What is your point? If I buy a Lexus, Acura, or whatever, all I care about is that it is a good vehicle at a good price. In most cases, Lexus and Acura have been above average, or way above average, over the years since 1986 when the Acura Legend first hit the USA.
Since everyone on this forum knows that Lexus is a division of Toyota Motor Company, the only reason for you to mention that over and over again is to somehow make a slur against Lexus products. So please don't deny it.
You think I'm the only one who has ever dismissed the FWD-based Lexus models? lol
Auto publications have done that seen the ES was launched, much less the RX.
And it's not just the FWD Lexus models, but Acura and
Lincoln as a whole and
Cadillac with the XTS and SRX.
Here's an excerpt from a recent C&D review of the MKZ Hybrid Black Label.
Yep, 55 grand.
Why lead this review with a price breakdown? Because it underscores the point we’ve made about the MKZ all along, which is that it doesn’t offer a whole lot more than the Ford Fusion with which it shared its mechanicals—all but one of the powertrains and even the infotainment setups are identical—yet it is far more expensive. Indeed, this particular MKZ is nearly as expensive as possible, which makes its shortcomings stand out even more.
In fact, can't think of too many MKZ reviews which haven't mentioned the Fusion (and stated, might as well get a Fusion Titanium).
And I don't exactly see you refuting anything that I had written which you categorized as
BS.
The Aslan is Hyundai's competitor to the ES - do you really think it would have gotten the attention, much less the respect by the automotive press that the 1G (much less the 2G) Genesis has gotten - even if it was sold under some luxury marque?
And even w/o a luxury marque - the 2G Genesis has been in comparisons against the GS, the XF and CTS (would never see that w/ the Aslan, luxury badged or not, esp. as we don't see that with the ES).
And the Equus right off the bat has been included in flagship comparison tests.
Oh gee, where is the RLX? (heck, the RLX has a hard time being included in the midsize comparisons w/ the 5 Series, E Class, etc.).
And despite being the 1st Asian automaker to launch a premium brand and hence having all that time to build up brand prestige, much less, a loyal buyer base, Acura has been struggling to sell sedans (can also say the same for
Infiniti and these days, even Lexus at the higher end).
And that's even with Acura
dropping down half a segment in price - with the ILX and TLX instead of the TSX and TL.
Shouldn't it be going the other way as the competition is only getting more expensive? And that includes Hyundai as the Genesis has already gone from $32k to $38k and with the 3G model, should pass he $40k mark to start.
Even automakers know that FWD < RWD, esp. at the higher end of the market - which is why Audi does not offer the A7 or A8 w/o Quattro in the US and why
Infiniti placed the old
FX/QX70 higher up on its new nomeclature hierarchy than the
larger, but FWD-based JX/QX60.
It's the same reason why a top
Lincoln exec stated that
Lincoln will no longer directly compete head to head w/
Cadillac (after nearly a century of doing so) as
Cadillac is in the process of switching to an all RWD-based lineup or nearly one (the XTS is on its way out and the upcoming SRX replacement, the XT5 is likely a stop-gap, until a new midsize RWD platform is ready - which will 1st be used on the CTS replacement w/ the FWD midsize CUV being taken over by
Buick; which totally makes sense since the Lacrosse is GM's competitor to the ES).
Maybe you should stop trying to be so much like RickyBobby and actually come up with salient points (backed up by actual facts) to refute what I have written instead of merely repeatedly stating your opinion that it is baseless.
He is entitled to his opinion
