Here are some photos of the upcoming IS 500 Coupe rumored to have the same 5.0L V8 engine that's being developed for the forthcoming Supra.

Photos of the Actual Test Mule

This is the Toyota Crown Royal Japanese Market sedan that's been shortened to mimic the eventual coupe's size and proportions. This car has been spotted running Germany's Nurburgring racetrack.

Photo Rendering of the IS 500 Coupe

I don't know about you, but if they make the coupe look like a chopped 4-door sedan, that'll be the end of it. The only company that made a chopped 4-door into a chopped 2 door look good was the outgoing E46 3-series coupe. I don't know why Lexus just won't go for a whole new body style like the G35 coupe vs. the sedan...

Rumored output is around 400hp. It remains to be seen if Toyota has enough sense to stick a real 6-speed manual in the car or at the very least a manu-matic that won't automatically shift for you if you leave it in a certain gear for too long.

 

hmm... i dunno about that one...

 

by that year, i should be into Odyssey's and stuff!!

 

i dont think we will ever see an IS coupe.... maybe some type of coupe but i doubt this would be it! BTW doesnt IS stand for International Sedan?

 

ok, then maybe they'll call it the IC 500 for "international coupe." lol.

btw, the test mule is on a totally different japan-mkt-only platform (the crown) which is, i'm guessing, more on par w/ the benz cl500 in terms of dimensions. they did the testing on that car because the engine bay's big enough to hold a V8 (according to the toyota source). the body is just for show. the 2nd pic is obviously photoshopped; the IS looks good as a sedan but atrocious as a coupe if it ever comes out looking like that.

 

i remember my friend telling me in '97 that toyota chose the name Lexus to be short for Luxury Export to the United States. in '89, Lexus was indeed only sold in the U.S. but today are sold almost everywhere else toyotas are sold including the home japan market.

 

this topic, and those pics are so old. lols sorry i felt the need to say that.

BUT, i do hope that they come out with a coupe version of the IS... im not sure if theyd call it an IS though cuase of the term "internationa sedan"..

 

idk, i was in my friends 2jz gtte IS300 today, and loved to look at it more than the is350 because i could only see it in the rear view!!!