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Am I right? :P
That Chevy is kind of odd to me, like it is leaning forward - but overall not bad from the sides anyway. The van is a mess.
That grille is a bad styling theme.
Got a URL for me?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=69DyIYzw7bo
URL:
1961 Plymouth Fury
OK, I get the connection with the scoops near the center, but the Lexus has the hideaway headlights with the 3-gun projector lights, and also the prominent "blades" along the sides of the bumper.
proves Lexus can do sexy sports coupes
The hot-looking coupe was penned by Lexus' Calty design studio in Newport Beach, California
Those who have seen it in person seem to like it more than any of us do, FWIW.
FWIW.......
Well, beauty IS in the eye of the beholder. :surprise:
I remember many years ago somebody told me "You know the Japanese cars are always styled weird. They're really into bugs. Every car has to look like a bug." That always stuck with me. Seems pretty true, too.
Best concept as voted by other designers.
My fave (140 S) was an honorable mention.
Fusion won (easily) among production cars. Ford managed to mix Aston Martin, Audi, and Mondeo and came up a winner.
People who have seen the Lexus in person like it.
nine new or significantly updated models before the end of this year
Including volume models. I didn't realize the ES would arrive before the new IS.
That front end, I can't see anyone who is a student of design embracing it. I think Lexus has invented a new design problem - pretty sides, ugly front and rear.
That's just it, they did. From the article:
What's particularly interesting is that the judges for these two awards (one for production vehicles and the other for concepts) are all active or retired designers themselves, so they know a little something about the topic. This year's group includes, among others, Volkswagen head of design Walter de Silva, President and CEO of SRT Ralph Gilles, and GM Vice President of Global Design Ed Welburn.
Plus competitors' cars had come out - the new 5er, E class, and a refreshed C class.
The 3er and several Lexus are due next.
Did Lexus make anything to compete with the E and 5er? :shades:
Again, nice from the sides, hard to defend that face.
Are you in denial, perhaps? Others like it, sure it's subjective, but get over yourself.
Making post titles like yours and then telling someone to get over themselves, funny.
Title was (obviously) tongue-in-cheek.
Primary Drivers’ Median Age Tells a Tale (autoremarketing.com)
They didn't mention, but last time I saw a demographic study like that, Kia had the youngest median age among buyers. Since then the brand had grown substantially, so I bet they're older now, too.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/story/2012-01-18/midsize-pickup-truck-shooto- ut/52650846/1
Let's see GM/Ford bring their new pickups here with a small diesel. Even the best gas mileage in the test (Ridgeline) was nothing to brag about.
“Toyota will keep using rare earths if their prices drop, but will consider putting the newly acquired technology into practical use if their value continues to surge.”
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/rare_earths/
It sounds like China has tied up a huge Rare Earths deposit in Afghanistan.
Tin Whiskers :P
In all cases, releasing the accelerator pedal closes the throttle, and brakes are fully operational
Here's a better source before the media gets it wrong again:
http://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/reference/tech_papers/2011-NASA-GSFC-whisker-failur- e-app-sensor.pdf
Yes, but what news of the needed TOTAL REDESIGN of the Corolla, one of the models they depend on most for sales, and completely cheap, outdated, and non-competitive in its class currently??
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
Well, I remember reading somewhere that only one car in it's class beats it in mpg (not bad for a 4 year old model). As much as people complain about it, they still sell tons of them, and very reliable. The 2010 I drove was quieter than the Civic, comfortable, and about what I would expect interior-wise in this class. Safety - very high, considering a 4 year-old model.
My opinion, the Corolla is still pretty competitive, considering this generation is now in its 4th year.
Honda blinked. The new Civic is simply not as good as the old one. In fact, they've been cutting costs for a while now. Remember it had double-wishbones at all 4 corners? It ain't what it used to be.
The Sentra is just as old as the Corolla, and the latter was freshened more recently. Focus and Cruze have both had reliability issues that buyers of the Corolla will care about even if people here don't.
Elantra is the biggest threat in that class. Spy pics of the coupe just came out so even more so now. That and the upcoming Dart, if the Fiat/Chrysler joint venture works well.
Woud I buy one? No. Would I choose it over the alternatives? Yes. But I still favor the Civic. The Elantra would probably be at the top as well.
They're anonymous but competent. We took it on road trips on the NE coast of Brazil and they're quiet and comfortable, good to pass the miles, not exciting to drive but not its mission anyway.
It's nicer than the Focus he had before it, mostly quieter, better ride. I was a passenger, not driving, to be fair. His Corolla is much nicer than the Lancer I rented in Puerto Rico, too.
I'm sure the next one will be conservatively redesigned. Honda took risks and it bit them back. Toyota will tread carefully here. Scion takes risks, so the Corolla doesn't have to.
Gery's quoting the Huffington Post! I guess the apocalypse really is here.... :P
"The debate over tin whiskers, largely out of the public eye -- among scientists and car safety advocates -- is the latest thread of concern stemming from the high-profile safety concerns that began dogging Toyota vehicles three years ago. ...
"But the details of the report reveal that NASA and NHTSA based their conclusions on a tiny sample of evidence. The analysis looked at just three gas pedals. Two of the pedals came from drivers who complained their cars lunged forward when they pressed on the gas pedal. The third came from a car in a junkyard. Despite the fact that all three pedals were passed around -- one was shipped via FedEx across country, and no one knows how the car in the junkyard was handled -- the fragile, thin tin whiskers stayed intact. NASA found tin whiskers in all three pedals.
"Some experts at NASA -- the agency NHTSA relies on as basis for its contentions -- have offered a more complex depiction of the potential problems of tin whiskers, one that appears to undermine the central notion that the fibers of metal are not a problem.
"The release of the NASA report last year prompted a letter to NHTSA from Gordon Davy, a retired materials engineer from Northrup Grumman who had previously inspected failed relay switch boxes from E3 radar planes and discovered they were covered in tin whiskers. He urged NHTSA to reconsider its reassurances about the sanctity of Toyota's electronic systems, arguing that the agency's findings were not supported by the available facts: The mere presence of tin whiskers makes accidents a real threat, even as accidents are rare."
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Not sure how a Toyota inspection could have caught that, can an X-ray find a tin whisker 1/100th to 1/10th the thickness of a human hair? I doubt it.
Remember that after the CTS pedals were replaced, complaints to NHTSA plunged, so your theory of it being software or the ECU just got shot down.
This is why I use the engineering paper as a source and not the media.
These pedals were mounted to cars and driven around for years and thousands of miles.
How would being shipped by FedEx damage a sealed-up pedal assembly? :confuse: