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Oct 18, 2020 | 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by natnut

Some non F-Sport and F-Sport IS300h in Taiwan.

The silver non F-Sport has the same wheels and exterior as the white non F-Sport IS300 I personally previewed in Singapore. But it is missing the memory seats of the Singapore spec IS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOPwu8R9c90

even the Camry has memory seats and over 200hp for the 2.5L hybrid.

yet Lexus continues to use an outdated 2.5L hybrid that is slower than the taxi driving Camry is beyond believe. Not very F sporty.

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Oct 18, 2020 | 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by 703

even the Camry has memory seats and over 200hp for the 2.5L hybrid.

It just depends in what country you live...the US doesn't always get all the features. Memory seats definitely exist in the IS...the Canadian spec models have them

Oct 18, 2020 | 05:04 PM

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1800 watt 17 speaker audio system

Just crazy.

There are four air ducts up front for the front breaks

were previous IS models able to customize the steering and shock feedback? This one does

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Oct 18, 2020 | 05:31 PM

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avs f sport and drive select were available in the 3rd gen

Oct 18, 2020 | 07:02 PM

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1800 watt 17 speaker audio system

Just crazy.

There are four air ducts up front for the front breaks

were previous IS models able to customize the steering and shock feedback? This one does

23 speakers in the LS and I wasn't blown away lol. It's all marketing. My 400 watt 2.1 sound bar sounded better.

Oct 18, 2020 | 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill

1800 watt 17 speaker audio system

Just crazy.

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Originally Posted by LexRuger

23 speakers in the LS and I wasn't blown away lol. It's all marketing. My 400 watt 2.1 sound bar sounded better.

Remember that volume is equal to Wattage to the power of three.
That is, 2 x 2 x 2 = 8.
Hence we must increase the Wattage eight times, in order to double the volume.

In other words, increasing the IS's wattage from 835 Watts (or whatever) to 1800 Watts will only achieve a small increase in volume.

We must increase 835 Watts to 6,680 Watts in order to double the volume!

Oct 18, 2020 | 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by GibbsLexus

-Still needs memory seating and power folding mirrors

I'm guessing lexus concluded their target buyer doesn't care much about those things.

Oct 18, 2020 | 09:50 PM

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23 speakers in the LS and I wasn't blown away lol. It's all marketing. My 400 watt 2.1 sound bar sounded better.

Sound system sounds impressive here:

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Oct 18, 2020 | 10:09 PM

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I'm guessing lexus concluded their target buyer doesn't care much about those things.

its more of what they can get away with without loosing a sale.

Oct 19, 2020 | 04:53 PM

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its more of what they can get away with without loosing a sale.

perhaps a distinction without a difference.

if they don't lose the sale, then the customer didn't care about the feature. problem is, if they're wrong they're losing sales and may never realize it.

Oct 19, 2020 | 05:16 PM

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No memory seats is a non starter for me especially for a car that cost 50k with an old but reliable engine

Oct 22, 2020 | 04:11 PM

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Oct 24, 2020 | 10:26 PM

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2021 Lexus IS at night :

Oct 25, 2020 | 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by TRDRAV4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPmh810F8TU

I know a lot of people here don’t like Doug’s reviews but he’s pretty spot on with most of his thoughts. I also think I like the interior of my ‘16 IS350 better since there wasn’t as much red in the interior like the doors and center console. It’s a little too much red for me. Also, while I like the touchscreen I think the older screen integrated in the dash looked better.

Overall the car looks much better and more aggressive than the pre-refresh model. However, you know the old saying, “Looks like Tarzan...”

Oct 25, 2020 | 03:15 PM

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Glad to see Doug give credit for Toyota not being dumb. There is no future for them in this segment so why spend the money to do an expensive full redesign. He gets it

Must say, paint looks good. Stylish. And front grille looks great.