What would you consider a 'Luxury Styled' car?
10-28-10, 01:18 PM
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I have heard several people say there is a similarity between the styling of the 3rd Gen GS and Altima/Maxima, read it in some reviews too. The 3rd Gen has the slimmer fastback styling similar to the Altima/Maxima with longer more sloped front ends where the 2nd Gen GS has more traditional sedan proportions in the rear with a stubbier front end.
When I was considering buying a 3rd Gen GS after having my 2nd Gen for a short time I remember people with me saying the 3rd Gen looked similar to the Altima that was out which I agreed. I found the W210 Mercedes E class at the time to be somewhat similar in style to the 2nd Gen GS although they were also very different in ways. I have heard people mistake my 2nd Gen GS for a Mercedes due to both being somewhat thicker proportioned with the dual front circular lights.
10-28-10, 02:08 PM
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Well it popped up with one of my friends.. We were talking about cars and he knows I own a 2GS and I was telling him that I love it mainly because it's a luxury car. It's just beautiful plain and simple and he states that he'd love to try and make his car (Altima) look as luxurious as possible.. Just nicer than what it is stock I guess and he was asking me what I thought would help it up into the category of being 'Luxurious' and I was kind of just like.. 
Didn't really know how to answer to that, so was j/w if anyone else had any info on trying to reach this 'style' I guess you can say..
And seems like 1SICKLEX summed it up for me
Didn't really know how to answer to that, so was j/w if anyone else had any info on trying to reach this 'style' I guess you can say..
And seems like 1SICKLEX summed it up for me
Udel instead of posting to argue with me maybe read the actual thread? The OP said I summed it up well and the OP even states he has an ALTIMA and he wants to make it look luxurious. Its right there and would have saved a lot of typing. No coincidence the OP has a 2GS and the friend an Altima.
How can the Altima(3rd Gen) and last(6th gen) Maxima be Lexus GS styled when the 3rd Gen Lexus GS that looks so similar came AFTER those cars came out? There is no way Nissan could have copied the GS when the 3rd Generation Lexus GS was not even out when those cars came out, if anything Lexus took ques from the Altima/Maxima in the GS styling because those cars came out well before the 3rd Gen GS.
-The last or 6th generation Maxima is a 2004-2008 model.
-The 3rd Gen Altima is a 2002-2006 model
-The 3rd Gen GS is a 2006-present model
The Altima was out around 4 years before the GS, the Maxima was out 2 years before the current GS.
-The last or 6th generation Maxima is a 2004-2008 model.
-The 3rd Gen Altima is a 2002-2006 model
-The 3rd Gen GS is a 2006-present model
The Altima was out around 4 years before the GS, the Maxima was out 2 years before the current GS.
I don't find the Altima/Maxima to really look anything like the second generation GS and doubt that is what he was talking about. I have never heard someone mistake a 2nd GS for a Altima/Maxima or vice versa or say they look even similar. When I see them they just don't seem to have anything in common with the 2nd Gen GS aside from maybe the Maxima having a fuller thicker rear end area like the 2nd Gen had but the 2nd gen GS was not the first sedan with a fuller rear end window area.
I have heard several people say there is a similarity between the styling of the 3rd Gen GS and Altima/Maxima, read it in some reviews too. The 3rd Gen has the slimmer fastback styling similar to the Altima/Maxima with longer more sloped front ends where the 2nd Gen GS has more traditional sedan proportions in the rear with a stubbier front end.
When I was considering buying a 3rd Gen GS after having my 2nd Gen for a short time I remember people with me saying the 3rd Gen looked similar to the Altima that was out which I agreed. I found the W210 Mercedes E class at the time to be somewhat similar in style to the 2nd Gen GS although they were also very different in ways. I have heard people mistake my 2nd Gen GS for a Mercedes due to both being somewhat thicker proportioned with the dual front circular lights.
I have heard several people say there is a similarity between the styling of the 3rd Gen GS and Altima/Maxima, read it in some reviews too. The 3rd Gen has the slimmer fastback styling similar to the Altima/Maxima with longer more sloped front ends where the 2nd Gen GS has more traditional sedan proportions in the rear with a stubbier front end.
When I was considering buying a 3rd Gen GS after having my 2nd Gen for a short time I remember people with me saying the 3rd Gen looked similar to the Altima that was out which I agreed. I found the W210 Mercedes E class at the time to be somewhat similar in style to the 2nd Gen GS although they were also very different in ways. I have heard people mistake my 2nd Gen GS for a Mercedes due to both being somewhat thicker proportioned with the dual front circular lights.
Short hood
Rounded roofline
Short deck
Short overhangs
circular turn signals in headlights
Dual exhaust
3 pod dash
sculted wood on dash
yellow fogs (models with HIDs)
sculpted quad rear lights
Plenty of Altima/Maxima guys remark and have "luxury styled" their car after the GS with staggered wheels, yellow fogs etc. Many will admit the similarities. Many will tell you "I love the GS, didn't have the money for it, modeled my car after the GS".
When the 3GS debuted Lexus being a proper luxury brand didn't just ditch styling cues of the previous GS models but incorporated 1GS and 2GS styling cues into the L-finesse design.
By that time multiple vehicles took the GS styling theme and put their own take on it and the overall shape became very familiar.
10-28-10, 05:10 PM
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To me luxury styled car must be four door sedan. They need to be large with shiny meticulous paint. Better with a chrome front grille with a prestigious badge hanging on it. Rims need to be sufficiently large. The headlights must be HIDs or LEDs equipped. The body of the car can not be too round, better be a bit angular with crease lines here and there. Not too much spotiness in the exterior styling otherwise I would think of it as a sport sedan instead.
10-29-10, 01:57 PM
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To me luxury styled car must be four door sedan. They need to be large with shiny meticulous paint. Better with a chrome front grille with a prestigious badge hanging on it. Rims need to be sufficiently large. The headlights must be HIDs or LEDs equipped. The body of the car can not be too round, better be a bit angular with crease lines here and there. Not too much spotiness in the exterior styling otherwise I would think of it as a sport sedan instead.
10-29-10, 07:34 PM
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What would you consider a 'Luxury Styled' car?
Of course, that was some time ago. But that is what some people (mostly those 60 and older) still want in a luxury-car, but they are largely being ignored by today's automakers.
To be honest, I like some of that myself.....but I also appreciate the importance of good handling, good gas mileage, and AWD winter traction.....things that the old magic-carpet-ride luxo-barges simply couldn't deliver on.
Last edited by mmarshall; 10-29-10 at 07:38 PM.
10-29-10, 07:53 PM
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I wouldn't even agree that Tier 1 is even the threshold for being "true" luxury anymore. If you consider BMW, MB, Audi and Lexus the four Tier 1 brands....there is zero chance I'd consider an A3, X1, 328, C230, or GLK an actual luxury vehicle.
My thought is that if you have to even contemplate if your vehicle is "luxury styled" it isn't true luxury.
My thought is that if you have to even contemplate if your vehicle is "luxury styled" it isn't true luxury.
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