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"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 05/29/2015 at 14:13 • Filed to: f

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Azrek > TheHondaBro 05/29/2015 at 14:30

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I always liked the ISF’s quad barrel exhaust design. It was super cool, but it just looks too much like the other Lexus’.

spanfucker retire bitch > TheHondaBro 05/29/2015 at 14:45

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STOP PUTTING THIS IN YOUR ADS, LEXUS. YOU DON’T FUCKING MAKE IT ANYMORE.

TheHondaBro > spanfucker retire bitch 05/29/2015 at 14:56

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Doesn’t matter. It’s an incredible feat of engineering. Really they’re showing off what they’re capable of by putting the LFA in their ads.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > TheHondaBro 05/29/2015 at 15:13

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I just don’t like the front of the RCF. The back looks great.

spanfucker retire bitch > TheHondaBro 05/29/2015 at 16:06

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It does matter, because they have nothing in their lineup that can even approach the LFA.

If they want to use it in their Ads for selling their current F-Cars, they should be forced to restart manufacture of the LFA.

TheHondaBro > spanfucker retire bitch 05/29/2015 at 16:08

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It’s a technical showcase of what Lexus is capable of. They want their customers to be reminded that the same company that makes the IS350 and so on also made the one of the most advanced supercars the world has ever seen.

By your logic, car companies should either stop building concept cars, or just put them into production.

Right.

spanfucker retire bitch > TheHondaBro 05/29/2015 at 16:14

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If they used the concept cars in their commercial alongside their entire lineup of vehicles that are actually purchasable, then yes, they fucking should.

As it is, it only shows what they used to be capable of, while offering nothing even close to the equivalent. If they wanted a commercial to show off their heritage, by all means, do that. But they’re not doing that. They’re placing it alongside their current crop of cars that are all on sale new with the layman not being able to distinguish at all. Notice they don’t have the IS F in those commercials, but instead replace it with the IS 350 F-Sport? I wonder why that is? Possibly because they don’t make it anymore?

TheHondaBro > spanfucker retire bitch 05/29/2015 at 16:18

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“As it is, it only shows what they used to be capable of...”

That makes very little sense. Did they throw out the machinery used to build the LFA? Did they fire the engineers that designed it?

By the way, remind me again which Lexus’ you’ve driven to warrant your claim. Also, how many times have you driven an LFA?

spanfucker retire bitch > TheHondaBro 05/29/2015 at 16:22

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Name one other vehicle that Lexus has on sale that’s built using carbon fiber construction, RWD, and with a naturally aspirated V10 with a sky-high rev limit. You can’t, because they don’t have any, so unless they start selling one, all the LFA shows is what an incredible card that Lexus built. At one point in time. But no longer.

It’s borderline deceptive marketing practices for those that don’t know or have never heard of the LFA by placing it beside all of the other vehicles that are currently purchasable, thus having the uninformed viewer reach the conclusion that this must be a vehicle I can go out and purchase brand new from a Lexus dealer. Just like literally every other vehicle they show in the Ad.

If your argument is that it shows what the F brand is capable of, then why not show the IS F in there as well? I mean, they don’t even have a replacement for that, and that was their first true competitor to V, AMG, M, et all.

TheHondaBro > spanfucker retire bitch 05/29/2015 at 16:29

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You’re right. It’s absolutely criminal that Volvo has the audacity to show off a concept car that looks nothing like any of their production models.\

I mean, YOU show me which Volvo is a wagon, has two doors, is brown, and looks just like that. Absolutely criminal. I don’t know why they bother.

Less passive-aggressive rebuttal: I’ve said this probably a million times by now, it’s a technical showcase. Yes, it’s the only Lexus with carbon-fiber a-pillars woven in a special loom. They’re using it to remind you what they’re capable of doing. The LFA is showing you that Lexus can build an extremely advanced car if they wanted to, in the same way that the Concept Estate is showing you how Volvo can design a car to look amazing.

spanfucker retire bitch > TheHondaBro 05/29/2015 at 16:34

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Volvo doesn’t fucking show that car in a commercial next to all of their other vehicles that are currently on sale, thus making the viewer form an inference that that vehicle is in fact on sale.

What part of this aren’t you fucking getting? You keep bringing that up, but it’s not at all equal. It’s not even remotely comparable to what Lexus is doing. Imagine Mercedes does a commercials that shows off all of their awesome AMG vehicles THAT YOU CAN CURRENTLY PURCHASE.

And then they make a special effort to show their sleek and sexy SLS AMG - amid every other vehicle that is actually purchasable and on sale. Anyone who doesn’t know that it’s an SLS, and that it is no longer manufactured would assume (and rightly so) that the SLS is a vehicle that you can still purchase from Mercedes. After all, why would they include it in an Ad where every other vehicle is still manufactured and still purchasable?

That’s what Lexus is doing with the LFA by having it appear next to all of their other current vehicles and making the viewer reach the conclusion that it too is a vehicle that they can buy. Just like every other car they showed in their Ad.

If they wanted to show an Ad about the heritage and history of Lexus, they should go ahead and do it. You don’t place a car that hasn’t been in production for years next to other in-production vehicles without any obvious separation. If Lexus feels their lineup isn’t exciting enough for commercials and to get people into their show rooms with just the GS F and RC F, then perhaps they should make a new fucking Halo car instead of waiting another 10-15 years.

TheHondaBro > spanfucker retire bitch 05/29/2015 at 16:53

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Fuck, I’m done wasting my time on this, I have more important things to do.

 V8 Rustler > TheHondaBro 05/30/2015 at 00:52

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If they offered the RC-F it would be the best performance coupe on the market.

TheHondaBro >  V8 Rustler 05/30/2015 at 00:58

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They’re selling it right now.

 V8 Rustler > TheHondaBro 05/30/2015 at 01:00

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Don’t know what happened haha. I was supposed to have written: If they offered the RC-F with a Manuel it would be the best performance coupe on the market.