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Old 01-09-09, 11:46 PM
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Hyandai and benz styling sounds a little funky to me. I hope we dont see a huge change in the lines on the new benzs.
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Old 01-10-09, 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by JKA.nyc
LOL i'd be willing to bet you could fool most people with that picture.
I showed my mom Dunnojack's photochop and this is what she said, "Wow! Looks nice."

Then I proceeded to tell her it was a fake badge and it was really the Genesis and she said, "Wow! Looks nice! Even better [since it's a Hyundai]"
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Old 01-10-09, 05:58 AM
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And when I thought it couldn't get any worse...

Benz has made some strange decisions in the past 10 years it seems like.
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Old 01-10-09, 06:04 AM
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I can see it now

MERCEDAI
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Old 01-10-09, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by lxus4xms
I can see it now

MERCEDAI
hahahaha! Nice.
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Old 01-10-09, 08:59 AM
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I predict we will soon read an article in "The Onion" about a Mercedes and Hyundai merger. Crazier things have happened right?
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Old 01-10-09, 11:42 AM
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interesting thing is, when the hyundai designer was at hyundai, he made the cars look like mercs.

now that he's with mercedes, he's doing the opposite. If that's not sabotage, i dunno what its called.

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Old 01-10-09, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dunnojack
interesting thing is, when the hyundai designer was at hyundai, he made the cars look like mercs.

now that he's with mercedes, he's doing the opposite. If that's not sabotage, i dunno what its called.

Put it this way. Who else has studied MB design more closely so that he can see what works - and then rip it off? Sounds like a perfect choice.

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