Lexus IS 350 vs Infiniti Q50 - RWD (2011, hybrid, driver)

[PokerMunkee]

tjarado, the cooled seats on our company's '10 RX350 work great, so I'd imagine a new IS350's are fine as well. Definitely test them out, they are not all equal.

My next car is a '13 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost or '13 Taurus SHO.... they got all of the bells and whistles... heated/cooled seats, heated steering wheel, remote start that can be adjusted to turn on the heated/cooled seats/wheel at specific outside temps, and massaging seats.

The Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 offer remote start, cooled seats. A lot of the foreign cars don't offer factory remote starts, which is odd.

Looks like the IS350 with Navigation can't be uesd with the dealer installed remote start, as of a month ago.

[GTOlover]

Other - please elaborate in that price Range and segment Iwould go for either a BMW M3, BMW 550i, Jaguar XF or the Cadillac CTS-V

[tjarado]

PMunkee,
"Looks like the IS350 with Navigation can't be uesd with the dealer installed remote start, as of a month ago"
^^^This sucks..maybe it will return with the 2015 coupe that the dealer says is coming?

Thanks, you are really helpful.
And I really will am not considering the CTS or german cars for a variety of reasons.
But thanks to all who have commented.

[Ace_TX]

been eyeing that q50 premium

id rather have regular steering, but the way the pkg options are you have to take it with the touring pkg to get the interior and other options i want

[28173]

For true performance and luxury I would stick with either BMW or Audi (for the 40k price).

[hoffdano]

The Q50's steer by wire has been soundly panned by the reviewers. Infinity is taking their cars in the wrong direction. Too many nanny features.

[tjarado]

28173
I resist a BMW because of the costs of maintenance. I plan to keep this car ..forever.
And the Audi I lust for is the RS5 coupe - @ $70-80+k loaded it will likely remain a dream.

[ohio_peasant]

I'd give serious consideration to a slightly used Infiniti G37; widely praised car, known quantity, already taken considerable depreciation... but possibly missing a few of the OP's desired features.

[tjarado]

Thanks, Ohio.. not bad advice - and I would consider it if I found one that fit me properly.

My main problem with the older Infiniti (and it's cousin, the Z car) has been that at 5' 1" I need elevation in the driver seat to see over the dash! (I'm a girl) The new Q50 has a height adjustment that fixed this problem and put it in contention.

[ragabnh]

If you care about reliability and resale, then Lexus win.
If you want driving experience, Infiniti is the car. BTW, it is also reliable,

I am a Lexus guy, so I will pick it, had BMW's before, you need to spend on maintenance beyond the warrantee period, but they are drivers cars, as for Audi, it looks to be a great German Car but never owned one.