"We're out of our adolescence. It's about who we're going to be as a brand."
hm. wow! "our adolescense." if they're at their adolescence now, what the **** are they going to look like when they hit their middle age?
i think it's really funny (and sad) that they don't want to "tarnish the brand" by chasing the likes of the Audi A3, when they produce cars like the current ES.
it's a perfectly fine automobile, and i suppose doesn't attack the same "class" of cars as an A3, but it's another friggin seafaring buick. until they stop making cars like the ES, and incidentally, blatant ripoffs like the LS430, i remain a fervently anti-lexus
hopefully this is a sign of
better things to come. toyota has made some great cars. but with present-day toyota, i'm not keeping my fingers crossed.