MorphWorld: Lexus ES 330 into Acura RL

I couldn't believe my eyes the other day as I leafed through the just-arrived (January 3) issue of the New Yorker.

On the inside of the front cover was a nice picture of the new 2005 Lexus ES 330 (above), all shiny and nice; then on page 10 of the same magazine, there was the same car (below), same silver color and everything.

Now, I'm used to being treated with contempt by TV advertising, which sometimes features the very same commercial run twice, back-to-back, during the same break.

But never had I seen this in a magazine.

When I looked more closely, I realized I'd been mistaken: the car on page 10 was the new, 2005 Acura RL (just above), not the Lexus (below).

I'll bet designers for both companies are horrified by what they've put forth, much more so than women who find they're wearing the same expensive dress at a party.