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Old 07-09-2003, 07:31 AM
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"Conventional wisdom said that dependability was the property of the Japanese and Europeans," said Joe Ivers, executive director of quality/customer satisfaction at J.D. Power. "While it's still true for automakers like Toyota and Honda, it's no longer the case for many Europeans."

Ivers noted that while Porsche, Jaguar, Saab and BMW scored above the industry average for dependability, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo were well below the standard.

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I wish Lexus would release a car to compete w/ the S4 or M3. I'd buy it. Flame suit on....
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A high performance, AWD version of the IS300 would be nice.
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Yep.
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Im not a big lexus fan. To me they are an over priced Toyota...oh wait thats what thay are. Great cars that last forever but not something i associated with a luxury speed beast like the M3 &amp; S4
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IS430 in the pipeline, IIRC.
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Is the SC430 pretty low on power and slow. They would have to step that engine up.
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Rumor mill says supercharging may be a possibility.
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I don't know the IS300 has "I'm a boy-racer punk driving this car" written all over it.
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agree 100%


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