What made my day...
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Re: What made my day...
Well if you must know smart man, I do not currently reside in the US. And the truth be told the car is called an Aristo originally, except that for our stupidly impressionable American public a car company brings a vehicle to America re-badges the product and renames it to make the public think it is a much better product when in all actuality it is still a Toyota, therefore our American consumers are just buying an overpriced Toyota and considering themselves better than average American.
With the exception of the previous style LX470, there isn't anything on a Lexus lot that screams rebadged Toyota. Yes an ES350 is a Camry platform, a GX470 is a 4Runner, and an LX is a Land Cruiser, but almost nobody in the U.S. knows what their Toyota's and Lexus's are named in Japan so BlackonBlackGT was simply implying Lexus has nothing to be ashamed of. The new Venza is just an RX350. Anyone who says an IS350 is a Corolla and an LS460 is an Avalon better do some research on drivetrains and FWD vs. RWD.
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Well if you must know smart man, I do not currently reside in the US. And the truth be told the car is called an Aristo originally, except that for our stupidly impressionable American public a car company brings a vehicle to America re-badges the product and renames it to make the public think it is a much better product when in all actuality it is still a Toyota, therefore our American consumers are just buying an overpriced Toyota and considering themselves better than average American.
No one is denying who makes Lexus and no one is denying that it's an Aristo in Japan... but it is not one here and that is all I was saying.
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