Lexus ruined the LF-A.......
10-22-2009, 12:18 PM
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Lexus ruined the LF-A.......
How can you have a concept that is beautiful, balanced, somewhat different and slightly unique in design.....
AND THEN you decide to ruin the style and the flow (probably by listening to some company jackass) and you now want to sell us this.......
Whoever you are, you ruined it.....
AND THEN you decide to ruin the style and the flow (probably by listening to some company jackass) and you now want to sell us this.......
Whoever you are, you ruined it.....
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10-22-2009, 12:22 PM
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i honstly dont see how the designed was ruined? i can see what they changed but a lot carried over and it still looks good, the only thing that bothers me about the car is the hood gap between the bumper.
10-22-2009, 12:34 PM
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Yes, i agree with that, it is more like a Supra with exotic features and less like a exotice super car, although it has that kind of performance out of the box. I am guessing that those sexy lines that were lost would have made the car to expensive or dificult to build?
P.S. That is a hella expensive Supra!
P.S. That is a hella expensive Supra!
10-22-2009, 12:51 PM
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Super Sexy car!
I don't think it's ruined
I don't think it's ruined
10-22-2009, 06:29 PM
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I think the nose looks...well, cheap (for its pricetag). The front looks like the concept had sex with a Mazdaspeed RX-8, which would be fine if the bastard wasn't $380k. It should have had a Toyota badge, with a turbo inline 6 under the hood named a Supra, sold for the masses. Hell, a current Supra would even be successful in the 95k-110k price range, and turned a profit in even this economy.
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10-23-2009, 07:50 AM
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Please tell me exactly what had to be changed style wise to make the concept road legal?
They are producing a +350k market car with 500 buyers, you do not need to alter a concept (or even produce one for that matter.) I'm happy for lexus taking a chance and going full tilt into an exotic segment car, but personally i cannot see choosing this over some of the more grounded exotic companys, especially for the price.
10-23-2009, 10:42 AM
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If you look at the concept vehicle, you see something new (at least from a Toyota/Lexus standpoint). The designers had lowing lines and something that could actually be production worthy for the pricetag they are looking at. Competing possibly with Aston Martin or Bugatti.
However, the "release candidate" seems to imply that upper management made the decision to take the Supra body, update it with Nissan 370Z headlights (slightly altered, of course), give it great gobs of horsepower, and make it compete with the Infinit G37, Corvette, and GT-R crowd -- luxury, performance, and power... in an "affordable" package.
However, the "release candidate" seems to imply that upper management made the decision to take the Supra body, update it with Nissan 370Z headlights (slightly altered, of course), give it great gobs of horsepower, and make it compete with the Infinit G37, Corvette, and GT-R crowd -- luxury, performance, and power... in an "affordable" package.
10-23-2009, 10:48 AM
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If you look at the concept vehicle, you see something new (at least from a Toyota/Lexus standpoint). The designers had lowing lines and something that could actually be production worthy for the pricetag they are looking at. Competing possibly with Aston Martin or Bugatti.
However, the "release candidate" seems to imply that upper management made the decision to take the Supra body, update it with Nissan 370Z headlights (slightly altered, of course), give it great gobs of horsepower, and make it compete with the Infinit G37, Corvette, and GT-R crowd -- luxury, performance, and power... in an "affordable" package.
However, the "release candidate" seems to imply that upper management made the decision to take the Supra body, update it with Nissan 370Z headlights (slightly altered, of course), give it great gobs of horsepower, and make it compete with the Infinit G37, Corvette, and GT-R crowd -- luxury, performance, and power... in an "affordable" package.