01-17-2013, 07:02 AM
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Location: Upper East Side Manhattan - Boca Raton Florida
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 11,843
Mein Auto: 335i E93 - 750Lix
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Quote:
Originally Posted by krash
Lexus has a real bad identity crisis.
Through the years; Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porshe have always managed to maintain a signature look.
Lexus, even though they make great cars, has always blended in with the generic look of Asian imports: Toyota, Nissan, Mazda...
This is their attempt at coming up with a signature look. Terrible!
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When Lexus first entered the market they made decent looking cars,
The LS400 was somewhat generic and had obviously been influenced by Mercedes but was not what I would consider ugly.
IMO the SC Coupe, which was introduced in 1992, was the best looking car Lexus ever made (I am probably biased because I had one exactly like the one in the picture above). That car felt like it had been carved out of a solid block of steel and was a pleasure to drive. It had a very smooth inline 6 engine, a 5 Speed manual transmission and a suspension that had a great balance between comfort and handling,
But that was then and now is now and Lexus is not making anything that appeals to me.
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