IS500 Color Combination

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Hello all, I am fairly new here but in terms of account creation, but I've followed the forums for a while now. I want some opinions from people as I am trying to decide which color combo to go with for a purchase at the end of (hopefully) this year. Assuming I like the ride of the IS500, I am torn as to certain color combos. If you all had to choose, which would you go with of the combos below:

1) Caviar - Circuit Red
2) Cloudburst Gray - Circuit Red
3) Cloudburst Gray - Black
4) Infared - Black
5) Iridium - Circuit Red

I'm pretty sure my range is narrowed down to the first 3 but man they all look so good! :love:
 

Gecko

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Welcome!!

This is a hard one and I've been planning to get either an IS 500 or LC 500 in the next ~2 years, so I've considered the same question.

Here is my .02: For a performance car, I would want a color that makes more of a statement than a gray, black or silver, which is why I lean towards Infrared. It's a classic, dynamic, eye catching Lexus color that I think suits the IS very well.

The IS 500 I drove for media reviews was Cloudburst Gray and it was... fine? A pretty low profile color if I'm honest. If that's what you want, I think you'd be happy with it but I found it a little bit dull overall.

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I want to like the red interior, but I wish it was only the seat material and door inserts that were red because IMO in person, the full lower red door panel and lower dash are a little bit "much" and I'm not sure they'll age very well. That leads me to the black interior, and while I sometimes think black interiors can be a bit too monochrome and dull, I like it more than the red for aforementioned reasons.

This (older IS) looks so much better balanced to me with tasteful red accents:
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...than this:
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That leads me to Caviar, and while I said above that I don't really love black on a special performance car, Caviar is so gorgeous that you can probably get away with it. I love the color so much. I also think it suits the IS 500's character very well, being a Lexus at heart but a performance car when you push it.

For me, I have "mentally" landed on:
Infrared exterior, black interior
Atomic Silver exterior, black interior
Caviar exterior, black interior -- POSSIBLY the white/black interior.

I have seen a few IS 500s in the USB 2.0 color, and while I don't usually love blue... sort of like Infrared, it's a classic, dynamic, beautiful Lexus color and I'm finding myself more drawn to it.

Anyway, let us know what you choose and post pics!
 
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