Not if the changes are detrimental, like if they put the SLR nose on the next facelift for the MB SL class for example.

 

I was hoping for more than this for the G35coupe.

1. Interior is almost unchanged, still doesnt look too good.
2. No projector HIDs, like almost all other Nissans and Infinitis have.
3. No HP increase for AT.

 

well the is300 has never been designed to be a lexus, imho lexus was really trying very hard to just tweak the altezza into a lexus, so it's not surprising about the interior

 

OLD

 

New?

 

1sicklex - the major reason why infiniti did not change the interior by too much is because they did not want to hurt the resale value of the current G35 coupes and sedans. If they were to change the interior completely, then resale value would be bad for the current G's. Infiniti did the right thing is changing only what was necessary. They changed the things that people and car mags felt should be changed. People complained about the cheap plastic titanium trim and so now they changed it to real aluminum trim as well as real wood. Now whatever (the interior) was holding people back from buying a g35 is now eliminated. The cheap parts are gone and infiniti even added horsepower. Seems like the g35 will be car of the year again if you ask me...

 

G35C is a perfact car now then.

 

nah they still need to move the volume and temp controls to driver side. oh and twin turbos. and keep the price under $40K. thats perfect..........


Doc

 

that would be very nice if they come with twin tubo borrowed from R34 and keep it under 40K.
i am with you doc

 

hahaa, i would get one for sure doc

 

after reading this, i just noticed that the volume and temp control is on the passenger side.....

 

sorry about that teaser........

 

I whole heartedly agree. I don't understand why whenever anybody brings up this topic, people get so upset. . . it's true! Even though the handling still can't beat BMW, and maybe yes, Infiniti has a more powerful motor. . . not too different than the rest of Lexus history. . . but the crucial element, the amazing, world class build quality and interiors. . . the IS300 was never designed to be a Lexus in the first place. Even the styling shares more in common with the Toyota Matrix, Celica, Scion than an LS430 or SC430. But all of you know how quiet Lexus is about their upcoming plans. I don't have anything factual to base this off of, but I KNOW without a doubt that the future IS300, probably due in a year or two, is going the change all that. This new IS xxx is more likely than the last model to be specifically designed for this market. . . I'd expect a whole new interior layout(save maybe the chronograph dash), and probably a baby 2005 GS430 look. The GS is "the future design direction" hint hint. Can you imagine that?

 

Xenthar...you're defending Nissan / Infiniti marketing too much. If they had done what they should have done and put real wood, carbon fiber, or aluminum in these cars to start with instead of cheap plastic, we wouldn't even be having this conversation. Infiniti is considered a luxury / sport brand, not econoboxes...so you can't use econobox trim.
Now, Nissan / Infiniti is by no means the only company guilty of making marketing errors....Lexus pulled a real boner when it introduced the IS300 in 2001 without a manual-transmission option ...and then in 2002 when the manual tranny finally did come it was a 5-speed instead of a 6-speed. ( Infiniti also foolishly introduced the G35 in automatic-only form). And the Lincoln Blackwood truck was probably the greatest marketing error in the last 10 years.

 

well for the record i also own the is300 as well as gs400, so my comments weren't really biased but yes, i agree with you. the is300 was more like a rush project by lexus to put out a car head to head with 3 series. the next release is going to be a lot more refined