Zonaman

Did anyone else catch the half hour special on the SC430 and the upcoming IS300 with the 5 speed? I assume they will repeat this during the week.

1niceride

Yep , I saw it 2 weeks ago . Lately speedvision has been showing re-runs lately.

1sickls430

hey yeah i saw the show and i think it was prety nice.The is300 5spd seems to be really nice and really fast and i like that little burnout he did when he took off.i think that show was really cool but i think they shouldve also tested the gs430

LexRX

Zonaman, you beat me too it. I was going to say ask the same thing. I just caught that on speedvision today. I got lucky too, I was hooking up an N-64 to our t.v. and happened to be on speedvision. I saw the beginnig and just had to watched it. I recorded it too Was very cool.

Black_IS300

I saw that show... I think they could have rallied thecars a little more on the track. Sometimes it would show them in the car all laid back for a sunday cruise. I wonder if Lexus paid them to make that show. Not a single bad thing said about either car. I was jealous on how effortless it was for him to burnout.

I am seriously thinking about trading my car in for the 5speed. If I did I could just swap all my parts over the day I buy it. Is it true that they are only making a small amount of 5 speeds next year? I heard there will only be around 1000? Is that right?

BlueIS

I've been thinking about trading my IS in for the 5-Speed for a few weeks now.. Its so aggravating having to pay another down-payment on my lease... But its VERY worth it! You can actually take the car to highest potential with the REAL manual. I really havent modded mine yet.. I've been thinking about getting the manual..

WannaIS300

I believe it was AutoWeek that said there would be 1500 manuals imported. Well, 1499 when you include the one I will buy

Charles
Miami

mindflux

what will be the MSRP of the manual US version IS300? Any of you guys have an idea? will it be more expensive than the auto?

Mind

WannaIS300

Usually the manual is less than the auto by a few hundred$$, esp is the auto is semi-automatic

tim330i

If there is a limited supply of manual cars they could end up being more expensive because of the demand. Why is lexus bringing such a small number?

Tim

mjdart

Is the special called Toyota Showroom 2001?
Here is link to speedvision schedule for week of 6/4

http://speedvision01.e-media.com/cus...les.asp?days=7

I'd like to catch the show.

LexRX

I didn't catch the name of the program, I just happend to be flipping when I saw the beginning. However, I don't think that it is called "Toyota Showroom 2001" If memory serves me correct that is a program about all the toyota vehicles - kind of like a full line broshure on the T.V.

SQ-LS

It is limited supplied because the car comes out in August.
That is only 4 months of sales and they based it on the number of sales so far on th IS.