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From: c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos)
Subject: Re: Lexus and Infiniti
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 13:02:31 GMT
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In article <issa.735601408@cwis> issa@cwis.unomaha.edu (Issa El-Hazin) writes:
>Don't the numbers in the car names above refair to the engine size in 
>liters? i.e. ls400 = 4.0litre engine, sc300 = 3.0 liter "Sport Coupe".. 
>and Q45 = 4.5liter.. (similar, kinda, to BMW and MB nameing deal). 
>
>issa

Funny, I thought the numbering scheme for both Lexus and Infiniti was
related to sticker price more than anything else, i.e. Infiniti G20 (around
20K), Q45 (around 45K), Lexus ES250 (RIP) (around 25K), Lexus ES300 (around
30K), etc.

Is there a conspiracy theory there? 

Spiros
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