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Lexus IS Sriracha is a spiced-up sedan

Lexus spices up its IS sedan with a dash of Sriracha hot sauce.

Chris Paukert
Following stints in TV news production and as a record company publicist, Chris spent most of his career in automotive publishing. Mentored by Automobile Magazine founder David E. Davis Jr., Paukert succeeded Davis as editor-in-chief of Winding Road, a pioneering e-mag, before serving as Autoblog's executive editor from 2008 to 2015. Chris is a Webby and Telly award-winning video producer and has served on the jury of the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards. He joined the CNET team in 2015, bringing a small cache of odd, underappreciated cars with him.
Chris Paukert
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The IS Sriracha celebrates Huy Fong's super-popular hot sauce with a special paint finish and plenty of custom trim.

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Lexus' trademark spindle grille gets edged in the same shade of green seen on the hot sauce's cap.

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The Sriracha IS is based on the midrange IS 300 all-wheel drive.

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The IS 300's stock powertrain is regrettably untouched.

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Note the bright-green brake calipers.

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There are 47 bottles of Sriracha in here for "emergency" purposes.

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