Other Cars at Chicago: Toyota Solara Convertible

**Rex Raider** · 02-04-2004, 02:27 PM

Solara Convertible

sykboy · 02-04-2004, 02:34 PM

looks like that wierd Lexus thing. Kind of uninspired.

**Ming** · 02-04-2004, 02:42 PM

I'm still waiting for the day when Toyota makes headlights so elongated that you can change them from the drivers seat....

**paul8488** · 02-04-2004, 03:12 PM

s'funny... usually i complain that toyotas are too plain... now i wish they'd stuck to that! that's a very ackward looking car... looks cut and pasted together from a dozen different cars. damn fine interior though, as per the usual. ooohhhh hurry GM... lets see that G6 convertible...

powervette · 02-04-2004, 03:38 PM

awful

tgagneguam · 02-04-2004, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by paul8488@Feb 4 2004, 08:12 PM
s'funny... usually i complain that toyotas are too plain... now i wish they'd stuck to that! that's a very ackward looking car... looks cut and pasted together from a dozen different cars. damn fine interior though, as per the usual. ooohhhh hurry GM... lets see that G6 convertible...

I agree, though to me it's pretty much a cheapend SC430. From its inception, I never liked the Solara and thought it was over-rated. And based on what I've seen/heard about the G6 sedan, I believe the G6 convertible will make the Solara pale by comparison. It's nice to say that about a GM car!

Mr_Pringle · 02-04-2004, 04:50 PM

wow- that rump is hideous.

turbo5spd · 02-04-2004, 05:00 PM

The overhangs are way too big. The rear does look a lot like the Lexus SC430. It has some curves in the body, but overall looks way too high for a covertible. I do see it selling well like the Chrsyler Sebring convertible did. Who knows why...that car had some of the worst body flex I've ever experienced in a convertible. Judging from the length of this, it will suffer from the same thing.

Smilingoat · 02-04-2004, 05:47 PM

im not diggin the new style of toyota, the interiors are nice, but the exteriors are always a let down to me.

bradlemp · 02-04-2004, 07:22 PM

YAHH!!!!!!! what an awful automobile. the styling is weird and tis just a really cheapened lexus. interior is pretty good, but hte gauges look cheap. Toyota cars never turn me on, excpet for the landcruiser and 4 runner perhaps. Nissan is really the car company thats on the rise. Gm should focus Pontiac on fighting Nissan, cuz nissans pack HP like none other asian car company.

monger · 02-04-2004, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by Ming@Feb 4 2004, 07:42 PM
I'm still waiting for the day when Toyota makes headlights so elongated that you can change them from the drivers seat....

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

LGRpup · 02-04-2004, 07:50 PM

EEWWW! That back end looks even worse with no roof. and there is just something thats not right when you look at a side profile, hurry up G6 vert!!!!

ZiggyKD · 02-04-2004, 08:36 PM

it'd sure make a nice boat. :YMCA:

**Rex Raider** · 02-04-2004, 08:43 PM

Call me crazy, but it reminds me of this:

**TaHoE** · 02-04-2004, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ming@Feb 4 2004, 02:42 PM
I'm still waiting for the day when Toyota makes headlights so elongated that you can change them from the drivers seat....

I was thinking a similar thing the other day. I was thinking that toyota would eventually make just a huge taillight that slowly turns into a taillight by the end of the car... :lol:

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paul8488 GMI Staff Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: France Drives: 2007 MBK Flipper Scooter Posts: 13,342	s'funny... usually i complain that toyotas are too plain... now i wish they'd stuck to that! that's a very ackward looking car... looks cut and pasted together from a dozen different cars. damn fine interior though, as per the usual. ooohhhh hurry GM... lets see that G6 convertible... __________________ *The department of redundancy department.*

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02-04-2004, 05:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
turbo5spd Walking Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3	The overhangs are way too big. The rear does look a lot like the Lexus SC430. It has some curves in the body, but overall looks way too high for a covertible. I do see it selling well like the Chrsyler Sebring convertible did. Who knows why...that car had some of the worst body flex I've ever experienced in a convertible. Judging from the length of this, it will suffer from the same thing.

02-04-2004, 05:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
Smilingoat 3.9 Liter V6 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Portland OR/ Ketchikan AK Posts: 799	im not diggin the new style of toyota, the interiors are nice, but the exteriors are always a let down to me.

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bradlemp 1.8 Liter ECOTEC Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Royal Oak, Mi. or Oxford OH Posts: 40	YAHH!!!!!!! what an awful automobile. the styling is weird and tis just a really cheapened lexus. interior is pretty good, but hte gauges look cheap. Toyota cars never turn me on, excpet for the landcruiser and 4 runner perhaps. Nissan is really the car company thats on the rise. Gm should focus Pontiac on fighting Nissan, cuz nissans pack HP like none other asian car company. __________________ Rock over london, Rock on Chicago, Pontiac: We are Driving Excitement

02-04-2004, 07:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
LGRpup 3.9 Liter V6 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 843	EEWWW! That back end looks even worse with no roof. and there is just something thats not right when you look at a side profile, hurry up G6 vert!!!! __________________ 2005 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx 1993 Oldsmobile Bravada GM, Then and Now... Before you go and buy a import brand car because of the perception of quality, do a little research and you will find GM has as good or better quality than most of those other brands. It's not cool to hate America people!

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ZiggyKD 3.8 Liter V6 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 372	it'd sure make a nice boat. :YMCA: __________________ At my signal, unleash hell.

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Rex Raider Administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Drives: 2009 Camry Hybrid (company car) Posts: 11,787	Call me crazy, but it reminds me of this: __________________ Sure, I drive a Toyota, but at least I don't have to pay for it.

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