Debute Of The New Is Will Be...

[Mr Bond]

Hello!

Its now confirmed that the new IS will debute at the Geneva autosalon the 1st and 2nd March.

"Also in March, Lexus will unveil the second-generation IS sport sedan at the Geneva and New York Auto Shows. Arriving at dealerships this fall, the new IS, like the GS, will clearly define an exciting new breed of luxury high-performance sedans from Lexus. IS will be a breed with a pedigree that will be unmistakable with swagger in its style and high-performance to match.

Lexus Group Vice President & General Manager Dennis E"

Excuse my bad english.Im from Sweden.

[Wosket]

exciting, but wheres this press release from?

[Mr Bond]

http://www.is300.net/forums/showthread.php?t=237281

and from the "Clublexus.com" under IS350.

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Originally Posted by jruhi4

Yes. It was just announced a couple of hours ago by Lexus USA Group Vice President & General Manager Dennis E. Clements at a Press Conference for the Detroit Auto Show (North American International Auto Show). For more information, read the top article on the Home Page of http://www.is300.net )

Thanks! I just asked the Head of Lexus Switzerland if he could confirm this information and holy boly he confirmed it by saying: " yes, the next gen IS will have its world premiere at Geneva."

I am sooo excited!! I sure will be there, armed with Digicam and a lots of questions. Pics will be posted here as soon as possible.

[Lexxy_703]

i thought we had it on good authority new IS wasn't gonna be here until mid 2006???

[Mr Bond]

i thought we had it on good authority new IS wasn't gonna be here until mid 2006???

Yes,but it depends on how you look at it.

My local Lexus dealer in Sweden said a long time ago that the only reason why Lexus is waiting with the new IS,is the new BMW 3 series.They wanted to see exactly what that car would look like ( performance,engines,technology and so on) before they introduced the new IS in europe.He also said "when BMW releases the 3 series,Lexus will release the IS".And thats exactly what will happen.The 3 series will also debute att Geneva Auto saloon.

The reason why people says 2006 is becuase it will be sold in the USA as a 2006 year model.But it will be at the dealers in late nowember i EU.In japan the car will be on the road in august/september.

Sorry, my english is bad ,im from sweden :)

[daldahele]

I have emailed Lexus GB directly, they confirmed that the new IS will be launched in the UK late 2005.

[Parthiban]

I have emailed Lexus GB directly, they confirmed that the new IS will be launched in the UK late 2005.

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How come they been keeping it so hidden if its coming out so soon, they showed us the GS ages ago and thats coming out bout the same time isn't it?

[ColinBarber]

GS is due in March. Didn't really matter that they showed that 15 months before launch as sales are dead anyway.