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- From: aalis@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Andy A. Liss)
- Subject: "New Toyota and Lexus coming to the States"
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.082315.27099@csus.edu>
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- Organization: San Francisco State University
- References: <1992Jul27.163616.2372@wpi.WPI.EDU> <yfmmrvb@dixie.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 08:23:15 GMT
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- Today's AutoWeek contains the spy pictures of the new Lexus GS 300
- (Toyota Aristo elsewhere) and the next Toyota Supra. The Lexus
- GS 300 will be positioned between Lexus ES 300 (Camry cousin)
- and LS 400. It is designed by Giugiarro, and had already been
- shown in public in Tokyo Auto Show. The only difference between
- Toyota Aristo and Lexus, besides their names and badges: I noticed
- from the spy picture, the U.S. version will have a red side marker
- on its back bumpers. For marketing considerations, both Lexus
- GS 300 and the new Supra won't be offered with their top of the
- line engine in the U.S. because Lexus doesn't want its GS 300
- to be more powerful than its top of the line LS 400, and in the
- Supra's case, doesn't want it to have more power/features than
- Lexus own coupe SC 400/300
- The new supra will looks a bit like the new Honda Prelude,
- a bit like Toyota Celica GT, and a dash of Porsche combined.
- Hope this will be useful info.
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- - Andy -
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