LexFather

I guess they slapped the USDM grill on it with a slight beak at the top chrome part?

GFerg

Tweak IMO = improvement. Wheres the improvement?

FKL

lesser "power shield piece"

Stage3

iTrader: (3)

TSX=Accord everywhere else but here...

highstakes

That looks REALLY good, funny how a simple grill can make a car look 20 times better.

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

Whats that Honda badge doing on a TSX?!?! JK lol

dunnojack

that is why i won't ever buy acura. that's some true rebadged shiz

i don't pay extra for rebagded shiz

Gojirra99

That looks a little better than the U.S. version ...

leedogg

Why is everybody so hung up on badges? TSX folks are going to love this. We'll be seeing chdm parts here in the states for sure.

LexFather

Some people like authenticity and have a higher standard for a luxury brand. Its 2009 for goodness sakes, this is no different than a Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan rebadge job etc. They should just sell it as a Honda Accord part Deaux or some other Honda name.

djestouff

lol a GS isn't a rebadged Aristo? an IS isn't a rebadged Altezza?

4TehNguyen

iTrader: (1)

not the current ones but the previous ones were

LexFather

Please do not come here to troll. I see this is your first post on our website.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...ml#post4206116

There should be NO OFFENSE taken if some people do not want a true rebadge in the Euro Accord/TSX. Its a fact that is what the car is. Its not a bad thing but for some people they have no desire to be a part of that.

Now let me educate you on the key difference here between your first post and the Accord/TSX.
Camry to ES 350 is not a rebadge. Accord to TL is not a rebadge. The interiors and exteriors are totally different.
Skyline to G37 is a rebadge. Euro Accord to a TSX is rebadge. The interiors/exteriors are identical except for small touches here and there. The hardest part was swapping the badges out.

It is two differnet ways of selling cars. Some don't mind one way, some don't mind the other, some don't like either, some like both.

You should do a lot of research before commenting on something you seemingly know nothing about. The IS debuted in 1997 in Europe as the IS 200. It debuted in Japan as the Altezza as there was NO Lexus dealerships in Japan. The IS 200 had an I-6. The IS is the "international sedan" and the first Lexus designed for the European market.

The GS was designed to be a GS period. Again, there was no Japanese Lexus dealers so they were rebadged Aristos there. If you look at the specs you would easily realize that the GS in America got a V-8 option that was never offered in Japan. In Japan they got the twin turbo I-6 option.

Starting in 2006 with the introduction of Lexus in Japan, there is no need to rebadge them as Toyotas.

Please before you post hastily, do some searching we have discussed this over and over.

Thank you

Stormforge

what model year(s) did the GS get twin turbo I-6 option in japan?

leedogg

Its all relative. For us here in the US, marketing has impressed upon us that Acura is the 'luxury brand' and honda is the non luxury brand, whereas in Europe and China, the Acura brand is relatively unknown. Honda is the well known and well respected brand name so for all practical purposes, they would recognize and respect Honda more than they would Acura and therefore Honda is the luxury or premiere brand for them.


You would be surprised about how many brand names are viewed completely differently abroad than they are here in the states. Mcdonalds can be fairly upscale in some parts of the world, levi's jeans are a premium brand of jeans over there, buick is a successful luxury brand in china, etc.