King7Two

Uh.....thats the same car.
Just like the Camero and the Firebird.

They look similar cause they are the same car.!!

Chrysler and Mitsubishi did this with a TON of cars.
Eclipse/Talon/Laser
Starion/Conquest

3000

I looked in a Lexus book at the dealer and how the SC came to be was they took a sand like substance filled rubber ball and put it between the humerus and the radius, then closed the arm. Then the shape inspired the body of the SC.

CDY

In the pictures I posted I was more hinting at the overall lines of the car than the front fascia in particular. Yes, the bumpers are all the same, but if you look at the side of all 3 cars in the pictures you should notice the resemblance. I was parked directly behind my friend's '00 Accord Coupe just yesterday and I noticed how strikingly similar the 2 cars looked in profile. Also, the R33 and the S14 both launched in '93, 1 year after the SC

Yes, they're mostly FR 2+2 coupes, but there are plenty of Asian 2+2's from that time period that have a totally different look - 300zx, 3000gt, Celica, Del Sol, etc.

TecnoSmurf

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... yes, that was the joke.

fLEX-US

I have to admit, the front end of a Del Sol does kinda look like and SC.

JohnnyB822

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companies have been copying other companies for decades. like how the new accord looks like a bmw 5 series and hyundia's xg350 or whatever it is looks kinda like a bentley or the 300c cheaper companies always been copying higher class cars, so to copy another cars line wold be no different. plus dont you guys think that the hyundia accents headlights kinda look like an r34s headlights in shape.

SClean4

You guys have named quite a few cars that I hadn't thought of yet so keep them coming. I assume the SC/Soarer influenced the Supra design since the SC/Soarer was made before the MKIV Supra.

I noticed there are quite a few look-a-like 92-96 spoilers on some cars from the '90s and '00s, for instance, some '90s Sebrings have one that looks suspiciously similar and seen them on quite a few other cars (Pontiacs and others). Anyone know if a 92-96-style spoiler were on any cars before the SC? The only car I can think of is MAYBE the Porsche (turbo) flush-style spoiler/wing but the two spoilers are different, they just share the flush style, etc.

What is that new Chevy 2-door that looks like they copied the yet-to-be-released GT-R... What a joke! Domestics have increasingly been copying Japanese car styles in the 2000s, it seems like, on some of the cars.

habitat

I don't really see this trend happening, since these days only "retro" 60-70's era american styled cars are selling.

SClean4

I'm not saying every domestic car but definitely some of them are. Obviously the Mustang and other cars like it aren't Japanese-looking but some cars like the (ugly) ZX2, etc. and a lot of other small, compact cars look tailored to the Japanese crowd.

atx

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