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Originally Posted by fumanchu1
Lexus IS never was much of a sports oriented car to begin with, that's why most of those you see are automatic, no LSD and driven by older folks(not so much now since they are affordable to the younger generation). I feel like the original IS300(altezza) was a miss on the part of Lexus/Toyota as they could've had either a very nice comfy car or a more sporty sedan but instead chose to split it down the middle trying to make it a bit sporty to appeal to a younger generation all the while pricing it to an unattainable price range for most younger generations.
I still love the IS300 though that's why I owned one before the BRZ
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I was pretty active on is300.net for a while, and those cars were priced within reach. I think they started right around $30k and the people buying them (or at least the ones on the forum) were mainly in their mid-20's.
It would be silly to develop a car aimed mainly at people younger than that because they usually don't have any money. Even if you drop the price to $25k, you'd get the broke mofos saying they're just going to build a civic faster than the IS for $12k....
-Justin