THE Lexus IS200 overcame German national bias by winning top car in a customer satisfaction survey of the country's car owners.

Carried out by market research firm JD Power, the survey gave the baby Lexus the highest score of 86% - and parent company Toyota also performed well with its cars coming top in a further five of the six other categories.

Overall, the manufacturer said, Germany's drivers also awarded Toyota the top brand satisfaction rating in the survey at 83.1%.

Lexus said: 'The results of the survey were published in the German car magazine mot, which described the outcome as 'an overwhelming result, which other manufacturer can only dream of'.'