Yeah. I love that Volvo. (Even though I have no idea the engines or the year) or even if it’s reviewed well. Just love how quirky it looks

 

If they are stick on deals, they can be removed easily enough and one can buy a circle-L and put it on. Now if they have registration holes like some badges, that's a PITA. Toyota's index holes made badge removal $ since they had to be welded, prepped then sprayed. Lettering in the glass is a

 

Some good points, RA40. Also, why not just consider leaving the logos off at the factory when the vehicles are built, and having them added at the dealership, by the PDI employees, for customers who want them. That will save customers who DON'T want them the trouble of trying to unstick them and pull them offf.

 

Because Toyota Motor Corp spends millions upon millions to get their branding right. Remember when Buick went back to the coloured tri-shield emblem?

 

Understood, but that wasn't quite what I was getting at. My suggestion was to build the vehicles at the plant without the logo, and let the dealerships add them at delivery-time for those customers who want them.


Yep.....I myself was one of the ones complaining most loudly about that El-Cheapo chrome-outline shield with no color. (David Dunbar Buick was probably rolling over in his grave). In China, where the country actually loves the Buick nameplate, they knew better than to try something like that.

 

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that does not sound like a great idea. I must disagree


they didn’t add the colour to the emblem on the steering wheel or the actually wheels.

 

If I am correct, the current LEXUS logo and font you see at the dealer or website , it’s not the original. I think the colour is slightly different as well. I’m pretty sure it’s been tweaked every so gently

 

No problem....I respect your viewpoint.


They didn't? Then why does the steering wheel in both American and Chinese-spec Buicks (including my own) now look like this?

 

Hmmmm. new 22 encore non GX is just chrome. So maybe it’s new updated models. Lacrosse was Chrome on wheel too.

 

Yes, I noticed that, and I'll stand partially-corrected on my earlier statement about all American/Chinese-spec Buicks. The non-GX new GEM-platform Encore also has the El Cheapo tacky top-dash-mount on the video screen instead of the former panel-integration.


I know.....I had one.

 

I think the coloured tri-sheild looks really sharp on the steering wheel Your Encore GX is colour?

 

Yep. They did it right.

 

Anyhow, back to Lexus badges...the thread-topic. As I remember, like with Toyota, there were two of them...a regular chrome "L" logo for gas-powered vehicles, and a chrome/blue-trimmed one for hybrids.

 

Have you ever seen how sloppy and crooked some of these dealers slap their dealer logo on the back of cars? There's no way I would want the dealer doing this.

 

Toyota used to offer a. “Blacked out” or “gold trim” badge service back in the 90s. I never saw any crooked logos and emblems back then. They were dealer applied. Boy, I have seen dealers offer something like that in a long time…a long time