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Sep 18, 2021 | 10:55 AM

#181

Toys4RJill

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Originally Posted by bitkahuna

Disagree... bulk of german luxury models (x3,x5,x7,glc,gle,gls) are rwd or awd. Yes they offer some 'cheaper' ones that are fwd. and the telluride and palisade are impressive to be sure, as 'premium' value models, but with nothing special under the hood and if you look at their side profiles, they're not exactly elegant.

Some? More than ever before. Mercedes has two FWD sedans, not even Lexus has two. BMW is now moving into the fwd space. This is where all the growth is coming from

Sep 18, 2021 | 04:53 PM

#182

bitkahuna

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Originally Posted by SW17LS

Its interesting that both Genesis and Lexus have this problem. I wonder if its something that Genesis developed by reverse engineering how Lexus does sound deadening in the LS?

another possibility is that korean/japanese roads just don't cause the noise the some american road surfaces do.

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Now that I have the S560, the difference in isolation from road noise is remarkable. If anything, wind noise and exterior vehicle noise is louder than it was in the LS, but the difference in road noise makes the S feel overall quieter. If Lexus or Genesis could pair Mercedes' ability to dampen road noise with their already excellent way of limiting wind and ambient noise then their cars would really be extraordinarily quiet.

the 'blob' (EQS) has been praised endlessly as being silent in all ways so it looks like mb has taken it to the next level.

of course the electric drivetrain eliminates the engine noise but these days on ICE cars that seems less of an issue than road/wind, etc.

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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill

Some? More than ever before. Mercedes has two FWD sedans, not even Lexus has two. BMW is now moving into the fwd space. This is where all the growth is coming from

yes, A/B mb series sedans and cuvs and bmw 1/2 series (except 2 series coupe) are fwd-based. but that still leaves the large majority of their models rwd-based.

Sep 19, 2021 | 08:57 AM

#183

SW17LS

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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill

Some? More than ever before. Mercedes has two FWD sedans, not even Lexus has two. BMW is now moving into the fwd space. This is where all the growth is coming from

But they haven't abandoned their proper RWD vehicles. They have a lot of growth and sales in their RWD luxury platform SUVs.

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Originally Posted by bitkahuna

another possibility is that korean/japanese roads just don't cause the noise the some american road surfaces do.

Thats very possible.

Sep 19, 2021 | 09:16 AM

#184

babaijebu

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Been monitoring the Genesis forum and an unlucky member already have major issues with the eLSD, has to wait 2 months for repair. I think he/she mentioned seeing same issue pop up in some other forums. Good thing the eLSD is an optional package.