Dude, an IS300 is a Lexus, not a Toyota lol.

 

ehh, its the same thing as the toyota altezza.

 

God. How homogenized vehicles have become. And they used to say all the eighties looked like jelly bean.

On the other hand, they were much the same in the thirties too. I always have trouble identifying one thirties car from another.
And history repeats itself yet again. Will the human race ever grow up and learn from it's past?

 

*Shakes 8-ball* "All signs point to NO"

 

You and that 8-ball.....

Sadly though, and I mean this sincerely, I haveto agree w/your 8-ball.

 

the 8 ball never lies does it . haha and blexV6 is right i meant lexus but i was thinkin toyota corolla and the lexus is300.. whats funny is that i really wanted the lexus IS300. why because of the altezza lights . oh well. (by the way BLEXV6 is my father hehe

 

There are some unique vehicles out there. Non expensive examples thatjump to mind areDodge Caliber andPontiac Solstice.

But since most makers seek to market a vehicle that will sell in the hundreds of thousands a year, for several years, they will fall into a mode ofincorporating what is already working/selling. Example, if people like reflector tail lights, then more makers will throw them into their vehicles. Ditto aluminum rims with the big spoke look.

You talk about the 80s ... were the 90s any different? The 00s to date? As owners of Japanese nameplate vehicles, we could be considered part of the problem. Vehicle styling has converged since the Japanese invasion began in the mid/late 70s. Everything now is driven by marketing surveys that judge consumer reaction to concept vehicles at car shows, and further surveys from that point.

It's not that we haven't learned ... its that the automakers have learned too well.