Toyota Solara vs Lexus SC

rml

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SC



Solara


Looks very alike (especially the tail) If you change the grill and front light, you get the look of SC for 1/3 the price

 

BigSmooth

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And both are ugly IMO. I don't like the SC430's styling, and the new Solara looks bad as well, especially in the rear. Just my opinion, though.

Edit: the worst part is that the previous Solara was one of Toyota's better-looking cars IMO. Clean lines, if a bit boring.
 

LongCoolMother

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Originally posted by: BigSmooth
And both are ugly IMO. I don't like the SC430's styling, and the new Solara looks bad as well, especially in the rear. Just my opinion, though.

Edit: the worst part is that the previous Solara was one of Toyota's better-looking cars IMO. Clean lines, if a bit boring.

lexus sc is one of the most beautiful cars ive seen!
 

0roo0roo

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sc still > then solara. :)

solara is much improved from the dowdy cr@p it was b4 though.
 

RichieZ

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i saw the solara today when I went to testdrive a highlander. Front looks nice, the back i think looks like ass. Its kind of expensive too with options $29K. I'd get an IS300 instead
 

boyRacer

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My friend just got one... :) She's been dreaming of that car even before she knew how it was going to look like.
 

UNCjigga

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OMG, the horror! The front-end of that new Solara is Altima-esque, and that nasty crease (oh, I'm sorry, 'character line') looks like something Hyundai would do to their cars. That ass-end looks bloated. WTF is up with that car??? They ruined it...
 

Desslok

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[/quote] lexus sc is one of the most beautiful cars ive seen![/quote]

Sorry that title goes to the 3rd gen RX-7's.
 

LordUnum

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Originally posted by: rml
SC

Solara

Looks very alike (especially the tail) If you change the grill and front light, you get the look of SC for 1/3 the price
Except for the fact that the lights wouldn't meet up with the hood or fenders properly (not to mention the contours on the hood & fenders are different wouldn't match that of an SC), necessitating those new parts. Mirrors are different as well. Doors could remain from the looks of it (length might be different). The rear would take an enormous investment to change (the rear of an SC would need to be chopped and put onto the Solara), so that would remain Solara-like: single-exhaust, different trunk lid, lights and all.

So for the price of:

- two fogs & brackets
- two headlights & brackets
- front bumper cover/fascia/grill
- two front fenders
- hood
- pair of rear-view mirrors

...and assuming you get it all color-matched (i.e. that the Solara and SC are available in identical colors), you'd have the front of an SC on your Solara. Of course, the car would probably still look less than desirable (in terms of being SC-like) from the side and especially the back. But you'd have your very own Lexota... and something to explain to the Toyota/Lexus dealership, friends, family, strangers, etc. ;)

Oh, then there's the wheels... :Q
 

Aharami

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aaah both are ugly as fcuk!! especially the lexus. toyota might make reliable cars...but their styling is assssssss. their best lookin cars are the IS and the GS...but id never get a toyota. honda, nissan, or german
 

0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
OMG, the horror! The front-end of that new Solara is Altima-esque, and that nasty crease (oh, I'm sorry, 'character line') looks like something Hyundai would do to their cars. That ass-end looks bloated. WTF is up with that car??? They ruined it...

doesn't it cost about the same as a maxima? maxima beats solara still.
 

fs5

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Originally posted by: rml
SC



Solara


Looks very alike (especially the tail) If you change the grill and front light, you get the look of SC for 1/3 the price

yeah you get the look, oh wait THE SC IS A CONVERTIBLE.