Smonkeyboy
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BUUUTT...THE IS300 is called what in the rest of the world? TOYOTA Altezza ring any bells?
How bout the GS300? Most people thinks Nob Taniguchi (sp) drives a GS300, but look closer. its a TOYOTA Aristo.
Dont toy with yourself. Saying a Lexus isnt an uppercrest toyota is like saying Jaguar is not an uppercrest ford.
yeah, i know that, im just saying as of right now, if you were to get a NEW lexus in japan, it would be exactly that, a Lexus, now a GS in the US is a GS in japan.
and im sure youve sat in plenty of lexus' and the build quality is so far above and beyond toyotas its not even funny. if you get in a scion its pretty obvious its a toyota, but sit down in an RX330 and it feels NOTHING like a toyota.
thats a step that nissan/infiniti hasnt taken, the G35 still feels like a nice nissan.
honda/acura is starting to get there, the new RL doenst feel like a honda, but the TSX still screams honda.
lexus hasnt been build like toyotas since the introduction of the LS and IS. granted the ES250 was CLEARLY a toyota, now its no comparison.