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Old Feb 16, 2017 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by CRowe14
Wow..
I see a lot of design cue's between the two.
I laughed to myself just now because I just thought about how the profile lines are the same and then BAM!! You see the front end and that spindle grille is starring you right in the face... Talk about delineation!
Yes, they look the same. Not a bad thing at all. Compared to its competition like the G90, this is way more exciting outside.

Stylewise, the Genesis G90 would be great alternative for someone looking for something more traditionally styled, maybe coming from an LS430 and to a slightly lesser extent, the current 460.
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Old Feb 16, 2017 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by CRowe14
No offense taken good Sir!
Swirl X huh?? I'll definitely give it a try -- thanks!
For some reason, I've had much better luck maintaining with the dark blues rather than the black.
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Old Feb 17, 2017 | 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by e325rkh
Yes, they look the same. Not a bad thing at all. Compared to its competition like the G90, this is way more exciting outside.

Stylewise, the Genesis G90 would be great alternative for someone looking for something more traditionally styled, maybe coming from an LS430 and to a slightly lesser extent, the current 460.
Agreed!

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For some reason, I've had much better luck maintaining with the dark blues rather than the black.
Really?? What do you use if I may ask?
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Old Feb 17, 2017 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by CRowe14
Agreed!Really?? What do you use if I may ask?
I don't do anything special with the dark blues. Once a year, clay, polish, wax. Not perfect, but pretty nice looking. When I had black cars, it didn't matter what I did, I got swirls, etc, and that is for the little time after a wash/wax that the car still looked clean.

Maybe it was the quality/type of paints. The blues were always pearl metallics, while the blacks were just regular black.
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Old Feb 17, 2017 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by e325rkh
I don't do anything special with the dark blues. Once a year, clay, polish, wax. Not perfect, but pretty nice looking. When I had black cars, it didn't matter what I did, I got swirls, etc, and that is for the little time after a wash/wax that the car still looked clean.

Maybe it was the quality/type of paints. The blues were always pearl metallics, while the blacks were just regular black.
Interesting... I have to say that though my swirls aren't that bad, they are there. My color is Black Sapphire Pearl. I meant to buy a good orbital and some good products last summer but never got around to it. This Spring for sure. Thanks for your help and feedback (and sorry for the derail)!
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Old Feb 17, 2017 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by CRowe14
Interesting... I have to say that though my swirls aren't that bad, they are there. My color is Black Sapphire Pearl. I meant to buy a good orbital and some good products last summer but never got around to it. This Spring for sure. Thanks for your help and feedback (and sorry for the derail)!
My Black Sapphire Pearl (BLUE) is all swirls only noticeable in the sun. Must have been from detailers or non touch free carwashes. I would rather live with it than do any more damage to it.
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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Sexy in black

I still see a lot of Infiniti (they were ahead of the curve with the bold designs), but from this angle, I see Jaguar, too.
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Old Feb 23, 2017 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhambler
Well while we hoped two wheelbases would be offered, I think we all saw the writing on the wall.

However, I would imagine the SWB outsold the LWB by a significant margin. Now you can speculate that people chose the SWB over the LWB for either price or the LWB was just too big, which makes their decision even more curious.

That's why I think price will be critical to how well this thing sells. If they base price it at $85k, that is a gigantic step up from what the normal new LS buyer was accustomed to. Moreover, I think it's rare for even major generational changes in the same model to increase almost $10k in base price. Yearly changes are fairly benign and while new generations offer the chance to increase it even more, going from $78k (current MSRP base for the L) to $85k is a huge jump.
I read somewhere that over 80% of LS sales were SWB.
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Old Feb 24, 2017 | 04:56 AM
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The fact that it's LWB only doesn't surprise me. Like I said before, everybody else went to LWB only in the US. Only Lexus and Jaguar were the holdouts.
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