Taste of Lexus 2006 Its official.
#226
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Oh and i forgot to ask was anything there to do with Team lexus how was the hybrid pavilion did they have the demos like they had last year where they stopped the tracks and did a performance display. Cant wait two more weeks.
#227
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Lexus has parted ways with Performance Engineering aka Team Lexus. It's been confirmed by my direct contact at Lexus HQ. There is an article that was posted on here and my.IS not too long ago.
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really? the crowd was worse? i don't know, i would hold my comment on that until the event in alameda point takes place on 9/30. that's when i can do comparison with last year where i saw the REAL crowd.
while i saw a lot of people at the lexus event this yr, it was nothing compared to how cramped it was last year when i was there. by noon time, the i counted about 50 people in line for the sc430, compared to about 20 this past weekend.
while i saw a lot of people at the lexus event this yr, it was nothing compared to how cramped it was last year when i was there. by noon time, the i counted about 50 people in line for the sc430, compared to about 20 this past weekend.
Since the SC430 is old news, the LS460 and GS450h lines were the longest. About the time you left was when the crowd started pouring in.
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Cons:
-TOO MANY PEOPLE, not many cars to drive.
-The only competitor cars available were 2 vehicles in the LS class.
-Venue is much smaller than previous years.
-There is no SUV/4wd track this year to demonstrate the GX and LX's capabilities as from previous years.
-The parting gift at the end, it gets smaller and more useless every year.
The Drive:
The venue @ El Toro was split up in 3 tracks and cars. This will vary from each venue across the US due to space constraints and/or vehicle availablility. All the LS460's being driven and displayed were all pre-production models. My car count is not completely accurate, this is what I observed:
Track#1 (Left):
LS460/LS460L (2 LWB, 3 SWB)
BMW 750i (2)
MBZ S550 (2)
Track#2 (Center):
RX400h (2)
RX350 (2)
ES350
SC430
Track#3 (Right):
IS250/IS250 AWD
IS350 (1 Sport Package, the others were Luxury Package w/17" wheels)
GS350 (3)
GS450h (3)
Not Available for the drive:
GS430
LX470
GX470
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Does it matter what time you get to ToL? I originally had a reservation for 2:00, but I had to reschedule, and the only available date was 4:00... the last time of the day. Will they start closing up at 4:30, or what time to they start closing?
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