 What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I'm GoPony. I do new car truck SEV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2022 Lexus IS300 courtesy of Bobby Ray Hall Lexus in Mechanicsburg PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So we are in this one today because it has got incredible reliability. Just check out consumer reports for that. It's incredibly good looking as well. I love the redesign to this thing when it first came out. Definitely a more aggressive looking car overall and all-wheel drive is available as well of course. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering for a ride quality, sounds like some exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it and as always, let's start with pricing. And so there will be two different configurations for the 2022 IS300. You got the rear wheel drive starting at $39,850 and then you got the all-wheel drive starting at $41,850. But here's the thing, dependent upon the configuration that you go with, the power plant is going to differ. So if you go with the rear wheel drive setup, you're gonna get a two liter turbo charged inline four cylinder, 241 horsepower, 258 pound-feet of torque, power sent to the rear wheels. Of course, there are eight speed automatic with pedal shifters, zero to 60 time. For that one comes in at approximately 6.9 seconds, top speed, 143 miles per hour. With MPG numbers coming in at 21 in the city, 31 on the highway. But then you got the all-wheel drive configuration and powering this particular beast is going to be a 3.5 liter naturally aspirated V6. 260 horsepower, 236 pound-feet of torque, power sent to all four wheels through a six speed automatic with paddle shifters, which you guys know we will test out here in a little bit, zero to 60 time is going to come in at approximately 5.7 seconds, so substantially quicker than the rear wheel drive counterpart, top speed, 143 miles per hour with MPG numbers coming in at 19 in the city, 26 then on the highway. And so before we do any kind of acceleration or paddle shifter test here in our IA. So I wanted to mention to you guys, drive modes, there is a circular dial and buttons located just to the right of the shifter. Those drive modes will include eco, normal, sport and snow, and snow of course being the actual button to actually throw it in that snow mode. But ultimately these drive modes will adjust things like the shift points, the throttle response, steering sensitivity and the all-wheel drive system engagement then as well. So ultimately having got all of that out of the way now, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and get set up. Let's do a quick little paddle shifter test here first. By the way, there is a full manual shift mode. You just want to simply slide the shifter all the way to the back and to the left that is going to give you full control over the shifting. So having said that, let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put those to the test and let's see how quickly these paddle shifters are going to react for us here. All right, second gear, first gear in three, two, one. Go. It's okay. They're not bad. Actually they are not bad. Not the quickest I've ever driven, but still they're actually a lot quicker than I thought they were going to be. In terms of reaction times there, a lot of times paddle shifters are a lot worse. I'll just put it that way. So honestly the paddle shifters aren't that bad. Can of course also use them to do a little bit of engine braking when it's snowing out. So rather than actually hitting the brakes and we're sliding off the road, just simply downshift using the paddle shifters and you are less likely to do that. So now having done that, let's give back full control to the IS here. I'm just going to slide the shifter back to the right and that is going to give the car back full control and let's do a quick acceleration test here with the IS having full control and let's see how quickly we can get our IS 300 here up the speed. Three, two, one. Whoa. Yeah, it's quick. I like it. That's fun, man. Definitely a very quick car without any doubt. Honestly, that's plenty enough for you to merge onto the highway. Not as quick as the IS 350 of course, but yeah, that'll definitely get the job done. But anyways, to go along that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So up front, you will find 13.1 inch ventilated front disc with four piston front cowpers in the back, 11.7 inch ventilated rear disc. As far as this 60 easier stopping distance goes, it's going to come in at 117 feet, which is dang impressive. Anything in the one teens is definitely going to be where you want to be at, especially in a sports sedan. So absolutely no issues there. And braking feel, by the way, it's perfectly fine as well. There's no dead spots. It's definitely on the firmer side of things. So I gotta say, I'm definitely a fan of that braking feel. Then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're going to get an independent double-wishbone type front suspension. In the back, independent multi-link rear suspension with front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as ride quality goes, it is 100% on point. So definitely not going to have any issues there. Soaking up, Pennsylvania's are in imperfections quite nicely. As far as steering feel goes, it's definitely on the heavier side of things. I will say it's not as heavy as the IS 350, but it's definitely on the heavier side of things. So I'm a huge fan of the steering feel. It instantly points you in the direction that you want to go. Definitely a very nice feel to it. I'm a huge fan, but anyways. Then touching on cabin noise, I'm going 40 miles per hour right now. There isn't a whole lot of exterior road noise or wind noise. Feel like I'm getting a little bit of that V6 engine noise, which I like. Definitely a big fan of that sound. But other than that, yeah, cabin noise is pretty subdued. It feels like a luxury vehicle inside of this thing. So touching on visibility, I could see 100% perfectly fine out the back. You're definitely not going to have any issues with the sedan of this shape. And rain sensing windshield wipers also do come standard, meaning whenever the IS detects any kind of missed rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on those windshield wipers for you there. So just one less thing you got to worry about there as well. