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Old 02-19-09, 08:10 AM
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Default Crystallised wind ( a fully transparent LFA) on display at Salone del Mobile in Milan





The city of Milan will host in concomitance with the Salone del Mobile, one of the most important design fairs in the world, an exhibition devoted to the famous L-finesse-crystallised wind Lexus; visitors will have the rare opportunity to get a closer look at this “beauty” at Museo della Permanente in Milan from 22 to 26 April 2009. With this new model, Lexus takes a major step forward in car development . Here the wind is not only seen as the movement of air, but also as current and flux; a world where the natural and artificial meet and blend harmoniously.

The concept car on display in Milan boasts a superb range of accessories, gadgets and styling products; all made of the same transparent material. It’s not only about design, said Wahei Hirai, responsible of the project, it goes deeper than that ; we tried to create something really special; we love to work with international artists and designers and a less common kind of collaboration never fails to bring a greater depth of expertise, major improvement and a deeper vision.
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Wow would love to see better pics.
Old 02-19-09, 08:49 AM
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Wow... Looks hot... Although, I'm definitely starting to think that the LF-A is Lexus' White Tiger...
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Well that's nice, but you know what would have been even better? THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION CAR with an announcement saying something like: "the first ones for purchase will be in showrooms later this year"
Old 02-19-09, 09:06 AM
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stop wasting money on promotions like these and actually make the damn car already!
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Toyota, give us a teaser by continuing the Supra lineup.

Just put a turbo in the 3.5 engine and call it a Supra.
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i just wonder how much this cost them.

with all these prototypes and promo vehicles... i have a feeling they want to make this a million dollar lexus.
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this car gets more hype than any other vapor-ware in history.
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im bored of the LF-A
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Originally Posted by toy4two
this car gets more hype than any other vapor-ware in history.
Well, that's because this "vaporware" actually EXISTS, unlike the other vaporwares in history...
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Oh for god's sake

Slowly turning into vapor ware with the "crystal" version. Next up will be the LF-A made out of water, and then the LF-A made out of smoke.
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another waste of money that's supposed to be symbolic of what? how the LF-A is almost nonexistant? lol
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Originally Posted by suislide
im bored of the LF-A
seriously. To much talk . I want to see a damn car already. Nissan teased us but gave us the GTR quickly and we had lots of early pics
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Originally Posted by Faymester
Well that's nice, but you know what would have been even better? THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION CAR with an announcement saying something like: "the first ones for purchase will be in showrooms later this year"
Originally Posted by Coco-bun
stop wasting money on promotions like these and actually make the damn car already!
This.

Originally Posted by I8ABMR
seriously. To much talk . I want to see a damn car already. Nissan teased us but gave us the GTR quickly and we had lots of early pics
The first GT-R concept came out at least 5 years before the production GT-R showed up.
Old 02-19-09, 10:57 PM
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here is an LF-A thats not transparent. This picture was posted on passionatepursuit.com today
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