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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    08/17/09

    In reply to Lexus Premium Compact Concept Frankfurt-Bound

    Let's hope they do a better job than Italdesign's Buick-alicious Landau.
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment Dhillaz 2.0 was starred Dhillaz 2.0 was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    08/17/09

    @Dhillaz 2.0: Actually, I kind of dig that.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    08/17/09

    In reply to Lexus Premium Compact Concept Frankfurt-Bound

    Maybe with the current push toward downsizing, a premium hatch could have a market. It has, after all, been a decade and a half since the ill-fated 318ti.
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    Image of Hate Personified Hate Personified
    08/17/09

    @smalleyxb122:
    Don't knock the 318ti! I know of one driving around Toronto with an LS2 under the bonnet, but otherwise looks stock... quite a good sleeper combo.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment Hate Personified was starred Hate Personified was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/17/09

    @smalleyxb122: Only problem with that was that they sold about ten of them, and it was a three series.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    08/17/09

    @Hate Personified: They weren't bad cars at all, but they had the old rear semi-trailing arm suspension as opposed to the regular E36 3-series. They also had a simpler and less luxurious dash and interior. The real killer, though, was the fact that for the price of the 318ti, you could get a loaded, very nice off-lease regular 3, which people perceived as the "real thing" and not a stunted "pretender". Mercedes had the same problem in the US with the C-class hatchback.
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    08/17/09

    In reply to Lexus Premium Compact Concept Frankfurt-Bound
    so, this competes with what exactly? The 1 series and the A3 are like the only two I can think of that are kind of close to a premium brand hatch.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/17/09

    @ThreeLitre: It competes with drawings of the 1 series and A3.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    08/17/09

    @mr_dude: Very nicely done!
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    08/17/09

    In reply to Lexus Premium Compact Concept Frankfurt-Bound
    Why do I get the feeling that it's going to look and feel disturbingly like an overpriced Matrix, and for the first year will be called *random pairing of letters* By Lexus, to try and distance the brand from this Cimarron-redux.
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    Image of blue-coupe blue-coupe
    08/17/09

    In reply to Lexus Premium Compact Concept Frankfurt-Bound
    Looks good. It being a Lexus, I'm sure the concept is writing checks that the production model won't even come close to covering.
     Reply
    Al Navarro promoted this comment blue-coupe was starred blue-coupe was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/17/09

    In reply to Lexus Premium Compact Concept Frankfurt-Bound
    Looks like they've really felt the effects of the recession, and can't afford tires any longer.
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    Image of flyingstitch flyingstitch
    08/17/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Or full-size A and C pillars.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/17/09

    @flyingstitch and the hamsters are friends again: But look at those 24s!
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    Image of bradleysoken bradleysoken
    08/17/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: or door handles
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment bradleysoken was starred bradleysoken was unstarred
    Image of Canuck Chinaman Canuck Chinaman
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
    Geez... all that anticipation of a Toyobaru and that's all they come up with?
    A hybird Lexus Impreza wagon!?!?!?

    I'll take a used Saab 9-2x areo thanks.
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    skierpage promoted this comment Edited by Canuck Chinaman at 08/06/09 5:00 PM Canuck Chinaman was starred Canuck Chinaman was unstarred
    Image of skierpage skierpage
    08/06/09

    @Canuck Chinaman: Lexus could have had a contender against the Saab 9-2X, but when they added the IS 250AWD in 2006 they dropped the IS SportCross model. The alleged HS250h/Camry hybrid powertrain is not AWD. So the Audi A3 quattro continues to have no competitors except limited-availability VW Golf R3x models.
    This rendering looks more like a Scion ("hC"?) except for the ugly rear pillar from the RX.
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    Image of div.by.zero div.by.zero
    08/07/09

    @skierpage: The A3 quattro and R32 have no competitors? What about the WRX?
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    skierpage promoted this comment div.by.zero was starred div.by.zero was unstarred
    Image of skierpage skierpage
    08/09/09

    @div.by.zero: A3 and R32 are more upscale, like the Saaburu 9-2X wanted to be. Leather seats are or were hard to get on Impreza models (mine are aftermarket) and the winter options (until the WRX Premium) limited.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
    Not the most exciting spec sheet, but the more hatches the merrier.
     Reply
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    Image of blue-coupe blue-coupe
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
    I guess it was cheaper to photoshop the reaview mirrors on than to actually hot glue the corolla mirrors on.
     Reply
    Al Navarro promoted this comment blue-coupe was starred blue-coupe was unstarred
    Image of D'Chevette D'Chevette
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
    It kind of makes the Venza look good. Maybe that's their aim. The Venza should be a higher profit vehicle for Toyota anyways, right? Introduce an ugly vehicle, but augment it with more less-profitable vehicles that exaggerate the high-profit vehicle's styling to such an extreme degree as to make the original (high-profit) vehicle suddenly seem less jarring to the eye. Genius really. But I still contend that it may be easier just to design attractive vehicles from the onset...
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment D'Chevette was starred D'Chevette was unstarred
    Image of 2trips 2trips
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
    so it's a toyota matrix with a leather interior and heated seats.
    yawn
     Reply
    mr_dude promoted this comment 2trips was starred 2trips was unstarred
    Image of D'Chevette D'Chevette
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
    I'm going to go ahead and suggest that outward visibility may be just slightly compromised in the name of 'style'.
    The above concept looks like the ugly mistake of a drunken three-way hookup of a Civic, an RX400h
    , and a Pontiac Vibe.
    I'll pass.
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    FP - Funny how it seems quiet around here, eh? promoted this comment D'Chevette was starred D'Chevette was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/06/09

    @VonPinto: That was my first thought too. "Can't see shit, cap'n!"
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/06/09

    @VonPinto: Um.... That's not the concept, it's just some random internet-circulated rendering. They will be "unveiling" the concept in Frankfurt.
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    Edited by Hello Mister Walrus at 08/06/09 4:34 PM Hello Mister Walrus was starred Hello Mister Walrus was unstarred
    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
    Can't we just have the IS station wagon back, instead?
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    Image of Jagvar Jagvar
    08/06/09

    @FromaBuick6 Misses the Banned:
    That was a wagon? But I thought it was a SportCross!
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    vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in promoted this comment Jagvar was starred Jagvar was unstarred
    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    08/06/09

    @Jagvar: for some reason when I read "SportCoss" I immediately thought of Jesus in running shoes sprinting to the top of the hill. I'm going to hell.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
    Respectable, but let's see a 350 or F trim and I'll be slightly more interested than not really interested at all.
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    Edited by Miscellanea at 08/06/09 3:45 PM Miscellanea was starred Miscellanea was unstarred
    Image of optional flavor optional flavor
    08/06/09

    In reply to Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
    Within the next few years, we will have the technology to make the headlights stretch all the way around to the back, and be united with the taillights. Toyota and GM designers are at the forefront of this important engineering challenge.
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    acarr260 promoted this comment optional flavor was starred optional flavor was unstarred
    Image of skierpage skierpage
    08/06/09

    @optional flavor: I keep suggesting a JFTOTD (Jalopnik Field Trip of the Day), "What car has the longest headlights?" You must stretch a string from one corner of the headlght to far corner, take a picture, then hold the string up next to a reference and take another picture.
    I suspect a Euro Peugeot 607SW will win at 93 centimeters.
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