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Why is it that a car maker will go through the trouble of having a "luxury" trim on a particular model car, will meticulously make the body style attractive, the wheels nice, the interior comfortable and nice with loads of electronic features, but then ignore the looks of their exhaust?
I happened to notice a late model Camry today. It was really nice looking, it was the luxury trim. Nice wheels, the who nine yards. But the exhaust system looked horrible. It was right next to an old beater, and both exhaust pipes looked exactly the same! I realize these pipes don't last forever, but you'd think that if these car makers go through the trouble of making their car look "expensive", they would pay more attention to the exhaust and at least maybe put some chrome tips on them. Am I being stupid or do other people notice this too?
Why is it that a car maker will go through the trouble of having a "luxury" trim on a particular model car, will meticulously make the body style attractive, the wheels nice, the interior comfortable and nice with loads of electronic features, but then ignore the looks of their exhaust?
I happened to notice a late model Camry today. It was really nice looking, it was the luxury trim. Nice wheels, the who nine yards. But the exhaust system looked horrible. It was right next to an old beater, and both exhaust pipes looked exactly the same! I realize these pipes don't last forever, but you'd think that if these car makers go through the trouble of making their car look "expensive", they would pay more attention to the exhaust and at least maybe put some chrome tips on them. Am I being stupid or do other people notice this too?
What are you talking about I have a 2011 dodge journey 3.5 V6 and my exaust pipes are chrome on both sides.
Sometimes automakers want to draw attention to the exhaust tips, sometimes they don't.
The Lexus IS-F has completely fake chrome, quad exhaust tips, while the latest Acura cars don't have any visible exhausts at all. One wants to draw attention and give a look of power, while the other doesn't, I guess.
The latest Camry has dual chrome-tipped exhausts, at least on some trims:
Sometimes automakers want to draw attention to the exhaust tips, sometimes they don't.
The Lexus IS-F has completely fake chrome, quad exhaust tips, while the latest Acura cars don't have any visible exhausts at all. One wants to draw attention and give a look of power, while the other doesn't, I guess.
The latest Camry has dual chrome-tipped exhausts, at least on some trims:
Now that, to me, makes a world of difference on the Camry. Automakers go through so much to change the style of the body, to make everything so much more sleek and "sporty", even on non-sports car trims, but then you look at the exhaust and it's a plain Jane, dirty, cheap looking exhaust system. I realize not every automaker is like this, and I'm not saying that it all has to be authentic chrome or use the same system as some supped up muscle car, but from the "looks" point of view, just seems like if an automaker is going to pay attention to detail, well, exhaust pipes are often visible on most cars, so why not top off the looks with a nice looking chrome (or chrome like) exhaust pipe? I just happened to notice it on the Camrys I saw the last couple of days, but I've also noticed it on some other vehicles as well. Such as a late model Sentra I saw today. Looked to be a 2014. It had the fancy LED lights around the tail lights and the headlights, nice chrome trim on the door handles and so forth, but the exhaust pipe was a small dark looking pipe that looked cheap. I guess I can understand if the Nissan was just trying to hide the exhaust system altogether. I guess it's just something I've always paid attention to. There are just certain things that seem to top off the looks of a car in my opinion, and often times the exhaust system is not one they pay much attention to.
My wifes forerunner has a nice fat chrome tip on it. The bracket that held it on let go under warranty. The tip fell off in the driveway. We took the Forerunner back to the dealer with tip but they ordered an entire unit to replace.
I put that nice tip on my F150 with a couple of screws and it looks cool.
I didn't say none of the automakers ignore the exhaust system, but many do, especially in their trims that are not considered "sport" trim.
You will not see them on their base model only sport and above, also exaust on cars has changed most are using stainless steel the chrome is just for looks anyway, you won't see a versa with chrome tips that would look stupid and most 4x4 because would you take your truck 4 wheeling through the mud and brush with chrome tips you would tear them up.
I happened to notice a late model Camry today. It was really nice looking, it was the luxury trim.
Luxury model Camry?
Isn't the Camry designed to be a entry-level econobox?
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