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Old 11-02-21, 08:19 PM
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Default F Sport Goes F-ier

There will be four levels of F Sport. https://www.motortrend.com/events/le...g-trim-levels/
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Old 11-03-21, 05:01 AM
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This is "F"ing great news lol! (I couldn't help myself)
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^^ LOL - That being said, I think this will be making sense: F Sport Design -> F Sport Handling -> F Sport Performance -> F

My question is whether they'll have different label between F Sport design versus F Sport Handling (will the white background be the same) - We know the F Sport Performance has the black background

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Why, oh why does Lexus only want to make things more complicated? Are we going to have 4 "F" badge colors now? This just sounds like consumer pandering. Make the consumer feel special by giving them an "F" sticker. Yay! (sarcasm).
IMO, there should just be 1 "F-Sport" (the performance) and 1 "F" (the beast). Period. You can have appearance and a handling packages. You don't need to stick "F" on every F-ing thing.

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^^ I slightly disagree - I would have liked to see only - F Sport (cosmetic only and adaptive suspension) -> F Sport Performance - F

Adaptive suspension aren't that special anymore so having these standard in the F Sport moniker would have sufficed

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Originally Posted by Kandyman1
Why, oh why does Lexus only want to make things more complicated? Are we going to have 4 "F" badge colors now? This just sounds like consumer pandering. Make the consumer feel special by giving them an "F" sticker. Yay! (sarcasm).
IMO, there should just be 1 "F-Sport" (the performance) and 1 "F" (the beast). Period. You can have appearance and a handling packages. You don't need to stick "F" on every F-ing thing.
Next: Wheels badged with a little "F" near the hub. A la BMW M:


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Originally Posted by wthrman2
^^ I slightly disagree - I would have liked to see only - F Sport (cosmetic only and adaptive suspension) -> F Sport Performance - F

Adaptive suspension aren't that special anymore so having these standard in the F Sport moniker would have sufficed
I agree. This is what the Germans have been doing for a while now and its a striking resemblance to what BMW M does (M-appearance package, M-performance (e.g.: M340i, M550i, etc.), then M (e.g.: M3/M4/M5 etc.))
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Lexus has always been doing this, now they're just putting a name to it.

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