2014 Lexus IS 250 AWD Review Spec and Price

the 2014 Lexus IS 250 AWD should be a home run -- its new framework is one of the best in the business, and it has the essential small-displacement engine under its hood. Unfortunately, as we discovered out at the test track, that combination doesn't seem to create the IS any more powerful, as Lexus included grip but not ower. 

Considering the quantity of examining we've done with the 2014 IS, the IS 250 AWD ought to look fairly acquainted to most of our visitors. Like the 2014 IS rear-wheel-drive we examined, it trips on a larger-than-before Lexus GS-derived chassis and suspension, with controversial style and an LFA-inspired interior. That's about all that's new with the IS 250 AWD. Like the last-gen IS, the 2014 IS 250 is powered by a small, 2.5-liter V-6 that creates only 204 hp and 185 lb-ft of torque. Power is directed through a carryover six-speed automated gear box, and then divides torque g 30/70 front/rear to as much as 50/50 if need be. 

With a pipsqueak of an engine and almost two tons to haul around, the 2014 Lincoln IS 250 AWD doesn't quite rate up like the the rest of the IS lineup. The IS 250 AWD is the slowest 2014 IS we've examined yet, with 0-60 mph getting 7.9 seconds -- more than a half-second a longer period than the next-slowest model, the rear-drive IS 250 F Sport. The 2014 IS 250 AWD's quarter-mile time is also relatively pokey, with the Lincoln requiring 16.0 seconds at 86.9 mph at the dragstrip. The 60-0 mph anxiety quit took 118 feet. Remarkably enough, our IS 250 AWD specialist out-performed the IS 250 F Game on our determine eight. Our all-wheel-drive specialist broken it out in 26.4 a few moments at 0.74 g average, while the sportier IS 250 F Sport required 27.1 4 seconds at 0.65 g average. That all-wheel-drive grip really allows the IS area -- we observed a identical pattern with the IS 350 F Game and IS 350 AWD. 

And then there's the issue of price. Our completely packed 2014 Lexus IS 250 AWD price $47,940, with the two most costly choices being the $4759 Routing Program and the $3355 Premium Package. That's a fairly reasonable slice of modify for a lightweight high-class activities automobile prepared with the platform powertrain. Eventually, if the 2014 IS AWD is on your must-have record, we'd recommend getting up to the IS 350 AWD. You can specifications one with the Routing Package (though not the the Premium Pack) for about $1000 less than our IS 250 AWD tester. Otherwise we'd probably be enticed by a equally prepared Audi A4, BMW 328i xDrive, or even Volvo S60 T6 R-Design, and with all of those automobiles providing more power, less polarizing style, and more product reputation (well, except for the Swede) for the same price, you have to wonder if customers will do the same.