IS sedan spotted on the streets of CA! Pics inside
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The only problem I have with the 06 IS design is that big and tall azz. Cars are chicks to me, chicks with big azzes gives me nightmares. Usualy chicks wear dark color pants to make their azzes look smaller and thinner and it usually works, but it doesn't seem to work very well for this IS with the dark camoflage. It seemed to have enhanced the flab IMO. Hopefully production versions of IS with darker colors will hide the flab better than these 2 prototypes.
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Originally Posted by EDGE2
What a cool job to have, I was talking with the guy who was driving a 6 Series way back when they where in the testing phase and the guys job was to put 500 miles on a day, what a sweet job.
that is so cool...but it must get boring after a while
however...i would love to have that job for a week for every new car that is testing
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Originally Posted by flipside909
Lexus HQ is no where near Fountain Valley where the Euclid exit is off the 405 Freeway. Lexus Headquarters is in Torrance about 25 mins north of there. The Toyota Western Region offices are in Irvine, just 10 mins south of where these photos were taken.
I didn't know that LEXUS had another office in Irvine.
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OMG OMG@#$@#$#
i SAW THESE
THREE OF THEM
like 3 weeks ago!!!
i couldn't tell what they were cuz of all that cladding...but it was a crappy day, no camera...and they pulled out of the traffic and snuck into some streets, so i couldn't even take pics with my phone.
btw. i live in torrance.
where TMS is based.
i SAW THESE
THREE OF THEM
like 3 weeks ago!!!
i couldn't tell what they were cuz of all that cladding...but it was a crappy day, no camera...and they pulled out of the traffic and snuck into some streets, so i couldn't even take pics with my phone.
btw. i live in torrance.
where TMS is based.
Originally Posted by whoster
OMG OMG@#$@#$#
i SAW THESE
THREE OF THEM
like 3 weeks ago!!!
i couldn't tell what they were cuz of all that cladding...but it was a crappy day, no camera...and they pulled out of the traffic and snuck into some streets, so i couldn't even take pics with my phone.
btw. i live in torrance. where TMS is based.
i SAW THESE
THREE OF THEM
like 3 weeks ago!!!
i couldn't tell what they were cuz of all that cladding...but it was a crappy day, no camera...and they pulled out of the traffic and snuck into some streets, so i couldn't even take pics with my phone.
btw. i live in torrance.
where TMS is based.
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Call me crazy (and I know someone will), but with all that camo they look more like a new 3-series than an IS to me. The tail lights especially are reminiscent of the 7 and now the 5. I will be very disappointed if Lexus is taking design cues from the Banglemeister! 
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Originally Posted by Iceman
Call me crazy (and I know someone will), but with all that camo they look more like a new 3-series than an IS to me. The tail lights especially are reminiscent of the 7 and now the 5. I will be very disappointed if Lexus is taking design cues from the Banglemeister!
you didn't know?
the new GS has one design trait that has been pretty much labeled the "BMW Kink" if you check out the C-pillar of the new GS, it's got a kink in their that has been a part of every BMW since the 2002. it's also called the "Hoffmeister's Kink" after the guy who designed it.
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I spotted a debadged Flint Mica GS450h driving on the 91 freeway around 10pm last Wednesday night. Had the blue Michigan Manfuacturer specialty plates like those camo test IS's are running with.
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Originally Posted by flipside909
I spotted a debadged Flint Mica GS450h driving on the 91 freeway around 10pm last Wednesday night. Had the blue Michigan Manfuacturer specialty plates like those camo test IS's are running with.