Sensible Secondhand Reviews: 2009 Lexus IS250 C SE-I - Lloyd Vehicle Consulting

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Welcome to Sensible Secondhand Reviews, the series where we usually take a sensible secondhand car worth between £1000 and £5000 and put it through its paces in a very straightforward manner! This time, we test a 2009 Lexus IS250 C SE-I, an open top version of the IS250 we had on No Budget Reviews quite recently...

Be prepared for even more luxury, getting stuck in traffic in Huddersfield, a reference to So Solid Crew and very little of any consequence at all. Nothing untoward, then!

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[paulie-Gualtieri.]

The audio was crystal clear with the roof down. Never seen on before, really nice looking car.

[gerhardtvanniekerk]

The 'useless' leather clips on back seats are to be used with the safety belt, it keeps them secured when roof is down.. ☝👍

[richardhowlett]

Can’t recall ever seeing one ! Perfect waft machine on a sunny day .

[scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Excellent review as always Sir, going to say I have never seen one of these before so was nice to learn about it.

[jonharry]

My 2009 has vent seats and Mark lev sound system 😊

[roygardiner]

That is, yes, a desirable car. It oozes Made in Japan quality.
The thing that strikes me is that the complexity and plethora of subsystems means there is a lot that can fail.
Nevertheless, I would like to own it.

[camperlustig]

Good Morning Sir, I have lived in Hamburg for over twenty years s and cannot remember ever having seen one.

[JanBanJoovi-olqv]

Do you think someone shorter like 5’7” or 5’3” will feel comfortable at the back? Contemplating on buying this as my fancy car but chances are, occasionally I might need to drop 2 or 3 passengers in some places. So I’m worried about the comfort at the back.

[Koulis_]

I wonder how many of these were sold in the UK, it must have been miniscule judging by how rare it is to spot one.

[colinhicks]

Is this the same generation as the saloon you tested?
It is interesting how the spec has changed.
The boot seems to be much larger, with I initially thought was because it was a 2 seater. Until I saw the ritual contortionist act. 🙂