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2022 Lexus IS 300. All right, you guys, here she is, the new 2022 Lexus IS 300, finished in eminent white pearl, which by the way is a $500 paint option in case anybody was curious, but definitely a very nice looking paint option. I always liked white cars, but let's go ahead and start up front on the IS here, large Lexus black mesh front grille, of course, in typical Lexus fashion with chrome accents to the sides, if you guys could see that there. By LED headlights are going to come standard on the IS for definitely a good bit of illumination at night. By the way, the projector headlights, as opposed to the reflector headlights, typically found on most other vehicles out there right now. LED daytime running lights also coming standard. You do have the automatic feature as well, meaning when it starts to get dark at night, these headlights are going to turn on automatically for you there. Premium triple beam headlights though, is an option for $1,250 for even more added illumination at night. So I did want to mention that as well. And then to the bottom corners there, you will find some front air curtains helping direct air around the wheel and tire combination. But since the redesign, this thing looks absolutely amazing. Love the front end look to it, but pretty much rounds out the front end. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of the IS. It's up now since we are around to the side of this one. Chrome window surrounds will come standard. Taking a look at the side mirrors, they are body colored power adjustable side mirrors. They will also be heated with LED integrated turd signals, all that coming standard for both configurations there. So I like that. Taking a look down at the wheel configuration, 18 inch split five spoke alloys is going to come standard. There is a new premium package for 2022 though, and that is the package that we have today, that is going to add 19 inch 10 spoke alloys, which like I said is what you guys are currently looking at. A power steering wheel, auto tilt downside mirrors, memory settings for the driver's seat, a black interior trim, front door scuff plates, rear armrest with cup holders and a power rear sunshade as well. So that's pretty much what the premium package includes. And again, that's new for 2022 and we do have it with us for me to show you guys. So hallelujah, but definitely like the angular details specifically on those rear doors, it kind of fades up. So definitely a very nice looking side profile and that pretty much rounds it out. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the IS, body colored shark fin antenna all the way to the top. If you wanted a rear spoiler, there is a body color rear spoiler available for $400. We don't have it today, but don't want to mention it. Some people do like rear spoilers. LED tail lights do come standard across the board. You will find a matte black rear bumper. You guys can see that of course towards the bottom there and to the sides, dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. As always here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the IS 300 when it comes to opening that rear trunk there is a button on the key fob. There is also a button on the trunk itself as well. But once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 10.8 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, there is a 60-40 split meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. There's some cargo lighting back there. There's also tie down anchors, which I was surprised to see. You typically don't find those on sedans, but rather SUVs. So that was pretty cool seeing that. Then if you were to lift up underneath of the floor of the cargo area you will find a spare tire in case you were curious about that. But then making our way up to the rear leg room that comes in at 32.2 inches. So for reference, I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I had back there. Rear ventilation does come standard. You do have a rear center armrest coming standard as well, but you're gonna get cup holders within the center armrest again with that premium package. So I wanted to mention that. There are some front seat back map pockets and of course that power rear window sunshine. Watch that button by the way is located by the driver's side left knee. In case you were curious about that. And again, that's part of the premium package yet again. But anyways, so now go ahead and make our way to the front seats. Eight-way power adjustable front seats do come standard. A new Lux finish is going to come standard and then heated and ventilated front seats can come with the comfort package that goes for $2,475. But honestly, the seats surprised me. F-sport seats I know are my very favorite seats in existence right now because of the bolsters and because of the comfort. But these seats are pretty darn comfortable as well. Specifically because of those bolsters on the left and right. It holds you in place here. If you're going around the turns a little bit faster you're not going anywhere because these things are hugging you essentially. So not quite as good as the F-sport seats. They're still my favorite, but these are plenty fine. One of the more comfortable seats I've tested in quite a while, Lexus always crushes it with their seat comfort. But then take a look at the steering wheel and just tilt and telescoping and his power adjustable again with the premium package leather wrapped with the comfort package and heated also with that comfort package as well. Then make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here to your Lexus logo on the one side. Then when you flip it over lock, unlock and that button to pop the rear trunk there. But essentially it is all keyless entry with a push button start. So all I'm going to do is simply put my foot on the brake and press that engine start button which is located just to the right of the gauges. And so speaking of pun startup tachometer is all the way to your left speedometer is on your right. There