Lexus Reveals IS250 Convertible. It's Ugly

by Justin Berkowitz

October 2nd, 2008 11:18 AM

lexus reveals is250 convertible its ugly

Today at the Paris show Lexus revealed the IS250 Convertible. You know the drill for the segment: folding hardtop, two pretend rear seats, very high price. While I’m a fan of Lexus’s recent L-Finesse design styling (see: Lexus LS460), I think this is ugly and boring. It reminds me of the Ford Focus folding hardtop convertible, except that it’s twice the price and half as appealing. Seriously, I wasn’t expecting something with Italian design flair, or even French oddity. But couldn’t they have done better than this? It might be the least imaginative car to roll out of the Lexus design studio in years, and that’s like saying Sarah Palin is the most incompetent politician in America. The Lexus IS250 Convertible is coming to your local rich housewives’ parking lot early next year. Or a scintillating comparison test in which it comes in third place against the 328i convertible and upcoming Infiniti G37 convertible in, oh, say the March issue of Car and Driver. I’m twitching with excitement.

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InTheFlesh2525 on Oct 02, 2008

AGREED!

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Serpico on Oct 03, 2008

Better looking than the current bathtub SC430 they sell. Bring back the first gen coupe, that was a nice car.

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