Is it 2010 in all of the Lexus lineup?
Also, what was the first year they offered that matte finished oak looking wood?

 

Ye, the 2010 is the first year for USB.

 

waking up an old thread, wife is finally looking at moving on from her 98es300 that is on the brink of 200K miles, we've gotten our moneys worth. We put in an aftermarket stereo on that quite some time ago and quite honestly we won't even look at a non USB model, or at least on that doesn't have that dam integrated screen that makes it difficult if not impossible to replace the radio with an aftermarket.

was the 2010 usb upgrade for all models?, we've pretty much narrowed our choices down to Camry XLE or ES/GS350 at this stage and have been looking at 2012-2014 models, need to research how difficult it will be to add a good usb option for older ES (very easy with the 98) but I know it gets tricky with some of these integrated screens.