Lexus IS (XE20) Aspirational Luxury Cars, referring to the vehicle owners most desired in the luxury segment, and a finalist for "Wheels" magazine's Car of the Year (COTY) awards and the World Car of the Year (WCOTY) award in 2006. In November 2009, the Lexus IS F was named Best New Sports / Performance Car over CDN$50,000 for the year by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). In October 2008, the IS F received a Good Design Award from the Japanese Industrial Design organization. In April 2008, "Evo" magazine's test of the IS F awarded the vehicle the publication's highest rating of
International Cultivar Registration Authority International Cultivar Registration Authority An International Cultivation Registration Authority (ICRA) is an organization responsible for ensuring that the name of plant cultivars and cultivar groups are defined and not duplicated. The ICRA system was established more 50 years ago, and operates under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), which in turn works with the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Its chief aim is to prevent duplicated uses of epithets for cultivars and cultivar groups within a defined denomination class (usually a genus), and to ensure that names are in accord with the latest