DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Our local fire brigade sometimes have a charity car wash, but that's taking it to extremes
Electric cars.. Nothing new
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Our local fire brigade sometimes have a charity car wash, but that's taking it to extremes
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
On the subject of Ev's I didn't realise that Genesis are part of Hyundai
Along the lines of the higher quality brand Lexus = Toyota
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Lexus have been part of Toyota way before ev's
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Yes, they were always Toyota's "luxury" brand.
classic33
Leg End Member
No, and Toyota even claimed in court that Lexus was nothing to do with them.
They were taken to court by one of their largest dealers in Ireland who questioned their pricing differences of parts for both brands when the parts on a test order came back with the same parts in seperate boxes, at very different prices.
Toyota now have to display both flags in all their dealers, in Ireland, since they lost the case. As an acknowledgement that they are one and the same.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
It doesn't really matter what Toyota may have falsely claimed in an Irish court (as you say, they lost the case).
The fact is that Lexus was founded in 1985 by Toyota, as their luxury brand. And has always been owned by Toyota.
So I'm not sure where your initial "No" comes from in your response.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Nothing new, Leyland/Austin Rover did similar with the pricing on some shared components back in the 70's/80's and as for the Jaguar/Landrover parts that were common to both marques
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
The Kia EV6, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Genesis GV60 are basically the same car with different external packaging. All owned by the same company.
The Genesis is about £10K more than the other 2. You basically pay more to not own a Kia or Hyundai.
Full disclosure I own the Ioniq 5.
In a similar vein, the VW ID3,4,5,6,7,Buzz, Audi Q4 and Q5 etron, Cupra Born and Tavascan, Ford Explorer and Capri, Skoda Enyaq are all the same car with different external packaging.
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
The x-type did. Not the XJ...
Jameshow
Veteran
Jaguar x type...
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Maybe but the ones I mentioned have the exact same battery, motor, chassis and wheel base. They are the exact same car underneath.
Yes, it's the same for the VW MEB. It's the same battery, motor, chassis and wheelbase. But no-one cares about the electric skateboard like they cared about petrol engines. It's all about the controlling tech and the way it's been implemented - that's where it gets quite different.
