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#11 of 6956 Not buying! by drfill Apr 07, 2004 (6:50 pm)
The GS and LF-S look NOTHING alike! 0%!      Love the LF-S. HATE the 2006 GS!      I hope these "Industry Sources" go the Pearle, because if they see a GS out of the LF-S, they need a check-up!      How would they pull the Detroit GS (bulbous and derivative of the current GS) out of the sleek, slender LF-S?      Toyota/Lexus has been putting the LF-X and LF-S in ads and on websites as the Future of Lexus in Japan, in particular.      We know what thew GS looks like. It doesn't look like the LF-S where I live, on Earth.      So the LF-S MUST BE the next IS! It's too sporty to be the next LS. And Toyota has already leaked a coupe version will be added.      So where is the mystery? The IS needs a revision, the GS has been released. The LF-S is NOTHING like the GS, so....ipso factso... you have the next IS/IS Coupe, in the G35 vain! Brilliant!      I should so work for Lexus!!      DrFill
#12 of 6956 lenscap by merc1 Apr 07, 2004 (8:31 pm)
I don't see how you can say the LF-S looks anything like the new GS. The two cars don't share anything in the way of looks. The LF-S is slim and light with a very careful looking roofline and a pinched rear end, the 06' GS is just the opposite and just a remake or updating of the 1998-2004 car. Working in the industry is fine, but the naked eye doesn't need the resume to see that these two cars aren't anywhere near being related. It doesn't even make sense to debut a concept that is supposed to represent eighty percent of the production car (per you) only to change the whole roofline, rear end and proportions for the actual production car. That doesn't even make sense. Someone at Toyota goofed by showing the LF-S before the new GS and saying that it (LF-S) is their new design direction, when obviously the 2006 GS was done before the new design direction was thought about or able to be implemented.   Look at every other concept debuted by Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, Ford, GM and others over the last few years, there are about a dozen or more, and they all look much closer in production trim to their concepts than this so called "eighty percent" LF-S to GS progression.   M
#14 of 6956 I stand corrected! by drfill Apr 08, 2004 (9:39 am)
They DO share a basic form, but the styling really took a dive! Scary how a few subtle changes can ruin a stellar design!       The IS on the other hand is TOTALLY new, and is a true concept! It won't look like that next year! Like the 4-seat hardtop convertible option and V8! These will do very nicely. 110" wheelbase! Very good.      DrFill
#15 of 6956 DrFill by lenscap Apr 08, 2004 (9:41 am)
It's hard for me to respond to your posts. You are making completely false statements such as the LF-X will spring from the RX platform and that the IS was shown last year in Tokyo.
#16 of 6956 DrFill by lenscap Apr 08, 2004 (9:43 am)
I like the LF-C as well. Maybe next year we can get a deal on the IS coupe if we buy two at the same time.
#17 of 6956 Kirstie... by lenscap Apr 08, 2004 (11:58 am)
...what happened to my link showing the LF-S and the 2006 GS side-by-side? That was my proof that the cars look similar!   I hope I didn't violate any rules. Please let me know what happened.
#18 of 6956 by kirstie_h HOST Apr 08, 2004 (12:25 pm)
Hey lenscap, check your e-mail. Sorry it had to go - we don't allow linking directly to other automotive forums
#19 of 6956 Kirstie by lenscap Apr 08, 2004 (2:16 pm)
I received your email. You took away my evidence! Oh well, my fault. Sorry about that. At least we all know you're on top of things around here.
#20 of 6956 Sorry, Lenscap by drfill Apr 11, 2004 (10:30 pm)
Pure speculation on my part. I guess Lexus HAS changed the way hey do business. Concepts are now really just concepts!      The way they pushed the LF-S, and the timing of it, made it pretty easy to jump to conclusions, though. Wishful thinking on my part. The LF-S is much prettier, at least in photos!       The '06 GS looks pretty derivative, of the '05 GS! So it confuses me when they say the NEW design direction started THERE.       DrFill

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