The bigger Lexus gs450h had the hybrid option with a v6. My brother had a couple 2005 and 2006. 3.5 v6 with a hybrid making 335bhp 30mpg around town and 40 mpg on the motorway. Not soo economical by modern standards but it was the first Lexus v6 hybrid and the the generation after did mid 40s average
just bought one a week ago. loving it. I had a vw golf r mk6. Changed to this because i feared the dsg blowing up and spent almost all my money for gas. Never buying german car again. Japanese know how to make cars.
Hiya I've got a 1.6 2008 ford focus petrol and I was looking at getting one of these would you say the speed power is better in the lexus is300 and reliability.
This car is perfect on and off the city! I would buy it in a heartbeat! I could say its my dream car since i first saw it! A lot of people dont like its old look interior, but personally i love it! Though that exterior is amazing, it will never get old!
Yes, it is a naturally aspirated 2.5l 4-cylinder petrol engine, that is the only downside of this car. Everything else in it feels like a 300hp car - brakes, suspension, handling...But they just have underpowered it. Modern times, modern downsizing...
Different people want different things. For ''public roads'' - some may say that you don't need more than 80HP..And they will have a point. Why buying Lexus then? A normal Yaris will do. I just say that the car feels like it can handle 300HP, but it is quite sow accelerating with that gearbox when on the IC engine. Compared to...let's say - a 2L Petrol turbo BMW 3 series...When I drove that IS300H- it felt slower than my current (at the time) 2006 IS250. So - why buying an almost new Lexus for £25,000? It is not a slow car by any means, with an amazing handling, but the chassis can handle much more and if they have fitted the 6-cylinder V6 which they fit on many of their hybrids - it would have competed the car itself.
@@sizif717 I know what you mean. That is how I feel every time I drive my girlfriend's Mazda 2. It is a cart for the public roads, but why didn't Mazda put in a nice 1.5 turbo engine to spice it up a bit. The handeling is amazing, but the engine lacks power. There are IS350's in the US, but in Europe they hardly sell due to high taxes and expensive fuel consumption. Two downsides for me about the IS300h though: - It can barely tow a trailer. 750kg is nothing and a real downside, especially if you consider the AWD NX300h, which has the same engine, can tow twice that! - They should have made a stationwagon/estate version of it. That would have been my ideal car. Now I would need to buy an NX300h if I wanted more luggage space, but I don't want to drive an SUV.
I own a 2019 F-sport premium pack version and honestly I'm surprised these cars weren't that popular. Its packed with features, quality, and has a great balance of sportiness and lazy luxury to it.
They sold very well in US. Europeans just see it as a more expensive Toyota, they rather buy Europeans or cheaper Toyota products, which is a shame since this car is a hidden gem. It combines all European executive features in one, BMW driveability, Mercedes comfort and Audi practicality, but not just as good as them. But what it does do win all of them hands down in reliability and customer service and build quality.
@Shane not sure which of these specifically, but the fsport is mostly the styling pack. The premium plus pack is what gives it all the feautres. Those would be the full leather, ventilated seats, Larger display, seat memory, triple beam LEDs, reversing camera with parking assist. Thats just what i can name off the top of my head, but im sure theres more
@@seemslegit6203 thank dude for answering me back, I’m in Ireland and have the is300h FSport, and it has the full electric leather memory seat with heated and aircon ventilation plus it has the mark Levinson stereo reverse camera big sat nav and park assist It has the Bi-zenon headlights though, this market didn’t get triple led,s
@Shane if its got ML thats probably the takumi pack. But yea outside the UK the headlights were optional. The takumi pack would be a step above mine, adding ML, a sunroof, BSM and adaptive suspension
I have the same car but with facelift from 2018. The consumption you are looking for you get them with the 16" wheels, I have them and 4l/100 is very easy to optain. The Manual gearbox simulation I use it only when coming down hills / mountain, for the rest, leave it in auto. The beauty is that you never feel in the wrong gear and you don't have to worry about Clutches, belts and complex mechanics. Just keep 3000€ away that after 400000km you MIGHT need a new traction battery. To bad people buying useless SUVs are killing this category.
I bought the same year and model 2 years ago. Its been 100% reliable. Get it serviced at lexus and 1 year warranty upto 100,000 miles or ten years old and the hybrid system upto 15 years. Great review but when you were giving a bit of stick on the B Road the car wasn't complaining about your driving it was telling you that there is a speed camera ahead. 😉
I have a 2014 FSport model, with the mark levinson and heated and cooled seats.The suspension double wishbone on the from multi link on the back, they handle brilliantly. The quality of these cars is on another level to anything, bmw Mercedes even Audi haven’t got a patch on these cars on the build quality. The only let down in the infotainment system, but you’ll have to go up to Bentley Porsche or Rolls-Royce to match the sound and quality of the mark levinson stereo system.
I bought a used 2007 RX350 with the Levinson stereo and it still sounds incredible, best in any car I've owned. I used to think the Bose system in my wife's Audi A4 was good but there's no comparison.
The best review I have seen of this car of all. Not so much about the interior and exterior, to much about that in other reviews. More of a drivers eye view of how it drives! You don't hang about do you? 😄
I bought a 2017 IS300h and it's probably one of the best dailies you could have. Well built, super reliable, comfortable, quiet, roomy and on top of it all I'm getting almost 47mpg and I'm not even driving super carefully. Honestly, my only regret about this car is not buying it earlier.
how much milage did you put on it? is it like the old lexuses LS400 and 430 which you can make hundred thousands of KM and not be concerned about it? are spare parts readily available and inexpensive in line with toyota?
