Is the ARISTO dead?
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If you want to be JDM-tyte-yO, then you actually need to put GS350 badge on your new GS, coz that's what they sell in Japan, GS350. But then, it would be kinda rice eh...?
#10
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Originally Posted by sha4000
without the aristo there wouldnt even be a gs, thats not history?
1st and 2nd gen GS, yes they have Aristo heritage, the new one, nope.
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Originally Posted by chuckb
the 3rd gen GS was never sold as an Aristo and never will be since Lexus is now in Japan! It's a brand new design that shares nothing with the previous years besides the name GS.
1st and 2nd gen GS, yes they have Aristo heritage, the new one, nope.
1st and 2nd gen GS, yes they have Aristo heritage, the new one, nope.
#12
Originally Posted by chuckb
the 3rd gen GS is not an Aristo, at all. IMO, putting an Aristo badge on it is cheesy.
There are just too many differences in the original and the USDM versions.
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Whats in a name?
The GS's sold in the USA aren't Aristo's and now the ones in Japan aren't either. The 3rd gen GS obviously takes design cues from BOTH the 1st AND 2nd Gen GS. 1+2 = 3. Pretty easy to me, if the GS was intended to be a different model line they'd've started a new name, instead, they decided to CONTINUE the GS lineage and take note of the styling's of the previous 2 generations and create.... the 3rd Gen GS.
To say the 3rd gen GS is a brand new car and has nothing in common with it's 2 predecessors would be the same as trying to argue about evolution.
The GS's sold in the USA aren't Aristo's and now the ones in Japan aren't either. The 3rd gen GS obviously takes design cues from BOTH the 1st AND 2nd Gen GS. 1+2 = 3. Pretty easy to me, if the GS was intended to be a different model line they'd've started a new name, instead, they decided to CONTINUE the GS lineage and take note of the styling's of the previous 2 generations and create.... the 3rd Gen GS.
To say the 3rd gen GS is a brand new car and has nothing in common with it's 2 predecessors would be the same as trying to argue about evolution.
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Originally Posted by IVXX
Whats in a name?
The GS's sold in the USA aren't Aristo's and now the ones in Japan aren't either. The 3rd gen GS obviously takes design cues from BOTH the 1st AND 2nd Gen GS. 1+2 = 3. Pretty easy to me, if the GS was intended to be a different model line they'd've started a new name, instead, they decided to CONTINUE the GS lineage and take note of the styling's of the previous 2 generations and create.... the 3rd Gen GS.
To say the 3rd gen GS is a brand new car and has nothing in common with it's 2 predecessors would be the same as trying to argue about evolution.
The GS's sold in the USA aren't Aristo's and now the ones in Japan aren't either. The 3rd gen GS obviously takes design cues from BOTH the 1st AND 2nd Gen GS. 1+2 = 3. Pretty easy to me, if the GS was intended to be a different model line they'd've started a new name, instead, they decided to CONTINUE the GS lineage and take note of the styling's of the previous 2 generations and create.... the 3rd Gen GS.
To say the 3rd gen GS is a brand new car and has nothing in common with it's 2 predecessors would be the same as trying to argue about evolution.