I like to keep my cars AT LEAST for 3 years... Lexus, you're not helping me!?!

 

LOL! You can thank Lexus later when you're driving that new IS around town 3 years sooner.

 

well i think lexus is going to be a lot more aggressive now, more facelift and changes. not a good thing to us in general. but as a business that's a damn good way to make money

 

Yes the IS will be in dealers in Sept, no spec's yet

As for the GS 450 it will NOT have 2 electric motors. It will be the first ever rear wheel drive hybrid. It will use the 3.5 V6 and it WILL be the fastest Lexus yet 0-60.....all I can say for now.

 

So GS450h will be AWD?

 

look at what Lexopolis posted just above you.

no one is sure i guess

 

What about a coupe and/or convertible? I read somewhere that it'll be 12-18 months after the sedan arrives...any new word on that date?

 

1. Rockville also confirmed the 450h will be RWD only, keeping weight down as Lexus really tauts the performance aspect of the hybrid.
2. THe IS coupe/convert will come about the same time as the 3 coupe/convert, next summer.

 

Wow, that's the first time I've heard it's gonna be that soon.

 

which is not a bad thing at all imho

 

do you work for lexus?

 

Denny Clements will have two new cars to unveil at the NY show. IS will come in a hybrid eventually too. Then LS Hybrid etc. etc....

 

Yes and no.
Depends on if you consider the rear-drive Chevy Silverado "Hybrid" a true hybrid. It basically shuts the gas engine off at stops and not much else...it does not run on true electric power.

 

October? Man, I don't want to wait that long!!

 

The Geneva show just wetted my appetite. The GS450h and the IS350 on the turntables. These are two mean machines and a real wake up call to the Old Country. Audacious and delicious. We are told that the IS250/350 will arrive in October to celebrate Octoberfest! Happy St. Patricks Day everybody on CL........