mpbIS350

Hello all. Anyone hearing of any deals on 2019 GS yet? I suppose to early in the year. Know there is $4,500 lease cash but with 50% residual on 36/12, seems outrageous. Why residuals so low? Think better deals to be had in summer sales event?

Debating whether to wait out a good deal on '19 or wait for a 2016 CPO to come along. Thoughts?

JeffKeryk

Expensive cars take a hit in the 1st 3 years.
It is up to you... Good luck.

donkiboy

I'd wait for '16 CPO since the initial depreciation hit will work in your favor. These are usually coming off a 3 yr lease, so they should be trickling into dealers soon.

AJLex19

There were absolutely no changes between the 2018 and 2019 model years. The biggest change I believe is the lack of the optional lux package in both 2018 and 2019 model years. In 2017, the Lexus Safety System became standard, it was optional for 2016.

If some dealership has a leftover '18 that would be the best deal on a fairly new GS. Personally, I'd wait for a nice CPO '16 with low mileage to show up.

chinee

dTxworld

I believe there were some changes but I cannot remember exactly. I think some safety features that came optional on the 2018 now come by default on the 2019 but dont quote me on that...

Cwang

This. Please heavily subsidise my next vehicle!

SpicedRum

The 2018's and 2019's are identical to each other...no changes at all. Also the Entune subscription service changed a little bit from 17 to 18, but I do not recall the exact details. There were some optional wheels available in 18 and the 4cyl turbo version was renamed from the GS200t to the GS300. The premium (luxury) package that was optional on the base GS was discontinued in 2018. I think that's about it?

Going back further, the safety features were optional in 2016 and became standard in 2017. Those were adaptive cruise control, , automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning (which is annoying as can be!) and lane departure mitigation (ie will attempt to keep car in the lane) and auto high beams. I think it was a little bold of Lexus to charge for this in 2017, as popular as these features are on many cars today at much lower price points.

I *think* that limited slip was added as an option to the RWD model in 2017. Not 100% sure about that. As for any other changes--there were probably some I'm missing.

chinee

SpicedRum

Good call on the hybrid and wheels.