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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #550 on: January 10, 2013, 09:02:05 PM »
The 2014 Lexus IS has to be the most cartoonishly ugly car I've seen since the Aztek. Seriously. I mean those light clusters. WHAT THE FUCK?????



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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #551 on: January 11, 2013, 12:50:54 AM »
I ended up with an X5 as a rental here because they had nothing but it and a Cadillac left... I had heard that it was sort of a let down to BMW fans and I have to agree that there isn't much about this car that I like.  Getting past an engine that pulls pretty damn hard considering the weight of the thing, nothing else stands out.  In fact, at best it's pretty pedestrian otherwise.  For me, BMW missed with this generation.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #552 on: January 11, 2013, 05:56:38 AM »
I like the new IS. I think it's pretty different. I'll have to see it in person of course, but in general I've liked the whole new styling direction Lexus has taken, though I'd prefer if their cars had a bit more distinct personalities instead of being down/upsized versions of each other. But, it's still a huge step up from the utterly forgettable styling that's gone on before.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #553 on: January 11, 2013, 07:39:55 AM »
I thought the two door IS concept was brilliant in pictures and in person.  The wheels were unbelievably gorgeous in design.  Will wait to see the 4 door.  It could end up being poorly implemented like in that picture, who knows.





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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #554 on: January 11, 2013, 07:43:04 PM »
Guess those pics are the real deal.  All I can say is pick a different angle and/or color.



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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #555 on: January 11, 2013, 09:05:41 PM »

2013 Ariel Atom 3
"...beware: The Atom is so rewarding, its responses so urgent, and its unassisted steering so pure that an encounter with one—short of a professional racing career, perhaps—may steer you onto a lifelong path of automotive disappointment." - Car & Driver (and that was the old model[!!!])

God only knows how fast I would bought one If I knew that the price would jump to more than 50k...
Why the hell does it cost that much more for TMI Autotech to make these than it did for Brammo Motorsports?  :'(
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #556 on: January 12, 2013, 02:05:25 AM »
Quote from: DaveBSC on January 10, 2013, 09:02:05 PM
The 2014 Lexus IS has to be the most cartoonishly ugly car I've seen since the Aztek. Seriously. I mean those light clusters. WHAT THE FUCK?????




Jeez, that is ugly.  Are they trying to capture Hyundai Tiburon owners?
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #557 on: January 12, 2013, 04:44:44 PM »
Dunno. With the lines under its eyes and the swollen nose, it looks like it's been punched in the face. Someone should punch it, or punch the designers. What an absolutely pug fugly monster. None of the cars in the entry lux segment are particularly attractive, but the ES is at least handsomely inoffensive. I will give them credit on the interior though, they took some risk with that. The last IS interior was pathetic and outdated the moment it went on sale. This one is the most "sports car" anyone has ever tried in this segment by far. At least for the F-sport version that they are showing anyway, I'm not sure if the standard IS will have a regular gauge cluster. That said, I'm not sure how you use the mouse thing without knocking your coffee over.


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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #558 on: January 12, 2013, 05:33:00 PM »
I like the cluster as well, it should be standard as it pays homage to the Chronometer in the IS300.  Personally I liked that, others didn't.  That digital gauge is definitely trickle down from the LFA as is the steering wheel which was first used int the CT200h.  Cup holders have been a bane of Toyota/Lexus for a long time.  I know after the last Tacoma redesign they went ape shit and included something like 8 cup holders up front in response to the criticisms.


I really hate the giant 'L' Lexus logo.  I know it's a drafting angle and all that but geez it gets on my nerves and they keep growing it!
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #559 on: January 12, 2013, 07:23:14 PM »
"None of the cars in the entry lux segment are particularly attractive"

Must respectfully disagree.

Audi A5/S5 is gorgeous.
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