For most of its 21-year history, the Lexus brand has been relentlessly pursuing—how shall I put this—a different sort of “perfection” than performance enthusiasts might prefer. But since 2001, it has been throwing us road menaces a bone in the form of the little, rear-drive IS. It’s fine enough...

http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070901/AUTO01/709010341/1148 WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. automakers criticized an e-mail sent by a federal agency to 67,000 employees that encouraged them to buy fuel-efficient vehicles and touted several foreign-made models as preferable...