Ugly sells : Global Design Chief Tokuo Fukuichi explains the Lexus Grill
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Lexus is looking for an edge and believes the answer may come on the front of the car rather than under the hood – the grill. Jane Lanhee Lee looks at the inspiration for the unusual design.
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Now that the spindle has been applied to the entire Lexus line I can see that it is more successful on some models and less so on others. I'm not convinced that this is an enduring grille design in the way the BMW twin kidneys or Mercedes horizontal bars are. I see this as a trendy design statement that will be replaced in a few years.
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I'm starting to realize that I may be the only person who thinks that the spindle grill is not that big of a deal. It doesn't seem overly crazy or aggressive to me.
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Seems like some people either love it or absolutely hate it, but the spindle grill just takes some time getting used to. I admit, didn't care too much for it at first, but it's growing on me.
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I think it is big improvement in every car it was introduced to... yes, some look better than others, but so do the cars from other brands too.
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The funny thing about big grilles is that people get used to them. The gaping Nuvolari grille shown on Audi concept cars looked shocking at first but now the same thing on an A6 looks perfectly normal.
Lexus spindle grilles haven't really been full spindles except on the NX, on the other cars they look like a pair of mirrored trapezoids with a bumper in between. I'd say the recent ES refresh and the new RX have brought much-needed design consistency to the lineup, without having cookie-cutter designs like Audi and BMW.
Lexus spindle grilles haven't really been full spindles except on the NX, on the other cars they look like a pair of mirrored trapezoids with a bumper in between. I'd say the recent ES refresh and the new RX have brought much-needed design consistency to the lineup, without having cookie-cutter designs like Audi and BMW.