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2006 Lexus IS 350 Road Test

Understandably, most automotive journalists have chimed in with their two cents about Lexus's spankin' new IS, be it here or on other websites, in magazines or your standard Sunday Car sections in the papers. Now it's my turn, and I've got a nickel. Not only did I get the IS for a weekend of almost non-stop driving mayhem, I got it with the 306-horsepower 3.5-L V6. On my first night with the IS 350, I was fortunate enough to meet another like-minded individual driving an Infiniti G35 Coupe, navigating the wide, occasionally curving and smoothly paved Highway 7. It became apparent that we were the class of the 7, despite a Celica that seemed itchy to get in on the game. A Celica? "Puuhhleeeeaase." That wasn't happening.

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2006 Lexus IS 350 Road Test

Understandably, most automotive journalists have chimed in with their two cents about Lexus's spankin' new IS, be it here or on other websites, in magazines or your standard Sunday Car sections in the papers. Now it's my turn, and I've got a nickel. Not only did I get the IS for a weekend of almost non-stop driving mayhem, I got it with the 306-horsepower 3.5-L V6. On my first night with the IS 350, I was fortunate enough to meet another like-minded individual driving an Infiniti G35 Coupe, navigating the wide, occasionally curving and smoothly paved Highway 7. It became apparent that we were the class of the 7, despite a Celica that seemed itchy to get in on the game. A Celica? "Puuhhleeeeaase." That wasn't happening.