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mph Top Ten Spins of the Year: Number 6
The top ten list currently in the Dec/Jan issue of the magazine continues.
#6 Lexus IS350
Lexus has a reputation for building cars
that are as plush and serene as coffins. Another
perennial Lexus criticism is that the company makes
excellent clones of other luxury cars. Enter the new
Lexus IS350, which is very exciting indeed and does
not ape the look (or feel) of its competitors.
Consequently, it's the first truly original Lexus, and
the one in which we'd always rather be the driver than
a passenger. That's mostly because of its
306-horsepower 3.5-liter V-6, which will make many a
BMW 3-series owner look very foolish at the stoplight.
But straight-line performance is not the only
improvement over the outgoing IS300. The IS350 is
better than its predecessor in pretty much every way,
whether you're talking sport
or luxury. It handles as
sharply and progressively
as the best sporting
machines, and the IS350 has
an astoundingly refined and
ergonomically correct
interior. Oh,and you can
admire its aggressive styling
without understanding
obscure design-speak like
"flame surfacing." There's no
manual transmission in the
350, but there's no iDrive
either— just the old
familiarity of lots of
buttons. Sure,the new
BMW 3-series is awesome,
but we kind of expected
that. The Lexus IS350 is a
surprise, and we like
surprises.
#7 Mazda MX-5
#8. Honda Civic Si
#9. Range Rover Sport
#10. Dodge Ram SRT-10 Quad-Cab
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