2.0T with atomic silver in an F Sport would have me thinking about buying out my company lease.

 

According to the Lexus.ca (link below) website the new RC350 will have 318HP not 306 like IS350.

http://www.lexus.ca/lexus/en/automob...s#/coming-soon
check the powertrain section

 

hmm here it says 314:
http://pressroom.lexus.com/releases/...motor+show.htm

even then thats not a big enough bump to make me wait. Now if it went to 330 then we're talking but I can get to 314 with with an intake. Not sure what would make the RC have more power over the 2014 IS. Its even possible the 2014 IS is making that now, it did gain a true dual exhaust over 2IS. Who knows. But once I saw it wasnt a big gain, the main reason for me waiting went away.

 

In addition to Motor Trend:
http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2014/1/1...l-Win-7718014/

 

That's wrong, the Lexus IS on the European marked have Nuluxe with memory, heated & ventilated seats.

If Nuluxe 3 is a completely different thing than whats's used in the IS, then I dont know.

 

That's the new Torque Vectoring Differential. There are 3 settings on the console that let you adjust the lockup rate of the LSD depending on the track conditions.

 

Sorry no I'm skeptical. I'm certain your car has leather, because the process used to create NuLuxe does not allow for ventilation otherwise it would be offered.

Ventilated seats are only part of the optional leather pacakge that is around 3K Euros.

Looking over at lexus.no they don't even specify ventilated seats, just heated for any of the listed models.

 

If you're thinking of the european F-sport with cooled seats, they have real leather.

 

Thanks for the clarification. That's what I thought

member Spwolf also confirmed

 

Thanks for clarifying =)

It's not real leather either, it's called Tahara, and it's a synthetic leather


"Not only does it weigh half as much as regular leather, it’s also much less harmful to the environment. According to Lexus’ own figures, production of the material generates a hefty 65% less CO2, and it also gives off NO VOC volatile organic compounds. As far as green materials go, Tahara is very green indeed"

 

Tahara is the city where the LS GS IS are manufactured in Japan

 

We should be getting seat coolers and memory at our price range!

 

So because Lexus is pouring the foam into the seats they can't have ventilation seats? All other markets that have ventilated seats don't have poured foam construction seats? Are you also saying because of poured foam construction it had to be NuLuxe?

 

I answered your question about the RC and NuLuxe with the pictures. The pictures show ventilated seats hence they cannot be NuLuxe, they are Leather.

 

I wonder if Lexus is going to change the interiors of the IS line to look more like the RC 350..