THANKS!!!

 

Thanks for the video. It is too bad that Lexus said the IS250 will be priced around where the current IS300 is. Oh well. I guess those people who guessed $30,000 were right.

Does anyone have the whole debut video including the GS 450h????

 

Thanks Ny888 for the Video!

 

The video stops on me & windows media closes. But the first 2 minutes were very good quality, thanks for the clip of this.

It sounds like this car will have extensive list of standard features, not only for safety but for pleasure. I can't wait to hear this sound system & it's Ipod/mp3 player compatible, very cool for Lexus to think of everything. Man even tire pressure is standard.

 

Xanadu,

After it stops, just restart it and advance it to around 3:10 and the rest of the video will play.

 

Thanks NY888 for hosting this video.

I just found out that the whole entire video is available to download from official Lexus site.
Go to archived videos both high speed & low speed are there, whole video and you can right click to download & watch later.

http://www.lexususa.com/autoshow/liv...htm?zone=page2

Hurry before it dissapears.

 

The strong euro is also providing a tailwind to rival Toyota Motor Corp.'s (TM ) luxury brand Lexus, which is launching a major marketing effort in Europe this year. A 40% rise in the euro's value against the dollar, vs. the 20% appreciation of the yen to the dollar, creates an exchange-rate gap, worries Panke. "That gap allows them to offer more for the price," he says.

Good news for those in Europe (comments made by BMW)

 

By tomorrow we should be able to see the auto show live on the website as well.

 

Well i'am affraid that's what I understood as well. For us in Europe, it would mean that from the current € 29,900 ($ 38 900) IS200 tag we'll jump well beyond, in the area of € 39,900 ($ 51,900) which is the price of the IS300. It still leaves some space for the GS300 which is priced € 49,900 ($ 65,000)

 

i noticed than the tranmission letters are different in the IS. i dont know what its called but the Drive, Reverse, Park. the letters are different on two IS models. u have to look at the pics to see, but it something i just noticed. i cant load a pic to show u because i dont know how

 

What we should get is what I can see on the pics:
P
R
N
D Whith an S next to D to allow for sequential up Shift ans down Shift.

 

look at the eurpoean model and the US model, one has wood around the letters of the transmission and the other had a black panel around the tranmission letters, sorry i cant be more descriptive, but they are different

 

ok heres one look at the red deformed circle

 

and heres another one, look at the red deformed circle, see they both are different

 

i wouldnt jumpt to conclusion before we have enough info. Who knows what will European base spec be, and I dont think they will make it soo much more expensive, it wouldnt make sense...