Rendered: The Next-Generation Lexus IS Sedan

Posted by Kevin on October 5th, 2018

Renderings of the next-generation Lexus IS are a favorite of the Japanese automotive press — this attempt by (a currently unknown) magazine was posted yesterday by a Lexus fan on Instagram:

Lexus IS Rear Next-Generation

The differences between this photochop and the existing model are minimal — the only changes are with the front and rear bumpers, making this rendering seem more like a mid-cycle refresh. That said, the design of the current IS sedan has never been a weakness, and maintaining some consistency across generations would not be a bad move.

The magazine mentions a 2021 release along with some preliminary dimensions:

Lexus IS Dimensions Next-Generation

Compared to the current model, the next-generation IS length and wheelbase would grow by 4cm, with all other measurements staying the same. Also mentioned is a 2.5L engine with 181 horsepower, which makes absolutely no sense and I’m choosing to ignore.

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James
I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
to artificially limit the price....
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James
I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
to artificially limit the price....
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James
I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
to artificially limit the price....
mikeavelli
James
I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
mikeavelli
James
I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
mikeavelli
James
I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
mikeavelli
James
I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
mikeavelli
James
I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
mikeavelli
James
I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
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mikeavelli
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
Good addition with the Lexus LS.

Toyota does this with the Lexus LS as well. The Luxury LS and F-Sport LS both have different things. I would love to have the "Luxury" features in the LS in the F-Sport. But they refuse to mix them together...
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mikeavelli
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
Good addition with the Lexus LS.

Toyota does this with the Lexus LS as well. The Luxury LS and F-Sport LS both have different things. I would love to have the "Luxury" features in the LS in the F-Sport. But they refuse to mix them together...
S
mikeavelli
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
Good addition with the Lexus LS.

Toyota does this with the Lexus LS as well. The Luxury LS and F-Sport LS both have different things. I would love to have the "Luxury" features in the LS in the F-Sport. But they refuse to mix them together...
S
mikeavelli
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
Good addition with the Lexus LS.

Toyota does this with the Lexus LS as well. The Luxury LS and F-Sport LS both have different things. I would love to have the "Luxury" features in the LS in the F-Sport. But they refuse to mix them together...
S
mikeavelli
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
Good addition with the Lexus LS.

Toyota does this with the Lexus LS as well. The Luxury LS and F-Sport LS both have different things. I would love to have the "Luxury" features in the LS in the F-Sport. But they refuse to mix them together...
S
mikeavelli
My frustration as well. F-sport and luxury should not be mutually exclusive..... I just don't even understand how in a 100k car like a LS, I cannot get rear TV's etc in the F-Sport. My kid loves them in the LX. I would love it in the LS. I would be stuck to a non F-Sport...

Just let people pick the luxury pack with F-sport.....

In Canada the GS F has it, the car is completely loaded. Incredible.
Good addition with the Lexus LS.

Toyota does this with the Lexus LS as well. The Luxury LS and F-Sport LS both have different things. I would love to have the "Luxury" features in the LS in the F-Sport. But they refuse to mix them together...
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
mikeavelli
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
I've actually looked into swapping bumpers. But you also miss the Sport plus and suspension and brakes, rear steer option etc....
mikeavelli
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
I've actually looked into swapping bumpers. But you also miss the Sport plus and suspension and brakes, rear steer option etc....
mikeavelli
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
I've actually looked into swapping bumpers. But you also miss the Sport plus and suspension and brakes, rear steer option etc....
mikeavelli
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
I've actually looked into swapping bumpers. But you also miss the Sport plus and suspension and brakes, rear steer option etc....
mikeavelli
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
I've actually looked into swapping bumpers. But you also miss the Sport plus and suspension and brakes, rear steer option etc....
mikeavelli
Ian Schmidt
Some enterprising aftermarket company could probably do good business selling equivalents to the F-Sport parts to attach to the normal trim level LS and ES. You wouldn't get everything in the F-Sport (the trick dash, most notably), but at least you'd have something of a choice.
I've actually looked into swapping bumpers. But you also miss the Sport plus and suspension and brakes, rear steer option etc....
S
mikeavelli
I've actually looked into swapping bumpers. But you also miss the Sport plus and suspension and brakes, rear steer option etc....
Yeah. There's so much else you miss out on besides bumpers. I really find it annoying that Lexus splits the two apart. In my opinion, the F-Sport just looks so much better majority of time.

Side note: I just realized you are Mike F from Vossen. Holy crap. Lol. Huge fan of the Wheels and saw you in some Vossen videos before.
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mikeavelli
I've actually looked into swapping bumpers. But you also miss the Sport plus and suspension and brakes, rear steer option etc....
Yeah. There's so much else you miss out on besides bumpers. I really find it annoying that Lexus splits the two apart. In my opinion, the F-Sport just looks so much better majority of time.

Side note: I just realized you are Mike F from Vossen. Holy crap. Lol. Huge fan of the Wheels and saw you in some Vossen videos before.
S
mikeavelli
I've actually looked into swapping bumpers. But you also miss the Sport plus and suspension and brakes, rear steer option etc....
Yeah. There's so much else you miss out on besides bumpers. I really find it annoying that Lexus splits the two apart. In my opinion, the F-Sport just looks so much better majority of time.

Side note: I just realized you are Mike F from Vossen. Holy crap. Lol. Huge fan of the Wheels and saw you in some Vossen videos before.

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