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Saw a white 4-door sedan parked in our club lot. Had something written in metal script on the left side of the rear of the car beginning with the letter S and angled upwards. Looked brand new. In front was a Lexus emblem below the top of the grille. I Googled Lexus but couldn't find the car. It looked very high performance. Any idea what it might have been? I won't know unless it visits the lot again. I should have memorized the script but forgot.
 
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Exhausting all my leads and still no joy. Thought - would a Lexus dealer have the ba*** temerity to affix his name in metal script to the rear of a new Lexus - slanted upwards from left to right under the left taillight?
 

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Exhausting all my leads and still no joy. Thought - would a Lexus dealer have the ba*** temerity to affix his name in metal script to the rear of a new Lexus - slanted upwards from left to right under the left taillight?

probably not but in my experience any number of Lexus owners would
 

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Paul - in yesterday's email, you had written " ... Had a name starting with S written in slanted script letters across the left rear of the trunk - not straight printing like the Kia Stinger. I'm almost sure it had a Lexus emblem on the front. ... I'm almost sure it had a Lexus emblem on the front." Also, "...script slanting upwards left to right. "

Are you absotively posilutely *sure* it wasn't a Stinger?

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Metal script, starting with S written in slanted script letters ...

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I think the mystery is solved. Tom was right - it was a Stinger. What fooled me was the emblem on the front - the Stinger has what looks like a knockoff of the Lexus L rather than the word Kia like the others. Lexus should sue. I saw one tonight in the club parking lot - not the same year because the name Stinger was in straight letters across the back not slanted upwards. I'll check out the various years to clinch the deal.
 
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More info on the Kia/Lexus. It seems Kia has alternate" logos and emblems for those who are ashamed of driving a lowly Kia - even if it's a Stinger, and they created a Lexus-looking logo that owners can put on to make people think its a Lexus! True story. You can Google it. I also assume they sell a Stinger script to put on the trunk, thus customizing your Stinker, er Stinger. I actually toured the lot of a Kia dealer down here checking out the front grilles but they all said Kia - no emblem. Doesn't say much for Kia/Hyundai.
 
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I never doubted you - but that "Lexus" emblem had me fooled. I guess that was the point.
It was just a customized Stinger - like my 1952 Ford with a Pontiac grille.
 

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Wow, that took me back a few years! I had a 51 Ford convertible with a Pontiac grill. Loved that car, but had to sell it when I went in the Navy. PJ

I never doubted you - but that "Lexus" emblem had me fooled. I guess that was the point.
It was just a customized Stinger - like my 1952 Ford with a Pontiac grille.
 
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