Lexus IS 500 2nd Launch Edition
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Lexus IS 500 2nd Launch Edition
Well, word has it, Lexus will be launching a second Launch Edition with a new special color. Should be interesting, supposed to land initially in October, but now looking like December. Let the shenanigans begin!!
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Japan has its first edition which is their launch edition. I spoke with someone on the IS500 team yesterday. He told me he could not tell me much but that there will a second launch edition with a special color. He made it sound like there would be special things with this car, but we shall see what actually happens.
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Japan has its first edition which is their launch edition. I spoke with someone on the IS500 team yesterday. He told me he could not tell me much but that there will a second launch edition with a special color. He made it sound like there would be special things with this car, but we shall see what actually happens.
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Wait, so this new Launch Edition was supposed to land in a month, but there's zero information online for it? Yeah, I got real doubts this is real.
Also, isn't GR Toyota, while Lexus has already said they plan to continue using F as the top of their performance tier, hence why the IS500 is an F Sport Performance?
Also, isn't GR Toyota, while Lexus has already said they plan to continue using F as the top of their performance tier, hence why the IS500 is an F Sport Performance?
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Wait, so this new Launch Edition was supposed to land in a month, but there's zero information online for it? Yeah, I got real doubts this is real.
Also, isn't GR Toyota, while Lexus has already said they plan to continue using F as the top of their performance tier, hence why the IS500 is an F Sport Performance?
Also, isn't GR Toyota, while Lexus has already said they plan to continue using F as the top of their performance tier, hence why the IS500 is an F Sport Performance?
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I'm sure relatively few, just like M owners, AMG owners, RS owners, etc. Track driving is very hard on a car and the prospect of writing off, with no insurance, a $100,000+ car isn't something most people can accept. There's a reason my track cars have been Miatas.
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This info came from a lexus official at corporate in Texas that is on the IS 500 design team. He said the direction is changing and the F line in time will be going away. Like I said, it was slotted for October but pushed back. If you look at the Incognito Launch Editions, their build date was 11/21. The October was an initial Target, but the plants have closed off and on because of covid. I am sure by December we will see some land. Im just telling you what he said, unless you have his credentials, I would tend to think he knows what he is talking about. But its not a debate, if you don't feel the F cars are going away, its your right.
I have a hard time believing that Lexus wouldn't give any information about a car that was supposed to land in a month, or even 3 months away.
