Is200se - New Spec

[Fmrl]

Apologies if this is now common knowledge...

I got a letter from Lexus this morning - the 2005 IS200SE will now come with SatNav, full leather, central arm rest, and a Sport spoiler as standard.

[d3fy]

Yup me to, and they have increased the price!

[tsubra1]

So do you think it is worth buying this one My PCP comes to an end in April and am still undecided whether to get the 2005 model, stick with my car or go for - errm something else .

[PQuist]

Wait for the replacement

[mercenary]

i dont like the full leather, I like the part leather part suade of the older model.

[javaboss]

I'd read some many different dates for the new model!! When's it coming!???

I've IS200 se auto is 2 years old in early March.... I want to sell it privately a good 6 months before the new model arrives as my wife and I can live with a single car for a while rather than take a massive depreciation hit... Thing is.... I don't know when it's coming.... I don't want to sell and then wait a year to buy the new one!

My IS is going in for a service in a couple of weeks... I'm going to have to find out.... If the dealer will tell me!

[ColinBarber]

Should be towards the end of the year.

[jasons]

New IS = November

[PQuist]

Spoke to a sales man at my local dealer over the weekend and apparently it will be around March/April of next year.

Reason: As the IS is coming to the end of life, they will use the all the parts available to build another LE edition which will have Xenon lights, full leather, DVD nav, parking sensors, horrible looking alloys now on the SE and metallic paint.

[mmf]

My local dealer reckoned it was out October this year, but saw a copy of Autocar yesterday which had Mar 2006.

[ColinBarber]

Spoke to a sales man at my local dealer over the weekend and apparently it will be around March/April of next year. 

Reason: As the IS is coming to the end of life,  they will use the all the parts available to build another LE edition which will have xenon lights, full leather, DVD nav, parking sensors, horrible looking alloys now on the SE and metallic paint.

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Lexus US have already said it will ship in Autumn 2005, cannot see the UK being that far behind.