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View Poll Results: Which new sedan looks best to you?
Audi A6
6
20.69%
Cadillac STS
4
13.79%
Acura RL
10
34.48%
Infiniti M45
5
17.24%
Lexus GS
4
13.79%
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Which one? Part III

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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 12:36 PM
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Which one? Part III

Based on looks alone, which would you pick as best looking?










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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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I would have chosen the Audi, but the new family grill looks terrible. M45 for me.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 01:30 PM
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M45 all the way. A6 grill isn't doing it for me, I don't like the looks of the STS or GS, and the RL is too bland for $50K.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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I don't know where the hell I have been, I didn't know they were making a new GS. I like the old one and I like this one too. Hopefully it's coming with a strong engine.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:07 PM
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Carryover engines, to start. The GS300 gets the 245 hp engine, but supposedly the new 280 hp, 3.5L will be available next year. The 430 keeps the 300hp V8, but it's rumored to get the larger V8 when it debuts on the next gen LS.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:24 PM
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I kinda like the infiniti, but not the rims on it. I like the acura RL, but that is a bad shot of it. The Lexus just looks a little too smooth, and I hate all the new audi's, that hugeass grill has to go
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 03:41 PM
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I like the new Audi and it would probably be my choice to drive. But that STS looks very sharp in person. It has great character lines and flanks, looking machined out of a single billet of aluminum. Very nice design IMHO, and I like where Cadillac is headed.
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 03:02 AM
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The Acura RL is simply ahead of it's time...and it's a sexy piece of machinery. Gotta love SH-AWD.
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 08:55 AM
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don't let that marketing get to you Aoshi. I can call myself Super Handling John Paradise but deep down I am still just John Paradise. The RL is a good car and a great improvement.
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 08:56 AM
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what do you all think about this lexus move to make all of their cars looked like their nose is all smushed down? It looks like they all are going for the same really sloped, rolled over front.
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by John Paradise
don't let that marketing get to you Aoshi. I can call myself Super Handling John Paradise but deep down I am still just John Paradise. The RL is a good car and a great improvement.
haha, that was good.
As for Lexus, I like their new designs. Their better than most company's new designs. I could live with a v8 powered GS
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 07:31 PM
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m45 is pretty slick
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 08:14 PM
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I can't stand the grill on the Audi's
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 05:52 AM
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damn! they are ALL ugly
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 05:55 AM
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bring me back to the S's amazing Miller Cycle Engine although where was a Manual Tranny for the thing

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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 02:01 PM
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Acura I guess, based on that one shot. Not crazy about any of them.
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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Without the badges, I'd be hard pressed to identify any of them other than the Audi (based largely on its Chrysler 300 grill.) Unfortunately, the combination of (a) wind tunnel testing; (b) corporate mergers; and (c) timid styling has turned most cars into clones of one another. The RX-8 is a happy exception to the rule.
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