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Old 10-12-23, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by geckornr
Lexus dropped the press release for those who are curious, but if you go to related images and scroll to the bottom, they show Molten Pearl instead of Blue Vector and the image tag notes it as a 2024 model .


https://pressroom.lexus.com/whats-ne...s-300-350-500/
There are other errors, such as including photos of cars with "F Sport" trunk lid badging and bright-chrome mirror trim on the IS 500.

But it seems like everything in the prior post came true. Atomic Silver is no longer mentioned on the page. I wish we could see an official image of Blue Vector.
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Old 10-12-23, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by geckornr
Lexus dropped the press release for those who are curious, but if you go to related images and scroll to the bottom, they show Molten Pearl instead of Blue Vector and the image tag notes it as a 2024 model .
https://pressroom.lexus.com/whats-ne...s-300-350-500/
Lexus has not updated their pictures. Not shocking unfortunately. The "Hi-res" Molten picture is super pixelated just like last year. Basically minimum effort for the press release.
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Old 10-12-23, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by arentz07
There are other errors, such as including photos of cars with "F Sport" trunk lid badging.
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Originally Posted by MYIS500
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Bummer...no more Atomic Silver IS500 for 2024, and no HUD
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Originally Posted by DLPTony
I agree, Lexus did the Incognitos dirty. Before the Moltens, it was the only color you knew was an IS500 on sight. The exclusiveness, in my opinion, was the exterior and interior.
I agree. I love that incognito exterior color. I'd definitely would have gotten it, given the option.
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Old 10-12-23, 08:55 AM
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Looks like MY24 Special Appearance Package is limited to 150 vehicles, so Blue Vector IS500 might end up being desirable.
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Originally Posted by MYIS500
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Nice. But the IS 500 has never been available with F Sport badging on the rear. They discontinued that style for model year 2022.
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Old 10-12-23, 08:59 AM
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the malarkey, bafoonary, travistshamockary is REAL!!! LE def didn't mean limited edition...and if not, why number them?
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Originally Posted by vj123
Looks like MY24 Special Appearance Package is limited to 150 vehicles, so Blue Vector IS500 might end up being desirable.
Too bad that color is on Toyotas as well, so it's not "exclusive" either.
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Originally Posted by cp2
the malarkey, bafoonary, travistshamockary is REAL!!! LE def didn't mean limited edition...and if not, why number them?
It's still the only way to get the two tone interior, so far.
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Originally Posted by AmbyBomb
Too bad that color is on Toyotas as well, so it's not "exclusive" either.
But is it on any Lexus, though?

I kid, it is a bit of a bummer it couldn't have been that awesome yellow color on the RC F and LC.
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Old 10-12-23, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by AmbyBomb
Too bad that color is on Toyotas as well, so it's not "exclusive" either.
At the end, only 150 IS500 would be out in the wild with this shade from the factory and it really doesnt matter its is found in Toyotas. People pay good chunk of money to get similar blues through BMW Individual and Porsche PTS programs.
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Old 10-12-23, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by vj123
At the end, only 150 IS500 would be out in the wild with this shade from the factory and it really doesnt matter its is found in Toyotas. People pay good chunk of money to get similar blues through BMW Individual and Porsche PTS programs.
Blue Vector makes me think of Miami Blue, which has got to be one of my favorite Porsche colors.


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Old 10-12-23, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by arentz07
Blue Vector makes me think of Miami Blue, which has got to be one of my favorite Porsche colors.

Beautiful color!
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the smaller the car, the brighter the color - is my rule of thumb. The IS is not small enough to pull off blue vector.
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