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Old 06-01-10, 06:27 AM
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For the rest of us, there was the simple and detailed LFA paper model posted by Autoblog late last year, now also a more detailed Paperkraft model posted here in PDF form:

http://papercar.dtiblog.com/blog-entry-59.html
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Old 06-01-10, 05:23 PM
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Article in the NYT blogosphere. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...dge/?ref=media

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Lexus Drives to the Jagged Edge
By STUART ELLIOTT

Drinking and driving do not mix. Is that why Lexus is shattering a Champagne glass in a new commercial?

No, not really. The spot, scheduled to begin running on Wednesday, is meant to demonstrate the “pursuit of perfection,” to quote the Lexus slogan, in a new way.

The commercial features a new Lexus model, the two-seat LFA, a so-called supercar. But the spot is intended to burnish the Lexus brand image as much as to sell the new car since only 500 of the two-seaters are to be produced.

The Champagne flute breaks in the commercial as a result of the sound of the IFA’s engine being revved up. A physicist was hired, Lexus says, to help determine the type of glass whose natural resonance frequency matched the frequency of the engine noise, which causes the glass to vibrate until it breaks.

Fans of the Lexus brand will recall a couple of previous times that glassware played leading parts in the brand’s pitches. A pyramid of Champagne glasses on a hood helped Toyota Motor introduce the Lexus luxury marque in 1989.

And in 2006, a commercial showed a LS 460 being parallel-parked with its park-assist feature, thereby keeping intact two giant pyramids of Champagne glasses.

Lexus is breaking out — pun intended — the glassware again to introduce a campaign that carries the theme “Engineering the impossible.”
And the commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16hPBsw2Uy4&fmt=22

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Old 06-01-10, 05:37 PM
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Sweeeeeeeeeet!
Old 06-01-10, 05:45 PM
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Wow, that sounds like an awesome commercial. Can't wait to see it.
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That commercial is sick!
Old 06-01-10, 06:34 PM
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Instant classic!
Old 06-01-10, 07:00 PM
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****ing sweet!! Can't wait to see!
Old 06-01-10, 07:14 PM
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haha now that's one sweet commercial!
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Old 06-01-10, 07:42 PM
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BTW, did anyone notice in the commercial the mpg was 4.1?
Old 06-01-10, 08:29 PM
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That was a bad *** commercial...

The Pursuit of The Impossible...The Pursuit of Perfection...that's Lexus on another level...both very difficult to achieve...

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Old 06-01-10, 08:40 PM
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absolutely amazing.
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I hope to see this on TV ... havnt seen it yet.
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Very good commercial
Old 06-01-10, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by gengar
I dislike the condescending, negative tone in this article. It's also inaccurate... haven't all of them been spoken for?

****.


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