Lexus IS250C

I came across this baby just the other day. It was at night, parked with all those lights on. I couldn’t help but notice it. You can’t honestly tell me that it’s inconspicuous. And then I came across another one, a red one during broad daylight and I thought to myself, I have got to let you guys know a little bit more about it.

Making its world debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show and on sale throughout Europe in the summer of 2009, the new IS 250C combines the award winning design of the IS sports sedan range with outstanding open-top engineering ingenuity.

Reflecting Lexus’ legendary quality and attention to detail in every aspect of its construction, the new IS 250C convertible has been designed to exceed customer ownership expectations in every respect. Representing a unique fusion of top-down driving pleasure and uncompromised dynamic performance, its lightweight folding aluminium roof structure boasts the world’s fastest three-part roof opening time of just 20 seconds.

Sharing the IS 250’s 153kW, 2.5-litre ultra-smooth V6 powerplant and 6-speed automatic transmission, the new Lexus convertible has been styled to offer minimal wind turbulence when driving with the hard top stowed. Extensive revisions to body structure and suspension equip the IS 250C with the torsional stiffness necessary to promote ride comfort appropriate to the brand and, in coupe guise, the reduced noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) characteristics on a par with those of the IS sedan.

Thanks to the remarkably compact packaging of its three-part folding roof mechanism, the IS 250C offers a large boot space, generous rear seat access and spacious rear passenger accommodation.