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The RC300h has visible exhaust tips which is the same engine/powertrain. In my opinion it is more to do with style than an impression of the emissions from the vehicle.

Looks like there are full LED rear lights, and trapezoidal shaped exhausts interesting change. I hope they don't mess with the styling too much as they really excelled with the original design.

You can put the car in park and use the handbrake/footbrake, but can be a bit fiddly. In addition if you keep the car in sport mode the stop start is switched off.

Yes I think it is speed activated I don't put my seatbelt on to swap cars over on the drive either and it doesn't alarm.

A bit biased but lovely looking car, good choice!

Thank you, I will switch the seats to stay on permanently to see if that makes a difference.

It will certainly get better than 12 haha. I have got the F-sport. Which trim have you gone for? I second the disappointment with the XE, having loved my XJ I thought I would move to the XE, but the interior is dull the rear of the car looks like an Audi and the only version that had proper exhaust finishers was the S version, all other trims look unfinished to the point where new owners are fitting Skoda Yeti exhaust tips! In addition the standard sound system was poor ,there seem to too many teething troubles with the initial cars and spec for spec it was 3500 more expensive than the equivalent IS with poorer finance deals .

Bad Discovery - I find the heated seats don't get hot enough for me personally. Good Discovery - The cooling function on the seats is ice cold and great for after the gym!

Congratulations! It is nice to know there is another IS200t owner. You will love the car I can get up to 31mpg on the trip round town but that is in Eco mode driving gently, on a run I've seen about 37mpg on the trip. Only have 1000 miles on it so may improve not to fussed though as it goes like stink!

Past my test in 2007 at the age of 17 and so far I have owned. 97' Citroen Saxo VTR 07' Seat Ibiza Sport 1.4TDI 02' Alfa Romeo 166 2.0ts Lusso 03' Alfa Romeo 166 3.0 V6 Super Lusso 53' MG ZT CDTI 61' Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce 2.0JTDM 04' Saab 9-5 Aero 08' Jaguar XJ6 TDVI Sovereign I now have the 65' Lexus IS200t f-sport and my partner has a 65' Mini Cooper S first and only car!

You aren't alone! I curbed my offside rear wheel last night parallel parking, a tiny 5p chunk taken off the wheel. I took out the alloy wheel insurance as the colour looks a difficult thing to match and after a reading a few of the threads on this forum thought I would be for the best. I thought I would be OK with having 18" wheels on the car! I had 20" wheels on the jag I had before and in the three years I had it not once did I kerb a wheel.

The only change is the addition of a turbo boost gauge in the menu system, cant say I have used it yet!

Last week I picked up my Azure Blue Is 200t F-sport. So far I am very pleased with it. I love the colour the way it looks the way it drives and refinement! I find the heated seats don't get very hot but that is just a personal preference along with the foot operated parking brake which I kept forgetting to take off, I am used to it now though. I am currently achieving 31mpg with mainly town driving so very pleased, it may improve once the engine is broken in. I have to agree with the sluggish throttle response from a standstill it is almost like the car has been mapped so that nothing much happens below 2000rpm in first gear, a bit weird but getting used to that too. Cannot wait to put more miles on the car! I have to say Jardine Lexus in Newcastle were brilliant.

Interesting review a couple of the reviews on YouTube mention the sluggish response from a standstill too. Did Sport mode alleviate this at all? My Jaguar XJ had a very sluggish throttle response until I had the car remapped now it goes like a scolded cat. But there doesn't seem to be anywhere that remaps Lexus' having said that there is no way I would risk remapping the car while it is under warranty. It is less than 4 weeks until I pick my 200T f-sport and it will be interesting to compare with your review only 27 days left!

If you're doing low mileage then the 200t does make more sense, I think its only £1k cheaper though but we don't know how well it'll depreciate yet which may offset things. Being nosey, what kind of discount did you get on the IS200T? I think they're giving out £2-4k discounts on the 300h which may have offset the initial £1k cost on the 300h. After driving the IS200T, it takes off slower than the hybrid due to the way the gearing is set up, somewhat like its starting in 2nd gear all the time but torque is very useable in day to day situations. Having said that, the refinement is ever so slightly less and the performance difference is not as big as I expected it to be. I went in thinking itd be NX300h vs NX200t all over again but its closer than I thought this time! Thanks everyone! I was offered a £1500 deposit contribution from Lexus and £1000 from the dealer although after a bit of negotiation it was raised to £1500.