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Old 06-01-11, 10:42 PM
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After owning my Lexus for almost 2 years... on my way out for dinner my gf, she asked "whats the "I" in the IS?"
I answered "hmm... the "I" is for "I" dont know..."

I know that ES = Executive Sedan, GS = Grand Sedan, LS = Luxury Sedan, SC = Sports Coupe. but whats IS??
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Intelligent Sport???

I got that from wikipedia. HAHA
Quoted from wikipedia, "According to Lexus, the IS designation stands for Intelligent Sport"
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Old 06-01-11, 10:52 PM
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I told her that too but dont think so we're not Honda
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IS = its sexy

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Intermediate Sedan
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I googled it and someone said Lexus It Sucks.
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When I got my 300 I was told Individual Sport. *shrug*

Doesn't make sense to me. But then again he had a very heavy Russian accent.
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Intelligent Sport.
It was told in the IS video they had up on Lexus.com. This video is no longer up.
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haha last year i grew curious and looked it up. I saw Intelligent Sport on like 3 different sources.
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Originally Posted by MyIS350G
After owning my Lexus for almost 2 years... on my way out for dinner my gf, she asked "whats the "I" in the IS?"
I answered "hmm... the "I" is for "I" dont know..."

I know that ES = Executive Sedan, GS = Grand Sedan, LS = Luxury Sedan, SC = Sports Coupe. but whats IS??
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Intelligent Sport.
It was told in the IS video they had up on Lexus.com. This video is no longer up.
I knew about the SC, but honestly did not know the rest
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Interesting how the 'S' in the other models stands for "Sedan" while the IS is for "Sport".

How about the C in IS C??
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Intelligent Sport Coupe
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H is for Hybrid haha
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Not to be a jerk or anything but it's pretty obvious that the "c" in IS-C stands for convertible.
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Originally Posted by Pnthrzrule
Not to be a jerk or anything but it's pretty obvious that the "c" in IS-C stands for convertible.
lol maybe he was kidding...
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