2001 Lexus IS 300 Road Test

Lexus has come a long way since it stood the luxury car manufacturing world on its ear 10 years ago with the wonderfully refined LS 400 sedan and Toyota Camry-based ES250. From a fledgling two-model line-up, Lexus is now producing six distinct models, including two sport utilities, one sports coupe (soon with retractable hardtop) and three sedans. You would think with three sedans Lexus have all angles covered, but this isn't how they saw it. Until now, they were missing an important ingredient in the mix, a compact sport sedan.