ny888

Dealer Pre-Announcement for new IS

MODELS
IS350 RWD
IS250 RWD
IS250 RWD, 6 speed Manual
IS250 AWD, 6 Speed sequential shift Auto.

EQUIPMENT & FEATURES

Standard Equipment
- SmartAccess with push-button start
- Optitron Instrument Cluster
- Power Tilt/Telescopic Steering Wheel
- Steering-wheel-mounted Cruise Control, Audio and Display Controls
- Bluetooth® technology
- 10-Way power seats with memory for driver and passenger
- Wood and/or Metal trim interior
- Dual-Zone Automatic Climate Control
- Mini Plug accessory connector
- Illuminated Scuff Plates on door sills
- AM/FM/CD, 13-speaker audio system
- Ten airbags, including a first-in-segment double knee airbag

Optional Equipment
- Ventilated Front Seats with multistage fans
- Touch Screen-Voice Activated DVD Navigation System
- Mark Levinson Premium Surround Audio System
- Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
- Intuitive Parking Assist
- Rain-sensing Windshield Wipers with Headlamp Washers
- Power rear-window sunshade
- XM® Satellite Radio capability
- Lexus Pre-Collision System (PCS)
- Intelligent Adaptive Front Lighting System (I-AFS)
- Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management System (VDIM).

ny888

Mini Plug accessory connector .

Looks like finally an easy way to connect our iPods !

XeroK00L

I wish they were kind enough to offer even external video inputs. Guess that's too much to ask.

ny888

While we're at it, why not headrest monitors as well.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

good, finally touch screen....

ny888

Ahhh. touchscreen, how I dislike using that little joystick today.

And no jokes about my little joystick please.

amy011079

nice looking forward to seeing what else this puppy will have that hasn't been disclosed.

AJL0365

all sounds good to me, makes me wonder how the ES will do now since the next IS comes with all the features found in higher priced Lexus models like the GS,LS,RX. The IS 350 base price has to be more than 33k

jrock65

That list is everything that the new GS has. So in terms of features, the new IS and GS will be the same? Just difference in engines and body?

spwolf

ES will be significantly bigger, so expect its pricing to be slightly above IS and less than GS... Why do you think GS's pricing went up? :-). ES will avoid competing with both of them due to its nature - it is bigger than IS and less expensive than GS. Whose mom will need to drive IS350? Or GS300? I bet ES350 will be better proposition for non-young and non-sporty-executive people among us.

IS350 base should be above 33k. As to the features, it seems to me than IS will have more features than GS - consider that IS has been designed 1 or 2 years after GS (which was shown long time ago) and wealth of standard and option features show that - for example standard ipod plugin.

Consider how someone posted that nicely equipped new 330i (w/o nav) will cost 47k MSRP :-).

lexis307

it should be prett sweet, but i like our bodystyle now

rominl

iTrader: (4)

totally agree. never been a fan of the joystick. and ever since i got my sc430 it only made me dislike the is300 nav more...

psukhu

How much do you think a base IS250 6-speed RWD will go for?


Will there be a coupe/drop top model?

bluestar

a) Should retail low-to-mid $30K

b) There will be a coupe and vert, not sure if it will be a drop-top, however. These won't arrive here until MY2007 or later.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

umm, if the is250 is going for that much, i guess the IS series got a bit more expensive than before huh