You heard it here first.....(again)
10-04-12, 02:50 PM
#107
The 250 gets the reprogrammed GS tranny. 350 didn't specify but I believe it's the semi-manual mode like the GS. Leave it in D, pull the "-" paddle and it activates the current gear limiter or for going down grades for engine braking. Put it in S and it will hold a gear unless you brake all the way to 0mph and it shifts itself to M1 (so F should continue to be the only one available with a real manual mode). I believe this 8-speed is similar to the 8-auto in the RX F-Sport
10-04-12, 07:20 PM
#112
those pics make the car look kinda brutal. I hate how automakers are going to more narrow and taller designs. The front fenders are so tall and wheels are so small, they make the car look like a giant Toyota Echo. Profile reminds me of the long winded ES330.
10-05-12, 10:08 AM
#113
The 250 gets the reprogrammed GS tranny. 350 didn't specify but I believe it's the semi-manual mode like the GS. Leave it in D, pull the "-" paddle and it activates the current gear limiter or for going down grades for engine braking. Put it in S and it will hold a gear unless you brake all the way to 0mph and it shifts itself to M1 (so F should continue to be the only one available with a real manual mode). I believe this 8-speed is similar to the 8-auto in the RX F-Sport
I basically want the car I have now, but with a bit more power, the IS-F transmission (or even a 6 speed version would be fine, but with a real M mode and quicker shifts), nice factory 5-spokes, genuinely air conditioned seats, and a modern audio/video/nav/etc system in it... and without several of the more recent (09+ styling cues)
Increasingly it sounds like I'm getting nothing of what I want except maybe the updated A/V system.
10-06-12, 06:37 PM
#114
Damn, another strike against the 3IS in my book
I basically want the car I have now, but with a bit more power, the IS-F transmission (or even a 6 speed version would be fine, but with a real M mode and quicker shifts), nice factory 5-spokes, genuinely air conditioned seats, and a modern audio/video/nav/etc system in it... and without several of the more recent (09+ styling cues)
Increasingly it sounds like I'm getting nothing of what I want except maybe the updated A/V system.
I basically want the car I have now, but with a bit more power, the IS-F transmission (or even a 6 speed version would be fine, but with a real M mode and quicker shifts), nice factory 5-spokes, genuinely air conditioned seats, and a modern audio/video/nav/etc system in it... and without several of the more recent (09+ styling cues)
Increasingly it sounds like I'm getting nothing of what I want except maybe the updated A/V system.
10-06-12, 08:48 PM
#115
Sure hope the 3rd Gen IS will offer PCS/Radar Cruise. I love it on my '06 350 and will not own another car without it. Worth the extra $ many times over. By now the technology has to even be better!
10-06-12, 10:01 PM
#116
They haven't even offered it on the 2nd gen the last couple years... I'd love to see it back too, and maybe this time priced a lot more reasonably since Lexus got like 2.5 times the money for the same feature as what Infiniti wanted for it in the G I cross-shopped at the time.
10-08-12, 05:58 PM
#117
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I spotted the next gen IS earlier today. There were 2 of them, both with camouflage on them. One of them had a white cover that covered up the front grill and bumper, and the other one had the regular black cover we've seen from the spy shots before.
10-08-12, 06:40 PM
#120
They haven't even offered it on the 2nd gen the last couple years... I'd love to see it back too, and maybe this time priced a lot more reasonably since Lexus got like 2.5 times the money for the same feature as what Infiniti wanted for it in the G I cross-shopped at the time.
