the Lexus lineup until 2013 — an amazing eight year run.

Discuss in our community forum

GuoxJason: That IS has not aged at all! It has some functionality problems as a result of awesome design, which was fixed...

DekTech: Agreed, the IS still looks good! What are the functionality problems?

Levi: German cars age crazy fast, with the exception of some.

GuoxJason: If you look at the newest IS, you'll notice that Lexus stretched the panels here and there, such as the roof,...

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