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12-25-2005, 08:12 PM | #45 |
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If Lexus would have designed the second portion of the car as nice as the front end.......
I would have bought that car over my E90 any day of the week. It's all about personal preference....and my E90 happens to look a lot nicer on the exterior.....and that's about it that it has over the Lexus IS350.... Everything else being equal.....I don't think my E90 is comparable to the Lexus IS350 for what it's worth...... quality to reliabilty to interior design..... to the IS350!
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12-25-2005, 08:47 PM | #46 | |
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The IS is a good car, but in terms of seeing a sort of "generational transition", I was left disappointed. |
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12-25-2005, 09:14 PM | #47 |
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I have seen pictures on the net and didn't really like the new IS but I haven't seen any on the road yet (at NJ)
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12-26-2005, 09:47 AM | #48 |
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I have seen one on the road and personally don't like the styling. I see Lexus more as an MB competitor because it really occupies a different segment of this market - older drivers into comfort and reliability. BMW is more edgy and hi-tech.
I loved the old IS, its lines were gorgeous in the flesh and in dark metalic colours. L-Finesse design theme is a radical departure, and they would have done better to re-interpret the old IS with L-Finesse, just as BMW reinterpreted the E46 with Flame Surface design language to end up with the E90 which is still identifiable as a BMW 3, but also clearly belongs in the new stable of vehicles. The comments about the Hyundai mainly are about those long, thin angular tail lights, which are the greatest visual offence on the car in my book, though the Hyundai seems to have that aspect of its design better resolved. I also think from a side view, the rear looks weak, it seems to disappear into nothing and does not make good on the promise of the excellent, dramatic front end proportions... This in my mind does not make the car look masculine enough.
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12-26-2005, 09:53 AM | #49 | |
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Audi is much more subtle - first rule of design: When you emphasise everything, you emphasise nothing.
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12-29-2005, 12:57 PM | #55 |
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The IS is a nice car. Not my styling, but nice nonetheless.
IMO, most IS buyers would compare their cars to the 3er, and most 3er owners do not compare their cars to any other in its class at all.
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I still hate the styling. It's fast and well-built. But the side view and back view are nasty... |
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12-30-2005, 02:16 AM | #60 | |
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and the IS250 is also priced slightly less than the 325i.......$29,990 to $30,900..... Quit living in one dimension.....your analytical reasoning is
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12-30-2005, 02:19 AM | #61 | |
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well I priced out an IS350 with my options and it was more than my 330i.
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