teutonictr

The pressure will be on Lexus to upgrade the GS430 and even the GS300 rather quickly, now that the IS350 is on the horizon with 300+hp.

AutoWeek just featured it on this week's magazine.

Gojirra99

I'm sure Lexus already have a schedule to introduce the GS350 & GS460 here when they launched the new GS a few months ago & they will stick to it.

NYT

bottom line, the IS is not a GS.

i and a few of us here that are lucky enough to be rolling a new GS430 know this to be true.

TheRupp

People are going to buy the GS430 for it's size and power, not really for a performance machine. Plus, the GS430 has almost 50 lb-ft of torque on the IS (i believe the IS has some 277ish?), and torque > HP in these kinds of cars.

costanza

The story I read on Edmunds said the new IS was built on same "platform" as the new GS. Not sure what that means.

TheRupp

I was a bit befuddled upon reading this as well..

Unless the GS has a lot of body overhang, or has some misplaced axles, I don't see it being possible, as the new IS is supposedly 3/4 the size of the GS.

nsg1000

is the new gs460 going to be different than the 06 gs430 i just bought? that sucks..

gs430jw

NYT, That pretty much sums this disscussion. There are so many haters out there.

LexFather

The major thing will be the engine will be all new. Otherwise, just minimal differences and it should be 2 years away.

Platform does not mean the exact same, there are tooling differences. And there is ANOTHER Lexus executive who stated the IS is its own platform. So I am not sure who to believe yet.

DoubleWhoosh

The original IS was a derivative of the then GS, with most of the suspension parts being almost the same. They were at least related in that way.

The current GS is slightly different than the 98-05, with most of the new suspension bits being up front, the rear is pretty similar to the previous.

What they most likely meant was the parts are similar to the current new GS in the same way the previous IS was related to the GS.

I took a peek under a new IS that was parked the other day, looked pretty much like the new GS from the quick peek under there. They still have them fully disguised around here even though the car has been announced and debuted already, I guess they still don't want to affect sales of the current car at least as far as the general non-car-enthusiast public goes. Crazy though I see these test cars almost every day for the past couple months!!! They also have a new fully disguised Scion xA putting around with them.

encore888

The GS at least is far bigger than the IS, and lots more room...I do think they'd better put the new NAVI in the GS ASAP.

INHOCJP

That would be nice, but I don't see it happening until the '07 year (since the current GS is already a '06). Funny how the IS is arguably the "entry level" Lexus, and it'll have the newest Nav system. Wonder if the '06 LS / LX / GX / SC will get the new Nav?

encore888

Well then the GS350 and GS450h should have the new NAVI at least.

that_guy

The new IS is indeed built on the same platform as the GS, however, the platform has been shortened by a few inches

foofighter

newer navi? link?