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11-05-13 | 10:01 AM

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also, what's the strap on the top of the seat for?

Is a seat belt retainer to allow you to hold the seat belt on the seat so you don't have to reach back everytime.

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11-05-13 | 10:04 AM

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I'm loving the back and side profile view. Not a big fan of the current grille, so I hacked together a quick photoshop of RC with the 3IS F-Sport grille. (Posted this in the 3IS forum thread.) I think it looks a lot better without the vertical slats.

Don't worry, the RC-F will have the F mash grille.

This 350 is the lame.......opps tame version

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11-05-13 | 10:06 AM

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Beautiful! Haven't read through the entire thread, but will it be available with a proper manual?

The last IS250 will be the last manual from Lexus, no more.

Keep your IS300, it is the last best manual car from Lexus.

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11-05-13 | 10:11 AM

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This car has so much road presence, it's crazy.

And this is just the base car!

The mind boggles at how the F-Sport and the RC-F will come across.

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11-05-13 | 10:17 AM

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I want to see how those headlamps illuminate the road.

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11-05-13 | 10:27 AM

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I have to say it turned out really nice. I am happy to see that Lexus making there cars look more aggressive. I am looking forward to seeing the price for the RC.

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11-05-13 | 11:06 AM

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Love the illuminated door inserts, but dislike the green LED backlights on the buttons on the center console. Make them all blue!

Also, what's that button next to the seat heater and seat ventilation buttons, on the driver's side?

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11-05-13 | 11:22 AM

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^^^
I'm not exactly sure on this but.................It looks to me that it's a button for a heated steering wheel.

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11-05-13 | 11:34 AM

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It would be nice to see them open up the 3.5L V6 a bit and increase the redline, considering that this is a coupe and not a four door sedan, but that redline looks to be the exact same as the IS and GS 350

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11-05-13 | 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ydooby

it is steering wheel heater.

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11-05-13 | 11:48 AM

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i dont think that would change anything, it probably drops power by the redline anyway. Same goes for RC300h, it is same engine.

However, this car should be (slightly) lighter than 3IS so it should be faster.

but what i personally find interesting is no 2.0t at introduction... which to me means that this car might start sales in Japan before 2.0t is available maybe? So possibly sales in Japan start by March/April/May?

As we know that 2.0t is coming for NX and NX is coming late 2014.

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11-05-13 | 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ydooby

Love the illuminated door inserts, but dislike the green LED backlights on the buttons on the center console. Make them all blue!

Green is the traditional color, you can always change the color yourself.

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Also, what's that button next to the seat heater and seat ventilation buttons, on the driver's side?

Heated steering wheel.

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11-05-13 | 12:02 PM

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Powertrain are all carry over unchange since 2007.

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11-05-13 | 12:38 PM

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Powertrain are all carry over unchange since 2007.

power numbers yes, but they did improve the mileage... besides, it is probably still the best V6. So I am not sure what can they really change when others are just catching up.