That said, the angular wheel arches and wide-track stance serves the Lexus well. I'd argue the key reason to buy the Rio at this end of the market is that it has the most space and largest cabin ...

But none of them can touch the Lexus for after-sales service nor are any of them quite as well put together as the Japanese-built IS. It may not be as fast or as fun, but it's very, very good. While ...