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Originally Posted by Mirage77  But a well-built car doesn't necessarily mean vault-like doors. Take Lexus, for example. They are engineered immaculately but I just don't like the feel of their doors closing, it's like closing a very flimsy plastic door.
I guess MB wanted to recreate as much as it has lost before, and I say, good work indeed. |
True, but in MB's case it was just a byproduct of a well built car. I don't think a Lexus is physically as robust as a Mercedes. Sure interior wise and all the stuff that you can see and touch are finished and ground to perfection, but it was the guts of a Mercedes that gave it that sound. Lexus will never duplicate that because Toyota's accountants would never let them overbuild a car like Mercedes used to.
Lexus tried their best to duplicate it but still haven't. I laugh whenever I read that they tried to duplicate the sound of expensive furniture or something like that, but just like all Japanese cars the sound of the doors closing is very ordinary at best. One reason I don't respect Lexus is because of their wannabe status. Why not make the ultimate car to your own thinking as to what a car should be, not what Mercedes or nor BMW thinks. They're still the ultimate in wannabe wares. That said I do like some of their cars, but can't stand what the brand stands for. Strange I know.
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