The 2014 Lexus IS is expected to make its official debut at the 2013 NAIAS in Detroit
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Are they seriously going to stick with the current 4gr-FSE as the base engine? The competiton all moved to blown turbo 4s as their base offerings. Hell Caddy even has a 4 banger in the base ATS that beats the 2.5L, minus the carbon deposits.
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yes... with the update to the transmission.
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it is, but 250 still gets update to the transmission like GS350 did... with downshift rev matching/blips, etc.
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Lexus has stated their move to stagger body and powertrain changes, much like what most of their competitors do. Helps achieve meaningful mid-cycle refreshes and can help spur/maintain sales volume.
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I think later down the road Lexus's gonna add the 2.0T placing it between the 250 and 350 hopefully making it around 240is hp engine, or even replacing the 2.5l. I guess the time will tell.
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Lexus won't introduce a more powerful engine in a 250 until they introduce the new engine in the 350. I guarantee it. People are attracted to the shiny and new, so despite even all that I said just above, the fact that the 250 had a "new" engine compared to the 350's "old" engine would leech sales.
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Today's Autoblog article sounds like more disappointment. We were really pumped up from early speculation, but so far every reviewer at the Sant Anita test has sounded like they walked away let-down. I'm surprised, after the level the new GS has hit. The IS cannot slack off in any way with today's stiff competition and momentum Lexus is on right now. I hope the real-world tests glow a little more. Hoovey had me all excited that the next IS was going to blow everything else away, but so far it's not sounding like that at all (at least dynamically). Maybe I'm jumping the gun here. Did the new GS reviews at the Santa Anita preview match the real-world tests soon after?
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Great review by Autoblog, giving us many small details not reported by the others. Odd that while the GS350 F-Sport was deemed playful by many reviewers at the preview test drive event, the new IS350 F-Sport seems to behave oppositely at an autocross, too planted and understeer-prone for its own good. But like the review says the car does shine in real-world conditions and that's what really matters in the end of the day.
Also, from the review it seems that the sound generator actually "pipes" the real engine sound into the cabin. So is the sound generated by the sound generator not fake after all? I'm guessing it's only fake in the IS300h since the 4-cylinder hybrid is the one that really needs it, while in the 6-cylinder models the sound generator simply transmits the sounds from the engine bay.
Also, from the review it seems that the sound generator actually "pipes" the real engine sound into the cabin. So is the sound generated by the sound generator not fake after all? I'm guessing it's only fake in the IS300h since the 4-cylinder hybrid is the one that really needs it, while in the 6-cylinder models the sound generator simply transmits the sounds from the engine bay.
Digressing, I read the article a few times, and I noticed that they never say they test drove the IS350 F Sport - meaning the dynamics they criticize are of the base IS350, which to me, it sounds like it handles exactly like one would expect/want it to! No one buying a non-sport sedan wants oversteer.
Hope I'm correct on this point and the actual F Sport version is just as great as the GS350 F Sport.
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The article wrote "engine noise" but they meant "air induction noise". This is something the F Sport intake kind of does - I guess in the new IS they provide a means for the sound to travel into the cabin that's a bit more practical than a giant hole in the side of the intake right before the air filter.
Digressing, I read the article a few times, and I noticed that they never say they test drove the IS350 F Sport - meaning the dynamics they criticize are of the base IS350, which to me, it sounds like it handles exactly like one would expect/want it to! No one buying a non-sport sedan wants oversteer.
Hope I'm correct on this point and the actual F Sport version is just as great as the GS350 F Sport.
Hope I'm correct on this point and the actual F Sport version is just as great as the GS350 F Sport.