Has anyone heard if there are any changes for the 2006 model year?

 

I'm anxious to know as well. If it has more power, and a few extra gadgets, I'm sold.

 

same here - getting one for the wife and would like the new transmission likely offered by a 3.5L engine - similar to new Avalon, I'm sure.

 

-2-way passanger Lumbar added to front passenger seat
-LED glovebox lamp
-Coinholder
-anti-theft headlamp added
-Horsepower will be revised due to neew industry standards
-Still TBD, but down from the current 230 HP and likely 223 HP
-Satellite Radio (XM available on RX330 in Feb 2006, TBD on 400h, Sirius available RX330 and 400h in May 2006)
-Thundercloud Edition discontinued

-For the first month of production the breakdown is:
-White/Ivory 15%
-White/Gray 5%
-Silver/Gray 13%
-Silver/Black 7%
-Flint/Gray 9%
-Flint/Black 3%
-Black/Ivory 3%
-Black/Black 4%
-Savannah/Ivory 8%
-BambooIivory 10%
-Bamboo/Gray 5%
-Breakwater/Ivory 8%
-Breakwater/Gray 6%
-Neptune/Ivory 4%

-Premium Plus 55%
-Plemium Plus w/ Nav 40%
-Nav/Levinson w/ rear DVD 5%

-RX 350 2007 model will be out in the spring around Apr-May 2006

 

Thanks for all that info. I'm surprised of how many white's they plan to produce. I've always thought the blacks and flints fly off the showroom floor.

Looks like nothing really special for 2006....perhaps all the new R&D good stuff is going to be in the RX350, but I don't want to wait that long. I'm sure they are proud of the coinholder though.

 

Anyone know if body syle is going to change or is it remaining the same as curtain ones now?

 

Judging by history, the body shouldn't change until about 2009.

 

230hp to 223hp?

 

I dont' think its actually putting down lower numbers. Its just the method that they use is different....isnt' it? Something like SAE net/ SAE to SAE certified HP?

 

Hmmm you must either work at a dealership or given these numbers by a dealership.

 

Huh?

 

He's saying that the power output of the engine will stay the same, but that the method for reporting that output will change. Sort of like 32 degrees farenheit and 0 degrees celsius. They are both the same temperature.

So this year with measurement x-y+z=hp we get 230. Next year itl'll be z-y+x=hp we get 223, but put an 05 and an 06 side by side and they'll still generate the same power, just measured and reported out differently.

 

How much hp will the 2007 RX350 have? Is it the same engine as the IS350 but with lower hp or same?

 

There's no such thing...yet.

 

IS350 will not be the RX350 engine. Look to the Avalon engine to see what the RX350 engine will be.