Originally Posted by
F4Phantom
Looks is one thing but based on what I have read the 'feel' of a car is much more than the quality of your dampers. It comes from the intelligence and engineering quality of the chassis, and that is how much time and money and effort was put into all the little holes, folds, bends, cuts, lips, chamfers, and intricacy of the base chassis. I dont know how much the LC200 cost to make, but the commodore cost 1B the falcon 500m and the 2003 RR 1.6B which to my knowledge is still the most expensive chassis ever made.
A porsche dealer once told me most designs cost 1b to develop so the RR was a lot more at 1.6. And it makes the commodore look expensive compared to the falcon because commodore with curtain airbags got a 4 star safety rating (the first series) compared with the falcons 5 star without curtain airbags, so the intelligence in build is very important as the falcon was half the cost and really just as good a car.
So in conclusion a LR feels better than a toyota to drive, and its presence comes from how it sits on the road, somthing that toyota for some reason cant emulate as its certainly more than badge deep, it could be either they spend more money, or they make some good design decisions.