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
Vehicle registration plate series were CL XXXX, EY XXXX, EL XXXx . Afterwards in 1956 a new system with the Sinhala script letter Sri (ශ්‍රී) in the middle was introduced, this started from Reg no "1 Sri 1". The current series of car registrations in Sri Lanka was introduced in 2000 and is on yellow number plates with black characters and a black border. On the left hand side of the number plate is the country emblem, below which is a two-letter region identifier e.g. WP represents the Western Province. The format of the remainder of the registration is LL – DDDD, with