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      01-11-2009, 01:12 PM   #1
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Lexus HS 250h revealed

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      01-11-2009, 01:51 PM   #2
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What in the world is going on with that interior? And now, it's official, Lexus looks exactly like Toyota - I'm seriously hardpressed to find any significant differences and I think that rear is horrendous...
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      01-11-2009, 01:55 PM   #3
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Its the Lexus Prius?
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Its the Lexus Prius?
I was thinking the same thing. It's their version.
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I've never understood why hybrids need to look AWFUL
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it looks awful. why would anyone get this over a prius? or even an insight? is lexus abandoning l-finesse? nothing about the design says l-finesse. in fact it looks like the 21st century version of badge engineering.
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      01-11-2009, 02:28 PM   #7
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the front and mirrors look like a civic, the rear and side profile look like a corolla, and the interior looks like prius
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      01-11-2009, 03:01 PM   #8
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Hybrids are so fucking pointless, people are so fucking stupid. I wish I could do a 'Hitler' except with all of the stupid people in this world. It would solve everything.

Oh, yes, and I forgot to say. Lexus is teh sux.
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      01-11-2009, 03:05 PM   #9
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I've never understood why hybrids need to look AWFUL
+100000

It's like they're trying to make some useless point all of the time.
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It's like they're trying to make some useless point all of the time.

It's called aerodynamics. It just so happens that the shape of the Prius/ new Insight is one of the most aerodynamically efficient designs there is.
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It's called aerodynamics. It just so happens that the shape of the Prius/ new Insight is one of the most aerodynamically efficient designs there is.
You're right, I'm so surprised Ferrari hasn't encorporated this into their design.
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Obviously based off of a Corolla.
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Looks like the new Tauras.
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Obviously based off of a Corolla.
Agreed at first I thought Toyota rebadged the Corolla. I think it's hideous.
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oh no,ugly!
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base price better be $26,999 (the only reason i'm giving it that high is because it is a hybrid)
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You're right, I'm so surprised Ferrari hasn't encorporated this into their design.
Because a typical hybrid car is designed to have the lowest coefficient of drag and maintain usable storage space, while a Ferrari has to deal w/ lift and drag while maintaining a exotic shape (and not necessarily useful *******. That's why lift/drag ratio is a big factor in racing design. Lift is a non-factor for pretty much any econocar, and looks certainly aren't the biggest factor either
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That is one ugly car, GL selling that one.

You can talk aerodynamics all you want, you still need to sell the car. If the M3 looked like that I wouldn't buy it, it is ugly.

The best car designers meet the styling and aerodynamics requirments.

I think it might be uglier than the new TL. Hard to believe that.
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thats a nice corolla!
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You're right, I'm so surprised Ferrari hasn't encorporated this into their design.
You think I'm joking?

The new Toyota Prius that was just unveiled has a drag coefficient of just 0.25cd.

These are the drag coefficients for the following four cars:

McLaren F1 - 0.32cd
Saleen S7 - 0.29cd
Ferrari Enzo - .036cd
Koenigsegg CC 8S - 0.30cd

Not so funny now are you smartass?
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