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I saw my first shark fin GS350 today. In my opinion it looks awful or silly and you want snap it off. I think it just looks out of place and ruins the car's lines.
I was parked next to one the other day, simply a beautiful car. Looks like nothing else, in a GOOD way. Damn, it does have gills.....where is the bondo?
I vote no shark fin on the GS. L-Finese is not intended for a shark fin. If it was we would have seen it on the 2006 model GS, IS and 2007 ES. Looking at the Porches, Lambos, Bentley Coup GT, and 2006 CLS's around town here in Denver, CO. I don't see any shark fins on those cars.
I love the look of the sharkfin. Besides, it serves a function. Satellite radio requires an external antenna, and the sharkfin is much better than the tacky magnetic black box Lexus had been using.
As for the post above, L-Finesse was designed with the sharkfin in mind. The new GS and IS have had the sharkfin from day one in Japan. Patent laws prevented Lexus from using the sharkfin here in the U.S. until now.
The other cars you mention without sharkfins - do they offer satellite radio? I'm pretty sure they do not. If sat radio is offered I believe an external antenna would be needed. And the CLS has always had a black vertical antenna above the rear window (I think the Lexus sharkfin looks much better).
Nearly all higher end cars have some type of sharkfin. Yet most lower-end cars do not. I think the sharkfin is both very stylish and functional.