n8236

Before I took delivery of my IS350, I've looked around the Bay Area to find the ideal one. It wasn't an easy task since I wanted one w/o a Nav w/ a very popular color scheme (black/black). Sadly, I didn't get the color I wanted, but still very happy with White.

My sales guys all showed me what was being delivered to the Western region these couple of months and there isn't a whole lot.

Is the 350 really a somewhat low volume car for its class? Or is my sales guys pulling me leg. I'm not talking low volume production as in exotics because those are exclusive and shouldn't be compared. And when I say mass produced, i'm talking Camry, Civics, etc. Highly produced would be 3 Series BMWs.

Obviously, when comparing the IS350 to Camrys, it's relatively low volume. That's why I'm asking whether it's considered low volume IN IT'S CLASS because it irons out the imbalance.

I personally don't see a lot of 350s on the road, but a ton more BMWs. And I would consider most 3-series to be high production cars. So does that it make the 350s also high production cars? But less seen on the road because they are desired less?

It's nice knowing not so many ppl drive 350s, but it also scares me that it could also be because they just aren't BMWs.

I love my 350 regardless!

Joeb427

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Not many 350's in my area.I think I've a few in two years.
Just IS 250AWD's which are around but not a very common vehicle here either like say a 3 series BMW.

inxexisten

Dude if you live in california.... nothing is low in volume... california has so many dealers you are bound to find what you want....He is definately pulling your leg... he probably wants to sell you an IS250 like 3 dealers i went to did but I told them straight out I was ONLY interested in a IS350.... You will see like 5-7 times as many IS250s than IS350s....I have a habit of driving up to them when I see a IS to see what one it is...

92 SC400

Yeah, what is with that? When my g/f and I went looking for her IS350 they kept pushing a 250. Strange... You'd think if someone wants to give them another $5k they'd willingly take it. My g/f actually got a bit upset with the guy for this because that is not what she wanted. Even when we were being showed what was coming in the guy kept telling us what 250s were coming. When we went to BMW and said we were looking for a 335i, they showed us nothing but 335s and when we looked at the allocation for their next delivery, we looked at nothing but 335s.

To answer the question, I dont think the IS350 is LOW volume per se, just lower in comparison to the 250. I still see plenty of 350s on a daily basis.

GreyHound

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Low volume. I very rarely see them here is VA. Yes I am south of Culpeper, thank God. Even when I am in NC you don't see them often. I don't drive it in the snow, so it will be going into hibernation soon.

4TehNguyen

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4/5 IS i see are usually 250s, whenever Im at the dealer theres always loads of 250s and barely any 350s

josephdoc

Hahaha~
Not Many? I feel there are too many.
I guess that is how you feel when you just got your baby at new. I am in Southbay, and I see at least 5x 350 everyday during my lunch break and dinner eat-out in shopping plaza in Cupertino, Milpitas.

How sure am I? Cuz my wife frequently tells me "see another 350", "see another 250" which reminds me keep moding on her 350 to be special.

It is sillicon valley here, also it is a good car and that is why I see it everywhere.

ISF_GG

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I see way more 250's than 350's in S. Calif. At the dealer where I bought my car, they only had a couple of 350's everytime I stopped by, as opposed to dozens of 250's.

mort

I have seen two IS250 in my area, but no 350s, so from what I have seen, have the only one. When in Toronto I see the odd 350 but still rare. Maybe a Canadian thing.

iKenn

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I hardly see any 2IS in South Dallas.

SC400MAN

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I think the original projection from Lexus was 3 250's to 1 350 in sales. We sell about that ratio, though at times it seems like more like 3 to 2, depending on our inventory.

TLP_IS350

yeah i see more 250's then 350's. thats why im a proud 350 owner i think i saw one other 350, too bad his wasnt modded

Evitzee

IS350 production is somewhere in the 15-20% range (maybe lower from what I see on the street). Through October 45,000 IS's have been sold, or about 54,000 per year. So that's about 8,000 to 10,000 IS350's per year. In the world of automobiles, that's a pretty low production volume. Outside of CA you won't run into IS350's all over the place.

b737dog

Plenty of IS350s here in Atlanta. Not impressed with the rattles in my 350. 8year old Tacoma has fewer rattles.

FiveOhNine

2" twice a year that lasts for a day hardly counts as snow.