I don’t understand why they take things off of the F Sport. I understand luxuary and all that but I have two F sports because I like how they look better. I still want the luxuary memory seats and 360 camera and all that just with my car looking better. Do other brands do this? I mean if I was getting an M5 I would get the same luxuary as a regular 5 with just a better looking and faster car rt?
Its a few reasons why a car company does what you are saying. Lets take a look at Lexus firstly.
I think the biggest reason is money and its divided into two different view points:
1) Cost cutting. By taking away features from the previous generation (last years) and not giving it to the new generation (early years), they are able to keep the new generations starting price lower. This is why the Lexus ES starting price is relatively almost the same. I haven't looked into it yet but I think they might have cut some features from the previous generation ES that came as standard.
2) Drawing hype for later year models to get more money. This is what they did for almost the whole life cycle of the 3G IS. The 3G IS F-Sport didn't come with much in the early years of the vehicle. However - over time - they trickle down some of the features from the "luxury" or "Non-F-Sport" model to the F-Sport model. This gave people incentives to buy the new F-Sport models.
Its definitely shady Toyota does this but its business at the end of the day.
Other companies that are guilty of this is Acura. They can't get the A-Spec Package and the Advance package together. I'm sure later in the years, more Advance Pack stuff will trickle down into the A-Spec models.
It sucks companies do this because the "Sport package" models do look much better.
Engine is trickley. My friend and I did gossip about engine changes in the 4G IS.
There are two boats in this debate. People that think it'll stay the same. And people think they'll overhaul everything.
My friend and I think its gonna stay the same because Toyota has been known to slow and conservative with engine changes. What I think will happen is they'll keep the Turbo 4, the V6 and then add a IS-F or maybe a IS400 with the TTV6. My money will be on the IS-F getting the TTV6 before they develop a IS400.
Toyota seems to be slow with trickling down stuff. The TTV6 is one of the biggest highlights to the LS. I think it'll be fast of a trickle down to drop the TTV6 straight into a standard IS so fast.
I think they'll drop it into a IS-F because it'll be priced higher and it can draw hype for the "return" of the IS-F. IE: "IS-F returns with TTV6 from LS to fight M3." Makes for a good headline and hype.
I'm just assuming this from a marketing stand-point. But - no one really knows what will happen. But I would put my money on the early years of the 4G IS to have no engine change.