Lexus Unveils The Is 350 Tomorrow

[Mr Bond]

"The reveal will be held on Wednesday, March 23, at 12:00 p.m. ET in the Galleria Room, Level Four at the Javits Convention Center. In addition, the Lexus press conference will be webcast live via streaming video on www.lexus.com beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET. The Lexus press conference video will also be archived for viewing on demand after March 23"

http://pressroom.toyota.com/photo_library/...tml?id=20050318

[Steve]

is presume the IS350 will only be released to the US market??

[Mr Bond]

is presume the IS350 will only be released to the US market??

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I dont know.I found this at www.lexusport.com

2006 IS250 (base model)

$ 27,585 - Manual - RWD

$ 28,955 - Automatic - E-Shift - RWD

$ 30,905 - Automatic - E-Shift - AWD

2006 IS300 (base model)

$ 32,925 - Automatic - E-shift - RWD

$ 34,875 - Automatic - E-shift - AWD

2006 IS350 (fully loaded)

$ 42,475 - Automatic - E-shift - RWD

notes: Transmission choices haven't been set in stone as the choices for each model change weekly. The IS350 will sell only in a fully loaded configuration. est. release date 2005.10.31

This is only for the US market.

[Monster-Mat]

This is only for the US market.

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Yep, for the European Market add 72% to the prices!!!

[Matthew_McNally]

is presume the IS350 will only be released to the US market??

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for the time being mate.

they've got to haven't they?

they can't replace the IS300 with the IS250 - smaller engine, less power.

wouldn't go down too well I reckon

[Mitch]

plus i think its probably bein released there first due to it being lexus's biggest market

[Steve]

umm dont think the IS is the US's biggest seller.. thats europes

[Mitch]

i meannt lexus in general steve

and because the americans love big engines then they want the IS to appeal more over there so probably y they get it 1st

ya gets me now?

[Kendo_Master]

.....and all automatics, no manuals. Just what I've been told. MMmmm think I'll stick with the current IS.

[Whitebeam]

.....and all automatics, no manuals

Picking up on the speculation on some of the US sites, does anyone know anything about the '6-speed sequential manual transmission' for the US IS250 as I guess thats what we'll get as well.

[woggledog]

2006 IS300 (base model)

$ 34,875 - Automatic - E-shift - AWD

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[Mitch]

yeah and wen they release it here it'l cost about £35k probably

[el_gencer]

Kinda off topic.

Theres some seriouly weird talking going on over at is300.net .

Moaning about prices, hp drop, equipment etc. the fav being that the is250 would be a step down from the is300. odd argument really, seeing as its suppose to offer around the same figures as the current is300 and comes with more equipment as standard. sometimes people need to step back and look at the facts first before shouting off.

[lextcy]

though i think the is250 may weigh more than the is300 which may indeed cause it to be slightly slower

but i agree the focus over at is300.net is hp