I voted hot.

Whilst they arent very powerful and are quite heavy compared to the E46.

They are a really well built and well finished machine. They make a nice noise and have an LSD as standard.

There's certain things about the way Lexus build a car that as an engineer they get a big thumbs up. Simple things like wheel arch liners that extend right the the lip of the wheel arch to protect from stone chips and subsequent rust.

On another forum I said these were the last cars that were designed for longevity.