why do people complain about the dumbo side mirrors. to be honest i prefer the dumbos to the new blinking side mirrors. i like having a bigger area while driving due to the huge blind spots.

 

I like the update. Everyone is so quick to judge on pictures.

 

U saw the new sport GFX kit and didnt take pics???????

or by "front lip" did u mean front bumper

 

yup! Thats sexy! Im glad im waiting!! Anyone know an expected release date??

Thanks guys!

-Steph

 

i wonder if we can just purchase the covers of the side mirrors.. or hte side mirrors are a different size on the 09's
btw the side mirrors on the 09's loook very sexy.

taillights look cheap imo

 

In the Lexus magazine it says the 09's will be out by september, probably after the Lexus Event ending on Sept 2

 

UGLY tail lights.

I'm so disappointed.

The side-view mirrors are nice because they made them smaller, but then they had to go and add some ugly chrome to cancel it out.

The wheels are hideous, and look like animal hooves, as someone mentioned already.

Way too much chrome on the front grill. Doesn't look terrible, but still too much chrome. Do the Lexus designers not know that the majority of us think chrome is too flashy and outdated? It's a pretty common thought among most car people these days.

The only thing they did well was the front bumper.

I'm so glad I have a 2006 model. These changes just made the IS worse!

So disappointed.

 

Some of the small details that people haven't looked at...

The white stitching on the seats & the power window/door lock switch plate is a bit different. The power window buttons are 3GS style a long with the revised window lock and left/right toggle for the door locks, vs. the old style front to back. Asian markets still get the power mirror fold feature.

 

It was at taste of lexus, I thought i would be seeing stock 08 cars But they were mainly 09's except a few 2IS's 1 of them was a IS350 stock and 1 F-sport IS350

 

^^^+19083945839457946509370

 

I think there will be a problem in the 2009, since kit companies are so lazy making a kit for the IS, now they will have much less options and much more wait

but I love the 09 changes don't really care about it. I hope they wont offer the IS350 in Dubai, so I wont get pissed

 

Drove the 2009 IS 250 & 350 today at Taste of Lexus. Here are some pictures I took with my iPhone. Sorry if they are not perfect.

 

Would any of you guys happen to have fuller pictures of the cabin that shows the Dark Grey wood trim?

 

No more rotary control for the moonroof?

That SUCKS!!

 

I personally hated the rotary control...

I want that new wood trim!