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01-12-2013, 10:06 PM | #269 |
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Q50 pics leaked today from Infiniti.ca. Front is slightly similar to the IS and rear is Infiniti M like. Side kind of looks like the F30. Monday we find out what is under the hood.
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01-13-2013, 01:32 AM | #271 |
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The Q50 is a much better looking design than the Lexus effort. You are quite right, the side view is very much like the F30. The shut lines on the hood are similar too. Front and back nicely integrated. Interior is good. I could see owning one of these if I didn't have a F30. There is no way I would own the Lexus - it is gross looking at least to my eye! Some very interesting comparison tests coming up in the motoring press. Not worried as I will still prefer my F30 even if the motoring press puts its last. It is all somewhat academic anyway. Cars these days are really all very good - drive what you like. My choice is good and so is yours!
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01-13-2013, 08:25 AM | #272 |
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I am way satisfied that many don't like the new IS. There'll just be fewer of them on the roads. What keeps me from a 3 Series, or any other BMW, even Z4, but the same goes for Audi, and even Porsche, is that they are just too common on the road. Too many. There is nothing special, and the competition is so stiff, that all cars are as good. You can't really declare a real winner.
Unfortunately, here in Europe we are not getting the IS 350i only the IS 250i and IS 300h. |
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01-13-2013, 10:24 AM | #274 |
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I'm reserving judgement on the exterior until I can see a car in person but, as many here suggest, it's a little iffy at the moment. HOWEVER, the interior is simply great IMO. Sporty, you know Lexus will put great material in it and it won't have rattles and squeaks and the dash displays are great. The picture below with the red stitching, carbon fiber and lines is great..
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01-13-2013, 11:58 AM | #275 |
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The front looks awkward with too much going on. The side profile and rear looks fine. The interior looks good.
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Thank goodness for that - I thought I was the only one having that dream...
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01-13-2013, 05:20 PM | #278 |
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Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but that exterior is awful. However, if the interior looks like the pic and the fit/finish is like the new GS, then it will be great. Still, I hope the performance is not a let-down as usual (drove a 2012 IS 350 and a 2013 GS 350 F)
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01-14-2013, 08:09 AM | #282 |
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I do like the interior. However, I just cant get over how ugly the exterior is. It is sad because everytime I see a new GS on the road I comment on how sexy/clean it looks.
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01-14-2013, 03:50 PM | #283 |
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I dont really like the IS. The front is ugly as hell and the inside isnt that like as the f30 imo. all i like about the IS is the LFA gauge and the steering wheel. but other then that the center console is ugly to doesnt look as nice as the f30.
I kinda like the infiniti q50 but i dont like the infiniti intouch system. |
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LOL...I came on here to post that same comment..repost!
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the interior is a step up. similar to the bmw in terms of placement but enough difference to be a Lexus.
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