My top 3:

Wouldn't change:
1. V8
2. Exterior styling
3. RWD

Would change:
1. Lose some weight (at least down to 3600 lbs would be nice)
2. Quicker shifting and smoother transmission
3. Bit more stiffer suspension (make it more nimble perhaps)

 

Ooooh the change list is easy for me:
1. Better brakes
2. Luxury package (HUD, door sensors on rear, better headlights, sliding visors, might be forgetting some)
3. Supercharger 😁

Keep:
1. Another vote for styling
2. Keep launch edition tires for entire lineup lol
3. The level of comfort in normal mode

 

Wouldnt change will probably be the same for most of us, I'll think of something different
1. Old tech. Nobody needs more touchscreen
2. Those super comfortable seats
3. That body line flows into the rear wheel arch

Change
1. Easy access storage for larger items (phone, sunglasses, etc)
2. TouchPad (probably the only thing I would flat out get rid of) maybes there's a way of just turning it off?
3. Better performance from the triple beam headlights

 

Change:

1. Durable paint (more chips on this in 6 months than my 435 in 6 years)
2. A Side-opening center console.
3. Machine guns.

No change:

1. Spare tire.
2. Seats.
3. The "nice car" compliments from random strangers

 

Wouldn't change:
1. Perfect exterior
2. Perfect front seats (I like them better than the F seats)
3. V8 of course

Would change:
1. Optional dealer-installed supercharger (like Toyota did for the 3UR with the TRD unit at one point for the Tundra)
2. Optional 6-speed manual
3. Brembos

 

Would change:
1. same fender vents as the GS-F/RC-F
2. ZF8
3. make the same sound from factory as the LC500

 

keep
V8
Styling
paint color all look good i have infared

change
tranns to 10spd
bbk
vented fenders

 

Oh my goodness. I have so many paint chips as well. My hood and doors already have a handful in just one year... I owned my 2016 IS 300 for over three years and only ever got chips on the front bumper. I never saw chips anywhere else. but on the IS 500? Everywhere that's not the back, it seems.

I partially blame I-285 here in the ATL area. I have to take that to get to the office on the rare occasions that I go to the office. The road surface always has something wrong with it. Potholes, cracks, construction, etc.

 

I drive like 95% city, same streets all the time... this car does look worse than previous cars. My lower front bumper looks the worse. I got a cool wax that has filler in it, going to shine the beauty up this summer and do a new ceramic. The maintenance on 2 vehicles (wife's RX too) is getting old for me.

 

Wouldn't Change:

1. V8
2. Size (in the world of giant compact sedan's, its nice to have a truly compact sedan on the market)
3. Build Quality

Change:

1. Brakes
2. 10 Speed Transmission
3. More upscale interior materials (lacks the carbon fiber and aluminums of the German couterparts)

 

No Change:
1. V8
2. Exterior
3. Rear Wheel drive

Would Change:
1. Touch Pad
2. Update Infotainment
3.a Place for Cell
3.b Little more thunder down under..

 

So many things I wouldn't change...

1. NA V8
2. Exterior styling (the only thing I would change are the F car side vents at the doors).
3. RWD

After the first 3, there are many minor items I would change, but it's just picky.
1. Active exhaust or slightly louder stock exhaust
2. Weight reduction
3. Transmission

 

None of you would take an AWD system over the RWD? I know it's not possible on this car, but if it were, I would go for it. AWD is king on the street 😁

 

Personally, I have no need for AWD, though I can see how it would help the car launch a lot better. RWD is simpler and lighter, though, and considering the car is already a bit heavy, I'm fine with it not being even heavier.

I do sorta love-hate how the 0-60 is not impressive, but the top-end is.

 

AWD makes a lot more sense in turbo engines with a broad, quick-onset torque curve. I don't think it would make sense with how the 2UR engine is tuned, and how its torque starts low and builds linearly. Sure, if the engine was turbo/supered.

My other car has a turbo I6 making 350 lb/ft, and yes, the AWD is very good to have on it.