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24700 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 12:24 PM
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Let's try to define this forum as being limited to luxury performance vehicles where the mainstream version in a typical configuration has an MSRP of at least $60k.
A luxury vehicle with a base price of $59k qualifies because it would typically be bought with some additional equipment, bringing the MSRP over $60k.
Vehicles like the E, 5, A6, M, or GS, even if available in certain versions over $60k, don't qualify because they are cars from companies that have higher end cars in their lineups.
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Replying to: lexusguy (Sep 17, 2006 4:21 pm) Maybe Acura has a mid-cycle update coming for the RL as this interior is quite eye-catching. It's not quite Audi Q7 grade, but it is leaps and bounds over the previous annonymous interior styling. And better than some SUV's in it's class, particularly the SRX, Lexus GX and better than some high-zoot SUV's like the Navigator(what are they thinking on the '07 model, inside and out?) QX56, and the LC/LX(no doubt due in part to them being 12 years old, but Toyota supposedly has a plan for these two to keep the off-road prowess and newfound trend into on-road pleasure). One question tho: Why did they leave the gear shifter crooked? That little caveat is an eye sore to someone who studies interior quality/design as seriously as I do. The fake wood does have a sort of matte/dark finish to it, so it takes some of the sting away from being faux. And if Acura keeps prices steady(a Honda norm), and keeps the promise of the MDX not being shared with the next-gen Pilot(or Oddessey), then the MDX could and should prove more successful than the current model..
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Replying to: hpowders (Sep 17, 2006 6:05 pm) The main reason I like the MDX is because the third row seats are sold as a standard feature. Other automakers sell a third row as an option and will let custotomers pay through their noses for that feature. Just watch out for the new X5 pricing for a third row seat ( I guarantee you it wont be cheap). Also I used to favor the X5 over other SUVs because the 3.0 was sold with a stick. Unfortunately that will not be the case for the new generation X5. In fact a MDX with a third row is far more practical for my family driving needs than our 5 series wagon. Unfortunately I am not that practical. The 545 is sooo drab, but then again I didn't lease it for its interior asthetics, but to outrun ol' smokey After owning BMWs for 8 years with the intention of owning my current and soon to be BMW for another 8 years I think by 2015 I will be ready to buy a non-BMW. Look out for my presence in the upcoming Edmunds 2015 Lexus LS forum  |
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Replying to: hpowders (Sep 17, 2006 6:05 pm) Yes, but I couldn't resist a poke due to your statement about fake wood. Well, 2 weeks and my football season is over. That didn't take long! I'm with you. The Raiders are the WORST, so I'll just stay focused on the 49ers for a while. At least they won today. It's cool having so many pro teams here. TagMan |
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Replying to: tagman (Sep 17, 2006 6:51 pm) And tackiest off all in a luxury auto. There is nobody and I repeat nobody ( Acura executive or non-Acura executive) who can justify fake wood in the MDX. It's atrocious and inexcusable!
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Replying to: ivan_99 (Sep 17, 2006 5:02 pm) |
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Replying to: blkhemi (Sep 17, 2006 6:32 pm) Hard to say about the RL. Honda\Acura mid-cycle updates are typically very minor. The inside of the Q7 is basically an A6, so it leads this class. The MDX is now very competitive though with the SRX, ML, X5, XC90, and the rest. The MDX probably has the best shot of taking the RX's #1 title. The new Navigator is horrific. Just more proof that Lincoln has absolutely no idea what it's doing, and is just throwing darts in the dark.
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But lose the "Battlestar Galactica" exterior! Maybe this girl can cook like Aunt Jemima, but she has the appeal of Rosie McDonald! Looks aren't everything. Especially when you look like that...  Funny how every Acura has a fly in the Preperation H? TSX (no torque), TL (FWD), RL (No V8, small interior), MDX (from blotted look to plate-mail look)..... I can hear a Lexus engineer sleeping, if not snoring, quite soundly tonite.  This from an pristine Acura Integra owner, which attracts only fly "Honeys"! But, they do have good Nav sytems. And are not Lincolns! DrFill
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Replying to: dewey (Sep 17, 2006 6:57 pm) Yeah, at the $40K+ level, it should be real, I agree. Real wood doesn't automatically make a good interior though. Take the outgoing Escalade, for example. The wood was real, but it still looked like a Silverado on the inside. |
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Replying to: lexusguy (Sep 17, 2006 4:21 pm) I still think I like the new X5's interior better.  M
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Replying to: drfill (Sep 17, 2006 7:34 pm) I'm with you . . . the fake wood I could live with, given it's mid-price range, but the Gladiator grill has got to go. And . . . just look at that beautiful X5 interior! TagMan
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