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Old 09-11-13, 09:15 AM
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Default IS named one of the worst cars at detroit show???

I dunno I think this is just one persons perspective but it is a sports. I Love the new look of the GS and IS

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/...ow-2013?page=3
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Originally Posted by toy4life86
I dunno I think this is just one persons perspective but it is a sports. I Love the new look of the GS and IS

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/...ow-2013?page=3
Mixed reviews on it's looks in the car community isn't necessarily a bad thing. Lexus accomplished exactly want they wanted, which was the shock factor. Sometimes any news is better than no news, and Lexus it's trying to break their image of subtlety and playing it safe.
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waste of a slideshow
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That was posted in Yahoo! She takes issue with the IS for being too edgy and the Passat for being too boring and the BMW for being too basic. What does this highly skilled arbiter of good design want?

And I quote about the IS from the author -- "Looking at the car head on, the headlights, grille and lower body form what looks like an angry face." Whooooo! An angry face on a hot sports car -- what careless design.

About the author -- Julie Halpert
-- "Julie Halpert is a freelance journalist with over two decades experience writing for such publications as Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, AARP Bulletin, Family Circle, MORE, iVillage and Parents. She is also author of the book, Making Up With Mom. She covers a wide range of subject matter, everything from the auto industry, to technologies that improve the environment, ways to raise healthy kids and how aging boomers will reinvent retirement. She's also a food critic for AnnArbor.com and teaches a journalism class at the University of Michigan."

She's a jack of all trades but no where does it say she is an acclaimed car critic and car enthusiast.

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From those credentials she knows jack about cars. She is a journalist nothing more. I have something to wipe myself next time I go with her review. haha
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Okay Julie emailed me that she'd like the IS much better if it had something more along the lines of this face:
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The 4 series is in there too. l0l.
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Originally Posted by infate
The 4 series is in there too. l0l.
I don't see how any of the cars deserves to be on the list.
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This is just one dudes opinion whatever, he can enjoy putting the SmartForTwo on his Best cars at the Detroit Autoshow
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Originally Posted by Glashub
Okay Julie emailed me that she'd like the IS much better if it had something more along the lines of this face:
LOL You made my day.
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the author has no crediblity. plus up until now i had never heard of that website. whatevers lol
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The author has no taste period.
The 4 series, Urban Suv, and IS look absolutely amazing!
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Originally Posted by Dark9t316
I don't see how any of the cars deserves to be on the list.
Exactly....they're morons...
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I like 5 of the 6. Don't really like the Forester but I wouldn't put it on a "worst" list...just isn't my style. That was a terrible waste of an article. It's an uninformed opinion piece.
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Her logic about why the IS looks bad is completely flawed. I think she is confusing the precepts of the LS with the IS.


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