tufftoy

Any rumors of a possible 6 speed option for the new IS350?

paeko73

Did you want "rumors" or "confirmed/officially documented infor."?

sbasinger

never gonna happen

ff_

The same thing was said of the Accord V6.

carlmock

I heard Elvis, Hoffa and 2 Pac are stashed away in some secret toyota lab in Montana designing a 350 6 speed as we speak... I cant wait to take a road trip with those guys!

Dont believe me? Call the Deon Warwick and her psychic friends network..

tufftoy

HA! HA! HA! Everyone's a comedian...

Guess there's no talk out there about this subject?

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

No confirmed info yet. Lexus philosophy has always leaned towards the "Manuals are not Luxurious, but Automatic Trannys are Luxurious" ideology.

If they do make an IS350 manual, and even the IS500 for that matter, I will be very suprised.

I will even go all the way and say that if they make the LF-A a manual, I will be very suprised!

uschardcor

yes there are rumors of a 6speed 350. i just started one, right now, couple words ago

Dabigman

I heard Lexus is developing a 10 speed manual tranny. Oh it will have a jake-brake instead of a parachute for stopping!

BoostCrazy

I agree, but why make the manual available in the 250 but not the 350?

rominl

iTrader: (4)

if anything, i think we should look at the is500 first. if it has 6 speed, we can pray for that on the is350. if not, forget it

Bichon

Some here have said that Toyota doesn't have a manual tranny in their parts bin robust enough to handle the torque of the IS350. I'm not sure I buy that, given that the Supra Turbo must have put out at least as much torque as the IS350, but that's what people are saying.

BoostCrazy

The Supra made 320ft lb stock using the Getrag tranny, which has proven to hold near 1000wtq in stock form, reliably. Even if they no longer used the getrag, it's obvious the have the means neccessary to develop a transmission that could easily hold the power.

If Lexus was so concerned with the "luxury" philospophy, why would they not adopt this mentality with the 250?

CRB

Because Toyota had a part that would work in the IS250 and no part for a IS350 application.

Somebody lock this thread....major rehash!

tufftoy

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!

And I would care less about the 350 is a 500 came with a 6spd. Anyway thanks for all the info just doing my homework before I buy one. Don't want drop the dough and then see a 6spd get released right after... my luck ya know!