Lexus to Race New IS 350 in the American Le Mans Series in 2006
What did Cadillac do when it wanted to add performance credibility to its brand image after replacing the lackluster Catera with the edgy CTS-V? Go racing. Lexus is planning to do likewise with its all-new IS 350 luxury sport sedan, but rather than put it up against similar compact to midsize sedans in the SCCA Speed World Challenge, as Cadillac did, Lexus is targeting Porsche's 911 GT3 RSR, BMW's M3 and the Panoz Esperante in the
