DJ90

I'm based in South East Asia, Brunei to be exact. They only sell the IS 250's here which I currently own. Everytime I come around here seeing comments on how slow the IS250's are, it just really angers me that my country doesnt sell the 350's. I asked the dealer before i got my car and he told me about gas in my country is not compatible with the 350s engine. but the funny thing is, they have the GS250 and 350's!, are the engines of the GS350 not the same as IS350?

t4tran

because they don't need that big of an engine. economical for them. not only lexus do this, many other company does it. especially mercedes.

AMNss

I think its due to marketing and sales .
For example having an is350 will reduce the sales of the gs 350 or will be priced to high for a group of potential buyers .

DJ90

very true, i was a reading an article earlier, and the author was saying how if an IS350 is to be introduced to the market, it narrows the price between the GS350, where with the GS you get more space/quality/comfort. So, keeping the IS250 in the market makes sense, commercially. fuc that!

Helterran

because my IS in USA is about 47k, and if i buy the same car in Asia my car is worth about 100k ? =)

specONE

iTrader: (3)

You guys have the IS300h at least. Some of us wish for that in the States

Mesh704

I'm sorry for saying that you wrong because i live in Asia and I bought my is350 for $43,000 USD !'

Helterran

I am taking $ based on Taiwan's advertisement.

Dark9t316

Different Asian countries are going to have different pricing depending on the tariffs and taxes imposed on the imported cars.

DJ90

Yep, different pricing for different countries. My IS250 F I own costs USD 63K

Mike_1GO

iTrader: (2)

rather have the IS300h than a 250

nayuta

GS350 and IS350 share the same engine yep

norcalbay

another reason for this is most countries tax import cars according to the engine size (cc), higher the cc higher tax. This is also one of the reason why many car companies are adding turbos.

Dark9t316

I remember reading somewhere that IS300h isn't offered in the North America because it competes with CT Hybrid.

I'd rather have IS350, I care more about driving experience than mileage performance. IS300h is marketed to a different set of customer base.

IS350S2K

So the CT isn't sold outside the US that has the IS300h?