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Looks like it was called Executive Package in Canada. Interesting.
The 2018 Lexus GS 350 AWD with Executive Package (Starting MSRP: $70,050) adds a wood grain and leather-wrapped steering wheel, front and rear Adaptive Variable Suspension systems, 19” alloy wheels, the climate concierge system and rear seat climate controls, a 17-speaker Mark Levinson Premium Audio system, heated rear seats, premium leather seating, 18-way power adjustable front seats with butterfly headrests, a front passenger seat memory system, a head-up display, premium LED headlamps, power folding mirrors, power rear window sunshade, and more.
I remember Canadian cars have mandatory DRL that is always on and cannot be turned off. It's not a bad thing but I wonder if this car still has the switch to turn off DRL completely or uses a different light stalk with no DRL off option.
The gauge cluster is interesting to me. Being a Canadian car, I would have assumed the primary speedometer to have been in KPH, not MPH. The outside temp is in C but I think that's configurable through the menus. Furthermore, it could just be a result of the ambient lighting but the cluster's background illumination seems uneven, like there are some LEDs that are not illuminating. Look how bright the temperature gauge is, yet the 0 in the tachometer, right next to it, seems unlit. It makes me wonder if someone swapped it for a US spec one and didn't get it installed correctly.
I'll also point out that I have never seen a GS speedometer that had the small 70, 90, 110, etc. indications. I don't have this cluster in my GS, but has anyone else seen that? I was expecting it to be more like this:
The gauge cluster is interesting to me. Being a Canadian car, I would have assumed the primary speedometer to have been in KPH, not MPH. The outside temp is in C but I think that's configurable through the menus. Furthermore, it could just be a result of the ambient lighting but the cluster's background illumination seems uneven, like there are some LEDs that are not illuminating. Look how bright the temperature gauge is, yet the 0 in the tachometer, right next to it, seems unlit. It makes me wonder if someone swapped it for a US spec one and didn't get it installed correctly.
That could be a result of LED refresh rate, if that image is a still taken off of a video.
Originally Posted by Lis4Lexus
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Not necessarily because the car is a Canadian market car.
You can probably switch between the two in the instrument cluster settings.
Is what I was thinking too. Personally I would not care. I would buy that GS. Its Rare and very nicely loaded with that package. You got to be able to see the Forest for the trees.
You can probably switch between the two in the instrument cluster settings.
I don't see how that's possible, given that this is a fixed card, not a digital display.
At this point, I very firmly believe the gauge cluster was replaced with a non-OEM one to convert it to MPH. If you compare this one against a stock one, even the speed numbers are in different locations - on a stock one 80 MPH is at the top (12:00) where in this car 60 MPH is at that position. Between that and the smaller 70, 90, etc. marks, I'm certain it's aftermarket.
Not saying it has to be a deal breaker, but it's clearly been swapped, and it's not OEM.
I don't see how that's possible, given that this is a fixed card, not a digital display.
At this point, I very firmly believe the gauge cluster was replaced with a non-OEM one to convert it to MPH. If you compare this one against a stock one, even the speed numbers are in different locations - on a stock one 80 MPH is at the top (12:00) where in this car 60 MPH is at that position. Between that and the smaller 70, 90, etc. marks, I'm certain it's aftermarket.
Not saying it has to be a deal breaker, but it's clearly been swapped, and it's not OEM.
I meant the center screen. The gauge was somehow modified. This is what a Canadian cluster looks like. Not a deal breaker, made it more practical in the USA. However with the HUD I hardly look at the MPH on the instrument cluster.
This is how the cluster should look like for 2016+ USDM GS350. Notice the RPM difference.
FSport models redlines at 6800 RPM and it looks like the regular model redlines at 6500 RPM but the original pic of the car redlines at 6200 RPM. Is that a cluster from a GS200t?
10-24-22, 12:08 PM
