I owned one myself for some five years....a yellow 2001 IS300. I especially liked the paint, the chronograph gauge-cluster, and the chrome-ball shifter. Too bad the AWD versions weren't available back then, though.....the RWD s***ked on really slippery roads, even with the traction control, snow-mode for the automatic transmission, and all-season tires. They should have made AWD an option on the 1Gen models....they didn't. It was basically a Toyota Altezza. The in-line 6 was smooth as butter, though it guzzled premium gas like a V8.