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 plates of Luxembourg ownership. There is no market for trading numbers privately. Plates originally comprised digits only. (Four- and five-digit numbers can still be issued on request, but lower numbers are withheld from private use once the car is taken off the road.) More recently, combinations of one letter and four digits, then two letters and three digits, were introduced, but these are no longer issued and are therefore gradually disappearing. The rear number plate latterly featured a large EU flag without a country code. A new registration number is allocated each time a car with a number in the old format changes