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Old 06-28-14, 10:04 AM
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yes, new 2015 model year finally revealed!

FULL SPECS: http://toyotanewsroom.com/releases/2...duct+specs.htm

Great to see ATOMIC SILVER added for F-SPORT, along with Ventilated seats, heated steering wheel for AWD COLD WEATHER PACKAGE....

and a new interior color, "STRATUS GRAY"

as well as LED FOG LIGHTS!
Old 06-28-14, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by tsopranoMB
yes, new 2015 model year finally revealed!

FULL SPECS: http://toyotanewsroom.com/releases/2...duct+specs.htm

Great to see ATOMIC SILVER added for F-SPORT, along with Ventilated seats, heated steering wheel for AWD COLD WEATHER PACKAGE....

and a new interior color, "STRATUS GRAY"

as well as LED FOG LIGHTS!
No Ultrasonic Blue Lexus USA are a bunch of bas@*rds!
Old 06-28-14, 10:27 AM
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the mirrors are being extended? i wonder what they are going to look like, i.e. if they are completely redesigned or pulled off some other lexus model that has a mirror width greater than the current mirror length used.

that, and i wonder if the difference is going to be large enough to differentiate a 2014 from a 2015 easily enough, much akin to the adoption of the turn-signal-inclusive style mirrors in the latter (refreshed) versions of the 2IS compared to earlier iterations sans turn signals, i.e. model years 2006-2008.

minutiae, i know, although important (to me.)
Old 06-28-14, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by CTLG
The brake cooling is certainly not a myth and neither is the design of the F Sport Spindle grill. The brake cooling ducts are the ones immediately to the left and right of the spindle grill insert. Brake cooling was never designed to come from the outboard "ducts". Those were designed for fog lights all along.

So yes, the f sport does have brake cooling ducts.
I didn't mean it was a myth that there were brake cooling ducts at all, I meant it turned out to be a myth that Lexus left the fog lights off to allow air to the brakes.
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Siri eyes free is available for 2015. Good things come to those waited, Atomic Silver would've been the color I wanted.

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Old 06-28-14, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by wednesday
No Ultrasonic Blue Lexus USA are a bunch of bas@*rds!
DITTO....
Old 06-28-14, 01:21 PM
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Atomic Silver is a great addition to the F Sport! I think USB will eventually be added. Maybe for the 2016 MY.

Just think, this time next year we'll all be debating how much hp/tq the 2.0 turbo will have.

The 3IS will keep getting better every year.
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Originally Posted by dbs600
If the 2015 F Sports will have ventilated seats, does it mean they'll have leather too!?

As I recall, the reason they didn't have ventilated seats in 2014 was due to NuLuxe.

Otherwise, will they have heated steering wheels too?

What about memory seats?
Any confirmation on this anyone???
Old 06-28-14, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by dasbuch
I didn't mean it was a myth that there were brake cooling ducts at all, I meant it turned out to be a myth that Lexus left the fog lights off to allow air to the brakes.
We put that myth to rest over two years when the 2013 GS350 FSport launched...

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Originally Posted by JDR76
I don't see that anywhere in the press release.

It's doubtful Siri will be available as a software upgrade on the 14s. It wasn't offered for previous year upgrades after being added to the RX and GS in 14.
Sorry you are right, I read this part wrong:

"The navigation system puts a world of capability at the driver’s fingertips via the second-generation Lexus Remote Touch Interface (RTI) multi-function control device."
Old 06-28-14, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Z
OK... I really do appreciate how much thought you have put into this..!!

But maybe photos are worth a 1,000 words that I will not be typing..

Below I have attached the OEM "USA" FSport BLANK solid covers.. By SOLID, I am explaining to you that NO AIR flows through the blank... It's a hole filler...
The illusion of air flowing through them stops when you look inside and see solid plastic.

The JDM OEM covers are self explanatory... They have a hole for the fog lamps..

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Joe Z,

I agree, sort of. If you go to your car and take a wire or ruler and place it in the cover you will find that there is indeed a hole/slit that air flows through. Now to say it does any good, that is your call.

Aloha,
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Joe Z,

I agree, sort of. If you go to your car and take a wire or ruler and place it in the cover you will find that there is indeed a hole/slit that air flows through. Now to say it does any good, that is your call.

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Yes Larry I agree.. Has ZERO value.. It allows water & dirt not to get trapped in them

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Originally Posted by tsopranoMB
yes, new 2015 model year finally revealed!

FULL SPECS: http://toyotanewsroom.com/releases/2...duct+specs.htm

Great to see ATOMIC SILVER added for F-SPORT, along with Ventilated seats, heated steering wheel for AWD COLD WEATHER PACKAGE....

and a new interior color, "STRATUS GRAY"

as well as LED FOG LIGHTS!
Originally Posted by wednesday
No Ultrasonic Blue Lexus USA are a bunch of bas@*rds!
Sorry.. I tried for you... I really did...

I lost the battle for Fogs on FSport too.. *LED Foglamps (non-F SPORT only)


The rest the upgrades in BOLD are good additions.. Thanks Marc..!!

Joe Z
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Originally Posted by Joe Z
Sorry.. I tried for you... I really did...

I lost the battle for Fogs on FSport too.. *LED Foglamps (non-F SPORT only)

The rest the upgrades in BOLD are good additions.. Thanks Marc..!!

Joe Z
I'm not on the Lexus Product Council but I often relay my thoughts to my contact who is. I barked up the USB and Memory Seats tree but looks like those never made it to fruition. The ventilated seats on F-Sport however, glad we stuct some sense
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Sorry.. I tried for you... I really did...

I lost the battle for Fogs on FSport too.. *LED Foglamps (non-F SPORT only)


The rest the upgrades in BOLD are good additions.. Thanks Marc..!!

Joe Z
I'm not on the Lexus Product Council but I often relay my thoughts to my contact who is. I barked up the USB and Memory Seats tree but looks like those never made it to fruition. The ventilated seats on F-Sport however, glad we stuct some sense

Thanks guys, did they say why they refuse to give us USB and the fogs? I just do NOT understand not giving us a color that everybody else has I will have to get a 15 because my lease ends next month but I am still not happy with what is being offered....at least the ventilated seats are a small step in the right direction. Any idea when the 15's will start arriving at dealers?

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