Squirrelz

LOL WHAT?! I know most either hate or love the exterior, but everyone agrees that the interior is where Lexus has improved dramatically compared to the previous gen. Please explain how there were corner cutting?

SW17LS

I think you have to reserve final judgement on the interior for when you sit in the car in person. I personally agree that everything LOOKS high quality, but as we saw on the new ES material quality can be much cheaper than it looks.

Xanadu350

Well one of the things that impressed me with Lexus even back in my first Lexus 98 SC400 were all the little details inside the cabin. The soft tactile feel of the buttons when you push them, the quality of the materials. When I got my IS 350 even the buttons all pressed the same and the quality was still top notch. I really hope they carry on this tradition.

Xanadu350

This is the first video I have seen showing what it looks like sitting in the back seat. Looks like decent leg room.

SW17LS

You should go sit in a 2013 ES. Like you, those are the things I appreciate about a Lexus, and the new ES has that when it comes to buttons, etc, but plastic quality is very poor around the console, lower dash, door panels, etc. I was very disappointed, and it obviously prompted me to upgrade to the GS.

I hope they don't do the same with the IS. When you sit in a 3 series or C class, the plastics and all are very good.

MashinA

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Really? The new Q50 has 2 touch screens in it. I mean look at all new tech such as smart phones and tablets...no more buttons all touch screens...

kensteele

Love the new IS. Definitely going with the F-sport this time,, can't wait to see these cars in person!

However, I will not be buying until they come out with the 2015 model.

Hopefully you guys can work thru all the issues this time, I helped out last time. LOL

Ramon

I already have...

SW17LS

Thats Infiniti, but look at Mercedes, BMW, Audi, all controller devices.

I don't miss the touch screen at all.

None of what you describe is "corner cutting". You may not like the style of what they have done, but you can't make a statement that they cut corners or cut costs until you sit in the new interior.

natnut

Exactly. There's deliberate design intent and there's cost cutting. You may not like the design but that doesn't mean that it's a result of cost cutting.

spwolf

I have had 2009 IS220d Luxury for 11 months now... I am pretty criticial of car interiors as I am European.

I can see improvements in every way in 3IS interior. There are too many to list. Only negative so far that I noticed is that door pockets dont go out like on 2IS, which was call (but again, I never used them anyway, still it was a way to show it is step above non-luxury cars).

Thing that has impressed me lately is how they didnt leave blank spot where wheel heater is, but they have different covers for whole part. How corners of dashboard rise up to meet top of the door, or how sides of the doors go into the dashboard when doors are closed. Leather kneepads of course, big annoyance of 2IS where my knees hit plastic tunnel... how nav screen is covered with same sized glass sheet no matter what version so display audio wont look cheap. seats that offer not just better holding but are designed a bit finally, Steering wheel design is great, trip computer looks finally the part... Temp controls are cool. Leather over instrument panel is cool. Then we come to LFA and GS parts... like stalks from GS unique to Lexus... and all the LFA stuff, like combination meters, omg, thats something everyone will be amazed by, real conversation piece, then design of upper dashboard, vents, all taken from LFA.

Improvements in the interior are great, not to mention 8.7cm of extra knee room something that was really needed, plus improved trunk with folding seats complete the interior.

Finally base versions will look pretty decent unlike competition as everyone will get big screen at the top.

MR2turbo

I didn't like the 2014 IS when I saw the first pictures of it, but it's starting to grow on me now, especially after watching that video. The interior is absolutely gorgeous in my opinion and I LOVE the LFA cluster on the F-sport. I really like where Lexus is heading. The new IS is going to be awesome, the current LS looks quite a bit better than when the 4th generation was first introduced (though I still like the 2004-2006 model the best), and the 3rd gen GS F-sport is the one of the most beautiful sedans ever made in my opinion. Way to go Lexus!

natnut

Thanks.

There's a comparable video where they assess the back seat of the Q50.
Your video of the 3IS back seat starts at 2:00, the back seat assessment of the Q50 starts at 2:55

Looks like the 3IS packaging is more efficient since the Q50 has larger external dimensions but they both have similar (adequate) rear seating.

SL222

Saw one at the show yesterday and it looks really nice.

There is some small issues however.
1.wheel gap is ridiculous.....no 1.5"drop will fix it.
2.headlight washers....wth is that?it sticks out and in rather ugly..
3.front grill is nice however I wish they kept the same plastic used on f-sport grilles now. I guess I'm just used to the current grilles much better and like the color/shape better...but thats just a small complaint.

Xanadu350

He even has that front seat pushed way back for a 6 foot guy and he still has plenty of rear knee room. I can see from this that the extra room in rear seat on new IS is very good compared to 2gen.

It's weird cause when I first saw 2gen in photos I loved it and knew I had to get this car. When I first saw it in person and drove I wanted it even more. I loved it from the start. I can't say that yet for the 3gen there are a lot of things I like. I feel with this car it's such a bold design it may take me longer to appreciate all that went into the design. There's a video on YouTube of them rolling the IS f sport off the display and riding it out of the convention and it really gives the viewer a true feel of how it looks in real life. It does look really nice from this angle.