My advice is to "be careful what you wish for", as they say. My RL has a silver exterior and taupe interior, which is also one of my favorite combinations, but it only works because the silver is a warm silver with shades of beige. The Mercury Metallic on the GS is a very cold silver (with shades of blue???), so it probably wouldn't look very good with the Cashmere interior. And if I'm not mistaken, Cashmere is more tan than the Ivory interior in the Jag.

 

if you want something like this, why don't you go buy an accord or a camry? the main reason I bought a lexus was for ALL these features.

 

Depending on the definition of luxury, a Cadillac salesperson could make the same claim.

Acura alreay has the "no configuration changes allowed" maket cornered and it seems most companies are heading that way. There's nothing wrong with playing to the masses but just think how many more sales Lexus could rack up if special orders were as easy as BMW makes it..

 

"but just think how many more sales Lexus could rack up if special orders were as easy as BMW makes it.."


This one of the reasons why Lexus has a better price point. They streamline their operations and mass produce making these cars much less $$.

 

And the one extreme example of this is Acura.

This is so different in Europe where custom ordered cars rule (even the cheaper ones) vs. the US where the "package" deal is king.

 

Most likely a small percentage if any. Not justifiable in terms of sales and profitability. Streamline is defnitely the keyword. You throw special order into the mix and you get one of many things like slower production numbers, higher costs associated with changing up the order of operations and distribution, declining profit. It's easy for a consumer point out what they want but people forget the operation aspect of it.

 

frebay: if you want something like this, why don't you go buy an accord or a camry? the main reason I bought a lexus was for ALL these features.


The reason i want the base car is because it actually has everythign im looking for. All the standard features is all i need. I dont a navigation sysyetm to tell me where to go. I can find that out myself. I dont need a rear camera. I can see where im backing up to. I dont need mark levinson surround sysytem. The premium sound sysytem is plentiful. I dont need rain senstitive wipers. The regualr wipers r more than enough to get rid of rain ovr my windhsield. I dont need a rear sunshade. Tinting the car is perfect enough. I dont need adaptive front lighting sysytem to help me move thru the way on a curve. I have been driving for 15 years and can see where i am going without that. I dont need a moonroof because i have nor eason to open the top for air coming in nor do i want to stand up whiel soemoen else is drivign my car. I dont need ventilated seats blowing in my rear when the a/c in the GS will be excellent enough.

With all this being said, i understand what u mean by telling me to get an accord or camry as all those things will do the same things. But my point is simple. Im gettnig to own and drive a remarable vehicle that is equipped with plentiful standard thigns that show its beauty. (no doubt all these extra things add to the beauty) but the 42,900 vehicle has thigns like wood steering and wood on shifter. it has HIDs standard. 6 disc changer. perforated leather seats. MID screen which shows a lot of cool things. In short i am savign about 7k dolalrs getting a base car over the fully optioned car. Allt he stuff in the fully optioned car - most of that stuff has a standard subsitute or is an added amenity. And the other stuff i have no use for - for my purposes. So why should i spend an extra 7-8 K dolalrs on thigns which i knwo i really wont care too much for. When i knwo i wont really need all that stuff....its a waste ofor me to buy it. And at the same time - like i said...the standard vehicle has things that already make the car gorgeous. And im also saivng that much money versus getting all that stuff which i dont need.

Not to sound rude towards you my friend, but 43K and 50K is quite a big of money difference and if the base car is equipped the way it is..(which it obviously is) Its perfect...all those extra amenities have other means. Thus, the 43K car is equipped with already plentiful things to make it an awesome buy. Its a lexus...and it still has the quality crafstmanship, remarkable detailing, rich and beautified interior and exterior styling, plentiful luxury.

 

They wanted me to do a Special Order for getting a vehicle with Pre-Collision(PCS). But I think it's because they just didn't make it into the first batch, not because no one would want them.

I didn't wait for it, but I love the feature.

 

Some combinations are not offerred. It would probably look nice yet it is not on my production listing. Sorry about that.

 

Really? Because last year Cadillac sold 230,000 cars to Lexus' 287,000, what else could they lump in to that number?

 

Wow! Brutal group!

 

Please be respectful of individual needs. You may want the options and that is great but not everyone does. He merely asked a question. He never said the car was bad or the options were bad. He just does not want/need them. He wants to drive a Lexus. That is his prerogative. Enjoy your new car and let him build the car he will enjoy.

 

Hey Frebay, you're enjoying it aren't you? You are the Sh_t! As I have said before and I will repeat again the drive is the number one feature on this GS. I will trade the drive for any or all of the toys. Sometimes I like to just drive with the audio off and the windows down and feel like I am part of the enviroment. To each his own bliss....

 

I remember the old days when I used to go car shopping with my parents. You could pick the color of the car, the interior color, what options you wanted. Pretty much like what you can do when building the car on the websites. The difference is, the car would take maybe a few weeks to arrive if they didn't arleady have one. Now, we pretty much are stuck with what is on the lot or we have to wait months for our cars. When I bought my 04 RX330, I really wanted the black interior, but my dealer had none in the exterior color I wanted. I ended up settling for my 2nd choice of light gray interior. While I don't mind the gray interior, still today after 2 years and 35Kmiles I still wish I had a black interior. Why didn't I wait the 3 months for my car to get built? Well, my wife was having a baby and I couldn't wait that long. It was so much easier for customers back then. Now it is eaaier for the dealers and the customers get what is on the lot or they have to wait and put down a lot of extra money just to consider special ordering.

 

If you go by the definition that says a luxury vehicle must sticker for at least $42K (IRS number adjusted for inflation at which the old luxury tax would kick in) then Caddy outsells everyone.