Mystery Lexus??

[pdplot]

Saw a white 4-door sedan parked in our club lot. Had something written in metal script on the left side of the rear of the car beginning with the letter S and angled upwards. Looked brand new. In front was a Lexus emblem below the top of the grille. I Googled Lexus but couldn't find the car. It looked very high performance. Any idea what it might have been? I won't know unless it visits the lot again. I should have memorized the script but forgot.

 

[gonzo]

Could it have been an "F" a Lexus designation / script for their higher performance "F-Sport" models? And what's with the new Peugeot sedan with dealer plates now cruising about?

Peugeot is importing to the US after so many years https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a26531911/peugeot-psa-cars-return-north-america/

 

[pdplot]

Exhausting all my leads and still no joy. Thought - would a Lexus dealer have the ba*** temerity to affix his name in metal script to the rear of a new Lexus - slanted upwards from left to right under the left taillight?

 

[JPSmit]

Exhausting all my leads and still no joy. Thought - would a Lexus dealer have the ba*** temerity to affix his name in metal script to the rear of a new Lexus - slanted upwards from left to right under the left taillight?

probably not but in my experience any number of Lexus owners would

 

[NutmegCT]

Paul - in yesterday's email, you had written " ... Had a name starting with S written in slanted script letters across the left rear of the trunk - not straight printing like the Kia Stinger. I'm almost sure it had a Lexus emblem on the front. ... I'm almost sure it had a Lexus emblem on the front." Also, "...script slanting upwards left to right. "

Are you absotively posilutely *sure* it wasn't a Stinger?

Metal script, starting with S written in slanted script letters ...

Tom M.

 

[pdplot]

If it was - it had a Lexus L on the front grille. If it ever shows up again, I'll take a picture.

 

[pdplot]

I think the mystery is solved. Tom was right - it was a Stinger. What fooled me was the emblem on the front - the Stinger has what looks like a knockoff of the Lexus L rather than the word Kia like the others. Lexus should sue. I saw one tonight in the club parking lot - not the same year because the name Stinger was in straight letters across the back not slanted upwards. I'll check out the various years to clinch the deal.

 

[pdplot]

More info on the Kia/Lexus. It seems Kia has alternate" logos and emblems for those who are ashamed of driving a lowly Kia - even if it's a Stinger, and they created a Lexus-looking logo that owners can put on to make people think its a Lexus! True story. You can Google it. I also assume they sell a Stinger script to put on the trunk, thus customizing your Stinker, er Stinger. I actually toured the lot of a Kia dealer down here checking out the front grilles but they all said Kia - no emblem. Doesn't say much for Kia/Hyundai.

 

[NutmegCT]

I think the mystery is solved. Tom was right <snip>

O ye of little faith ...

:angel:

 

[pdplot]

I never doubted you - but that "Lexus" emblem had me fooled. I guess that was the point.
It was just a customized Stinger - like my 1952 Ford with a Pontiac grille.

 

[PAUL161]

Wow, that took me back a few years! I had a 51 Ford convertible with a Pontiac grill. Loved that car, but had to sell it when I went in the Navy. PJ

I never doubted you - but that "Lexus" emblem had me fooled. I guess that was the point.
It was just a customized Stinger - like my 1952 Ford with a Pontiac grille.