jdanon

PhatManXP - Don't believe a damn word they say. They are such salesmen. Everything they say (or close to it) is a lie. Next to sex and eating, I swear these guys are only concerned with selling whatever's on their lot. One guy told me that the PCS system and dynamic cruise control is not available in the U.S. because of some lawsuit against Lexus. Hmm...nothing found on Google. Lexus must just list the option on their website and all U.S. promotional materials for the fun of it just to tease us. I was also told that Mark Levinson and sport packages are only available as special order. That's funny because there seems to be a lot of people on the internet that didn't special order jack and they have the options I'd like to have.

I've been told a lot of stuff that's making me wonder if I should just forget Lexus. Can I have an IS350? Nope, not in the icy cold and snowy Northeast. Everyone HAS to have AWD. Thanks Lexus for looking out for my safety by disabling some of the car's features when it's moving and forcing me to have AWD. Can I get a red one? Nope they only made 123 of them in 2007 in the Northeast. How about Mark Levinson? Nope, not in the Northeast. Are there any options available? Nope. The car comes in a one size fits all configuration. Can I pick the interior color? Nope, only comes with its corresponding exterior color. Does Lexus truly do such narrow marketing of their models and options right down to the part of the country? It's unbelievable. I'm basically throwing money at them, willing to pay MSRP, transport costs, whatever, and they still can't get it.

sirkfc

Count me in the minority (I think) of people who do not like GFM. I tried to like it. I recommended people look at it when they were looking because so many others liked it. But I just don't like how it looks like an old junky dull car in certain lights. It looks like something a bad body shop painted after a car has been in a serious accident. I concede that I may just have bad taste, but yeah, not a fan of desert sage or GFM. Sorry.

Anyway, this is not related to the thread topic, but we haven't had a GFM thread in a while and I didn't want to post a new thread just to hate on the color.

Back to your normally scheduled programming...

kmvreter

This info is Canadian and came right off the dealer update system with the release info of what is changing for '08 (kind of like a news release to the dealer network.) He confirmed it by punching in an order for a July build they have allocated and the '07 had a choice of GFM. Changed the info to a new August '08 order and GFM was gone. No new colour options as someone speculated earlier.

doogoshly

hahah i agree with you. saw it in person and i wasn't as impressed by it. but that's me. moving on.

StevenC56

Does anybody know is there will be any changes to the 2008 GS including colors?

StevenC56

Anybody? I'm trying to find out waht changes will be on the 2008 models. Everybody either really doesn't know yet or they have been doing a great job of keeping it a secret.

fantom

Sorry, "we" don't know and "they" can't say.

jdanon

Depends on what you mean by change. Some people think making the gas release bigger counts as a change. By change I think in terms of appearance, packages, and colors. Major stuff, and that's probably the dealers' definitions as well. When I ordered my 2008 I asked them what was changing and they said nothing, all the packages were the same. I knew they wouldn't drop the red color for 2008 so I didn't ask about colors. There probably won't be major changes for a few years yet.

0range

Well as I posted in another thread, I do know a little about what's in store for the 2008 models. I live in Canada, so this MAY be more pertinent for Canadians (or maybe it's global).

I wanted to order a 6MT IS250, and the Lexus salesguy basically said they aren't making any more of those for 2007... so I was going to get a 2008 model. And he said there are basically no changes. The colors are going to be identical.

The package I ordered (the X2 sports package) will be getting two minor additions however: heated front seats, and HID headlights. There will be a small bump up in price for the package as a result.

But that's it! Nothing else. You can probably expect similar minor tweaks to the other option packages.

IS250 4 Me

I'll go on the record now that they will add the XM real time traffic option to the navigation.

Gotta keep up with the BMW's and Infinitis of the world that put this on almost every car with Nav. Hell, even the Nissan Altima has it.

euro.r

How about a MT for the 350?

i2IS

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i hope they put a 30GB HDD in the nav like the Japanese IS, with real time traffic

Xanadu350

I do not know if this info is true or not but this was posted over at myis forum on 6/25/2007, Do you think this is just a rumor? Does this sound like something Lexus would do, re-design the front seat back to allow more leg room for the rear, is it possible they could shave off an inch or 2 by re-designing the front seat back? Lexus could be listening to it's customer's.

Post below came from myis forum: (not me)

Here are the '08MY changes:
- Liquid Graphite finish added to both 17" & 18" Wheels
- Front seat back shape change to increase rear seat leagroom
- Seat heater for base leather seat
- Backlighting added for outside mirror control
- Coin holder added at left side of steering wheel
- Illuminated scuff plate color changing from blue to white
- IS250 AWD base leather will change to heater only with semi-aniline leather and ventilation becoming an option
- No new colors

flipside909

Third production year of most Lexus/Toyota means a slight powertrain upgrade/changeover and a handful of updates. 4th model year will usually update and refresh the interior and exterior. Granted the 2nd Generation IS follows the traditional 5 year cycle, 3rd year powertrain, 4th year aesthetic update/refresh.

As for the IS250, I am one that votes to see it replaced with the 3GR-FSE 3.0L (return of the IS300).

is250_fan

can anyone confrm the info from my.is?