Also worth mentioning that it does not have a CVT gearbox, it is a eCVT. The name is similar, but the way it works is COMPLETELY different. It does not wine and it uses actual gears (planetary gearbox) instead of a metal belt, definitely does not suffer from the same issues as a CVT does.
Got one couple weeks ago. Same age, same color, same trim. 60k on the clock. Lovely to drive. Very relaxing. Yet to try on motorway but in London it feels like a fish in a pond. With full tank and 1 heavy passenger it's 45 MPG. With Average foot on the throthle. Absolutely effortlessly goes to 30 mph. Cockpit very comfy and it's on a smaller side. It kinda surrounds you. Real comfort feels. Keep in mind it's small and heavy car. And it gives you sensation of very controllable and featherweight vehicle. Cvt feels OK. Just need time to get use to it.
15:38 It may not have been 60mpg, but you had been flooring it before the economy section and started with about 35mpg or so. That's a 34% increase in a few minutes, which is promising for someone who's considering a non-plug-in hybrid as their next car.
wow literally bought mine today and drove it from Leicester to scotland. Relaxing drive, lovely car. Same year and trim but 140k miles - all lexus dealer history though+1 year warranty left Im quite confident it will outlast my 2016 3 series with half that mileage
A thoroughly great hands on review of the quality Lexus IS300h prem model which is top of the range model. It’s a quality car & beats the comparable German cars hands down methinks. Glad you rectified the v6 engine reference as a 4 cylinder hybrid model. Good job n liked n subbed!!😉😎
This car confirms that we live in very low average IQ Society , why would anyone sane chose German over this . Its a symbol for reliability, confort, economy and design, yet again people buy other brands
Love the car. It's a shame Lexus Europe has almost solely focused on boring FWD crossovers. If Lexus made a RWD or RWD biased estate, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. The GS Would also be nice but They don't have the 3.5 litre V6s anymore.
they still make the 3.5L 2gr v6, but I don't think it has an electrified version. The GS was simply discontinued, what a shame. The base is350 in north america still uses a variant of the v6, for instance, but newer cars are usually a25 4cyl hybrids.
Nothing wrong with the 3.5 2gr hybrid RX450h. I don’t find it boring at all, just effortless, refined and about the most comfortable cruiser you’d ever sit in. It has surprising poke and handles very well. Had a gs300 previously, rwd v6 auto. Beautiful to drive but flawed as they had too many issues and weren’t as reliable as the later hybrid newer shape GS but were a more luxurious compliant drive. The IS makes a lot of sense. Not quite as quiet or roomy as an ES but sportier. Reliable too. Great used buy, light years better as an ownership prospect than any German saloon.
I have a 2018 Lexus IS300h Advance with premium nav and I absolutely love it - though I would have liked 18" wheels! My previous car was a 2014 Mercedes C220d which looked great but had a really hard uncomfortable ride, rattled and sqeeked and sounded like a tractor - it really iritated me. The BMW 320d before that was also noisy.
I bought a pre owned exec model 3 months ago.The car is brilliant in every way.The only two things i would critisise it for are the standard headlights,which are not that bright,and the lack of cubby spaces.
Mine is a 2019 Premier with sunroof, but sadly not the ML stereo. Bought it mainly for my 120 mile commute, 2 days a week, not a single issue in 50k miles. The likes of Autocar and other reviewers damned these with faint praise, always comparing with the German competition, and never coming out favourably. For those of us who want a refined, bullet proof and different means of daily transport I can't think of an alternative. Huge shame that Lexus don't import the latest version for the EU, and why did they never build a Sportcross?
Only thing I don't like is the early ones don't have a digital dash - which is a must in Bristol with the absolute t*sser police and their speed cameras.
@@mickesvensson9594depends how u drive ,my previous BMW F20 120d x-drive get 6.9 L to 100KM on MCH pilot sport 4 205/55/16 ,my IS300H do exactly same numbers on low profile tires BG Potenza,225/40/18,255/35/18.
sadly, my car 2014 Lexus Is300h was declared a total loss by my insurance, even though it was just a bumper issue. will get another one when the money comes through from the insurance might get a 2018 version .....keeping it till the wheels fall off
I achieve fuel efficiency of approximately 21-22 km/L on the highway, but in the city, it’s disappointing, ranging from 13-17 km/L, possibly even worse in reality. My previous Camry Hybrid easily delivered 18-20 km/L in city driving. I’ve recently replaced my tires with Bridgestone Potenza. Any ideas on what might be causing this difference? or is this the price we pay for a luxury brand? 😊
I just install BGPotenza front 225/40/18, 255/55/18 back ,yea car get noisy but not big different from old BG Turanza 005 225/40/18,245/35/18.Also fuel efficiency from 66L I get 800 km. Potenza is not good option if u looking fuel efficiency.
well it is subjective but I would say harsh, with 18' wheels you can feel everything when the tires are at recommanded pressure. It is the only cons I have with this car but if you are used to german cars you could say comfy
I wouldn't pick one over it's German rivals because I've never been too sure on the looks. Only point I didn't consider one when I was going taxi for a little while
