2024 is 500
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A Fuel Economy & Greenhouse Gas Rating of 4 out of 10 doesn't seem all that bad. LOL. I would have thought it would be worse. I guess this is a "decently" efficient V8. I'd like to see which cars have a rating of 1 just for kicks. I recall reading somewhere that the 80's Lambo countach got something like 7 mpg. OUch!
The blurb above says the average car gets 28 mpg and will cost you $9,750 in fuel over 5 years. The IS500 will run you $16,000 over 5 years. So, that's an extra $1,250 per year (or $104 per month). I'm willing to dish out another 100 bucks a month to get a huge grin on my face when I floor it , versus zero grin at all with the average 28 mpg car. LOL.
The blurb above says the average car gets 28 mpg and will cost you $9,750 in fuel over 5 years. The IS500 will run you $16,000 over 5 years. So, that's an extra $1,250 per year (or $104 per month). I'm willing to dish out another 100 bucks a month to get a huge grin on my face when I floor it , versus zero grin at all with the average 28 mpg car. LOL.
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A Fuel Economy & Greenhouse Gas Rating of 4 out of 10 doesn't seem all that bad. LOL. I would have thought it would be worse. I guess this is a "decently" efficient V8. I'd like to see which cars have a rating of 1 just for kicks. I recall reading somewhere that the 80's Lambo countach got something like 7 mpg. OUch!
The blurb above says the average car gets 28 mpg and will cost you $9,750 in fuel over 5 years. The IS500 will run you $16,000 over 5 years. So, that's an extra $1,250 per year (or $104 per month). I'm willing to dish out another 100 bucks a month to get a huge grin on my face when I floor it , versus zero grin at all with the average 28 mpg car. LOL.
The blurb above says the average car gets 28 mpg and will cost you $9,750 in fuel over 5 years. The IS500 will run you $16,000 over 5 years. So, that's an extra $1,250 per year (or $104 per month). I'm willing to dish out another 100 bucks a month to get a huge grin on my face when I floor it , versus zero grin at all with the average 28 mpg car. LOL.
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I did manage over 27 MPG on the only long-ish highway trip I did.
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I saw a Toyota with Blue flame, which is Blue Vector at a Toyota dealer yesterday. It does not look bad. I really do not understand why they did this. It is so close to the Grecian Water. Having seen both up close, the blue flame is ever so slightly darker than Grecian with less metal flake. Still is metallic, but it is more subtle. The best comparison I can give is Blue Vector (Blue Flame) is to Grecian Water what Ultra White is to Eminent White Pearl.
As far as my eyes can tell having seen both in person many times, Blue Flame is much brighter than Grecian. Grecian is a medium blue, whereas Blue Flame is a bright/lighter blue that leans very slightly towards turquoise in some light.
If you parked them next to each other they are quite different, although definitely from the same genre of bright blues that has been so popular on cars in recent years, so agreed on it being confusing Lexus went with this new color.
Blue Flame darker than Grecian? Confused...
As far as my eyes can tell having seen both in person many times, Blue Flame is much brighter than Grecian. Grecian is a medium blue, whereas Blue Flame is a bright/lighter blue that leans very slightly towards turquoise in some light.
If you parked them next to each other they are quite different, although definitely from the same genre of bright blues that has been so popular on cars in recent years, so agreed on it being confusing Lexus went with this new color.
As far as my eyes can tell having seen both in person many times, Blue Flame is much brighter than Grecian. Grecian is a medium blue, whereas Blue Flame is a bright/lighter blue that leans very slightly towards turquoise in some light.
If you parked them next to each other they are quite different, although definitely from the same genre of bright blues that has been so popular on cars in recent years, so agreed on it being confusing Lexus went with this new color.
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Blue Flame darker than Grecian? Confused...
As far as my eyes can tell having seen both in person many times, Blue Flame is much brighter than Grecian. Grecian is a medium blue, whereas Blue Flame is a bright/lighter blue that leans very slightly towards turquoise in some light.
If you parked them next to each other they are quite different, although definitely from the same genre of bright blues that has been so popular on cars in recent years, so agreed on it being confusing Lexus went with this new color.
As far as my eyes can tell having seen both in person many times, Blue Flame is much brighter than Grecian. Grecian is a medium blue, whereas Blue Flame is a bright/lighter blue that leans very slightly towards turquoise in some light.
If you parked them next to each other they are quite different, although definitely from the same genre of bright blues that has been so popular on cars in recent years, so agreed on it being confusing Lexus went with this new color.
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The "smurfy blue" I have seen on Rav4's, etc. is brighter to the eyes than Grecian Blue. So assuming it is the same shade we will have smurf blue IS 500's running around. Not my favorite color, but I don't hate it either. Not sure why they went for another blue when they could have done some other color here.
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Flare Yellow would have been the obvious next choice as a color associated with F cars. Nori Green would have been the wild card choice just because people seem to have requested it so much.