Lexus officially coming in the Philippines!

**kyle618** · December 27th, 2007 01:47 AM

hopefully pag dating dito hindi stripped down sa features. finally the Lexus brand here. hopefully cheaper than BMW and MB.

**momoyster** · December 27th, 2007 01:54 AM

this will make the premium car segment more interesting!

**suv** · December 27th, 2007 03:03 AM

Angas......

**Walter** · December 27th, 2007 08:19 AM

JPEPA will make Lexus cheaper than BMW or Mercedes Benz. Maybe that's why they delayed the entry of Lexus to coincide with the implementation of JPEPA.

**zidane21** · December 27th, 2007 09:32 AM

sana nasa price range of toyota camry yung lexus is..

it is priced at $31k-$36k kasi sa global website nila (P1.3m-P1.5m)

**Dr.Kamiya** · December 27th, 2007 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by zidane21

sana nasa price range of toyota camry yung lexus is..

it is priced at $31k-$36k kasi sa global website nila (P1.3m-P1.5m)

But the camry is only priced at $18-$25k (750k - 1.0M), pag dating dito 1.6 - 2.0M. By that same measure the Lexus will be priced from 2.6M to 3.0M, depending on the model.

**LadyRider** · December 27th, 2007 05:12 PM

Wow ayus yan!!! Bagong project nanaman for next year! (hehehehe) ESEP ESEP!

**AG4** · December 27th, 2007 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by Dr.Kamiya

But the camry is only priced at $18-$25k (750k - 1.0M), pag dating dito 1.6 - 2.0M. By that same measure the Lexus will be priced from 2.6M to 3.0M, depending on the model.

The RP/ASEAN market Camry is CBU from Thailand, the Lexus models will be CBU from Japan. So expect it to be much more expensive(not proportional).

In Japan the entry level Lexus IS250 costs more than a Lancer Evo X.
So I guess we can expect the Lexus range to start at least over P2.6M.

**bruno787** · December 27th, 2007 11:22 PM

my 8 year old IS200 costs P1.8M way back in 1999. so the lowest spec IS250 would run around P2.5M up by 07 prices.... i heard the IS350 sells for P4M, a camry will always be a little cheaper than an IS, the ES is a camry clone. IS is rear wheel drive, ES and Camry is fwd.

**AG4** · December 28th, 2007 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by bruno787

so the lowest spec IS250 would run around P2.5M up by 07 prices....

It looks like Toyota(Lexus) has no plans to currently sell models with gasoline direct injection(D-4) like the V6 engines in the IS250 and IS350.
According to the article of Vernon Sarne, they will sell the IS300 here(see photo and engine specs on my previous post).

The IS300 is only sold in some markets including the UAE.
Unlike the direct injection engines of the IS250 and IS350, it uses electronic fuel injection.

Toyota/Lexus engines with model codes that end with "SE" have direct injection like the IS250's "4GR-FSE" and the IS350's "2GR-FSE".

The IS300 uses a "3GR-FE" engine, Toyota/Lexus engines with model codes that end with "E" use Electronic Fuel injection.