VW Phaeton replica in the front.

You are right. The resemblance is very clear

Well being Lexus they had to get their "inspiration" from somewhere since they have no design heritage (or a clue) to draw upon.

M

Yea yea, those cars are great... But this is just gorgeous!! Never thought that the S8 would be so great, and with a black color its gonna look like a killer!! Dissapointed about the "weak" 450HP, should be more than that

Merc1, do you agree with my first post? (I quote myself)

I dont know if I should be flattered or mad but I dont want Lexus to be a BMW copycat


BTW no BMw news at the show?

Yeah I'd agree with that. I guess Lexus figured its time to copy someone else. As far as Mercedes not being a benchmark in Asia I'm not so sure about. The Koreans have been shamefully copying Mercedes design cues lately, but Lexus is going for their own look and trying to be more youthful.

M

You will have to expand on that comment Just_me, I fail to understand how you, personally, could be either flattered or made mad by my statement

Recently copying German luxury cars have become a common practice for Japanese companies.
Just look how obvious is that Honda copied Audi's tail lights:



Also the rear lights in the Civic coupe look similar to A6 ones!!!

The Lexus is just a concept. I wouldn`t pass judgement when we havn`t seen the production model. Some design elements might be changed.