Lexus LS to receive a special highly scratch-resistant clear coat

A coat with self-restoring qualities…interesting, isn’t it? Very soon, the flagship Lexus LS will come with a special highly scratch-resistant clear coat that’s self-restoring. The clear coat allows the car to resist typical surface scratches possibly caused by car wash rushes and fingernails.

If you look closely at the door handle area, chances are that you’d find plenty of fingernail scratches. There are also times when you’ll hit the paint while reaching to grab your door handle. The coat is effective due to an ingredient in the new clearcoat that encourages molecular bonding, resulting in a denser structure than conventionally possible.
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g2ok - 10/9/2009 12:01:13 PM

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Watch this tech come to the next gen Camry.

WorldofLuxury - 10/9/2009 5:54:26 PM

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That annoys me. Lexus can have these great stuff, but Toyota's own lineup has to get the same bells and whistles too to stay competitive. And the Japanese is on a completely different level - comparing them to ours is like comparing apples and oranges, so I don't even bother going into details. Sigh...

Camryman - 10/9/2009 6:22:08 PM

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That would be nice if it did.

MSP6 - 10/9/2009 12:03:36 PM

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LG's kitchen appliances too are coated with that stuff, accordind to the Sears salesman.

rxh8me9000 - 10/9/2009 12:05:59 PM

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Nano paint. Mercedes brought this out years ago.

Joe_Limon - 10/9/2009 12:30:09 PM

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I like the metallic benz paint that aligns the flakes into a uniform direction. Who cares that it is super expensive and horrible for the environment :P

ceric - 10/9/2009 12:58:55 PM

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Luxus always makes it sound like they are the first.
Amazing marketing power. AFS is another example.
Maybe Lexus owners are simply not as auto-savvy.

This "magic coating" has been on Nissan Teanna in Asia for several years.

answer - 10/9/2009 4:51:47 PM

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You act as if Lexus took out a full page ad in Automobile Mag bragging about the paint.

Chill out dude. If it helps try not thinking about Lexus so much. Focus on baby unicorns or whatever it is that makes you feel all special inside.

PerformanceGuy - 10/9/2009 1:14:15 PM

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Nissan/Infiniti has self healing paint on their cars. Lexus is really good at being behind!

Spectator - 10/9/2009 2:16:19 PM

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Actually he is right. Nissan brought this out at least a year ago. To bad they couldn't have brought it out earlier for my Nissan. Damn front facia is all chipped to hell and back.

theoptimisticpessimist - 10/9/2009 2:48:47 PM

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Is derived from twist ties?

LexSucks - 10/9/2009 3:41:45 PM

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All cars should have this!!!

Willis - 10/9/2009 5:36:31 PM

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Wow! I need to buy a Lexus LS because it is clearly the first car in the world to have this special paint! Is it reliable!?

Joe_Limon - 10/9/2009 8:05:12 PM

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Minus those nissans that already have it.

david999 - 10/9/2009 10:04:29 PM

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A lot of dopes like to complain about a great feature on a car that 99% of them can't afford to own.

Bill - 10/9/2009 10:08:30 PM

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Anyone else find that blue-illuminating Lexus logo on the grille to be extremely tacky? To me it's a useless gimmick and visually distracting. The sad part is that this feature is simply not needed in my opinion.

LexSucks - 10/11/2009 1:07:14 PM

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Sort of like BMW "Angel Eyes" and Audi's/Porsche's LED's? It doesn't matter where they place it (Grill or inside the headlight cluster), they are all gimmicks.

Anthony - 10/12/2009 9:22:38 PM

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Of course it's useless. It's not a "feature," and Lexus is not promoting it as such. It's a badge. Although, you can barely tell it's like that in person, so I don't know why you are particularly bent out of shape over it so much.