is a digital display front and center to control what is on that digital display. There are steering wheel mount to controls found on the right side of the steering wheel. That'll give you things like your average miles per gallon how many miles you have left until you hit empty outside temperature, trip A, trip B. There's some safety information. Digital speedometer is available there as well. I'm probably going to leave it on that. I'm pretty much everything you could possibly want on the digital portion of the gauges then. Then make our way to overall interior quality. There is a power and moon roof coming with the comfort package. Dual zoom climate control coming standard auto dimming rear view mirror with homely controls for up to three different garage doors coming with the comfort package as well. But perhaps one of the coolest features that you just don't get these days is a CD player located directly in front of the shifter. And so I'm kidding. I don't really use CDs anymore, but it is available there if you still do use CDs, which is again, very rare to find, especially in a 2022. So you got that if you wanted it. I do like the red contrast stitching found just above the passenger side glove box and also up top of the gauges here. There is a little bit of a design on the doors as well. I like that they added that. And I do like the two toned color scheme that is going on on the inside here with the dark red and the black definitely looks good than just a traditional black in my personal opinion at least. Just behind the shifter, you have your dual cup holders of course. And within the center armrest, there is an oxport two USB charging ports and a 12 volt power outlet then as well. So overall interior quality is finished just fine. So I certainly didn't have any issues there. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen because front and center, you will find an eight inch color touchscreen display that comes standard. That's what you guys are currently looking at. However, there is a navigation package that goes for $1,670. That bumps that up to a 10.3 inch color touchscreen display. And by the way, I said it is touchscreen and it is, but there's also a touchpad controller and buttons located directly behind the shifter. You can control it either way, both ways are perfectly fine. But either way, you get Bluetooth and audio streaming, you get Android Auto Apple CarPlay. Factory navigation system again is going to be available with that package option. You can check out your weather information up there. Of course, your radio information as well. And so when it comes to the sound systems, there are two of them. 10 speakers is going to come standard, but then there's an optional 17 speaker Mark 11th in sound system that goes for $2,750. And 1,800 watts comes with that one. That's quite a bit of wattage for this size of a vehicle specifically. That is nuts. But anyways, that's not the one we have today unfortunately. So let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today and let's test out our 10 speaker sound system that we have with us here today. It's okay. Honestly, it's just okay. Mark Levenson crushes it by the way. So if you really enjoy music, go with that 100%. Cause that one's amazing, but it's just okay. Honestly, the bass wasn't what I expected. Not a whole lot going on there, but I did just turn up the bass as well just to make sure that it wasn't just me. And that got a little bit better but still wasn't quite what I expected if I'm being honest. But again, the Mark Levenson is available. Last thing I wanna mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the IS in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board, taking up the entire screen as well which you don't always get which is pretty nice. But you also do have two different angles. You get a wide angle view in the bottom left hand corner there as well. But as always that is going to lead us into safety. And so to start, the IS 300 is an IIHS top safety pick plus which is the very highest rating given out by IIHS. So that pretty much is it all right there. Front side side carrying airbags do come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well. In the back you're gonna have latch AKA lower anchors and tethers to children for the rear car seats. Rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard, Lexus safety system plus 2.5. What that's gonna include is a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, lane tracing assist, lane departure alert with steering assist, road sign assist, dynamic radar cruise control, automatic high beams and a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert as well. And so overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the IS 300, great safety. I can't emphasize that enough. The very highest rating by IIHS. So if you got kids in the back, that's definitely some peace of mind there for you. Excellent reliability as well. Take a look at the Consumer Reports magazine. It gives the IS a well above average reliability rating which is the very highest. So typical Toyota slash Lexus fashion there. Great exterior styling. I told you guys I love the redesign of this thing. As far as room for improvement goes, the rear seat leg room is kind of minimal and it doesn't bother me too much honestly because if you want more rear seat leg room, go with an ES or a GS or something like that of course. Gages on the IS 300 are a bit boring as well and I don't think anybody is going to argue with me when it comes to that. Now the F-sport gauges on the IS 350, those are dang good but these, I wouldn't have minded if Lexus put maybe a full digital gauge cluster in here with a little bit of customization available that would be pretty cool. Also another thing that surprised me is there's no rear seat USB charging ports. So if you got kids especially with tablets, they're probably going to want to have that. There's no wireless phone charger that I could find at least either. It's another thing and just because I'm super picky, I think ambient lighting would be pretty cool in here as well. But let me know what you guys think of the IS 300 in the comment section below. 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