CEO Akio Toyoda Killed Lexus’ Spindle Grille

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The spindle did not sit well in its earliest appearances, but the 5LS and 7ES looked fantastic with it and gave Lexus a real identity for a while. The new "spindle body" design so far looks like they're shipping an unfinished clay model, and I'm almost glad we won't see a real LS with it. They may yet crack the code on making it look really cohesive like the spindle did after a while, but right now I'm not a fan.

I think the problem with the 7ES spindle grille is that it only looks good with the F-Sport version without chrome.

The spindle body only looks fine with a proper dedicated BEV platform. The ICEV/BEV dual purpose platform increases the height which makes the front end look bloated. The LF-Z concept (with dedicated BEV platform proportions) looked much better than the RZ.