Lexus IS at the Nurburgring in Germany
04-20-05, 11:42 AM
#61
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Also, the fact that both AutoExpress and Best Car quoted the same displacement and horsepower numbers should mean something, unless of course one simply plagiarized from the other.
04-26-05, 01:14 PM
#62
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Just curious, how many feet away do you think the photographer was hiding? If he/she was within a decent range, they would perhaps be able to hear the sound of the engine at full-throttle... its very easy to tell the difference between the note of a V6 and 8 or more cylinder engine.
04-26-05, 01:30 PM
#63
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Judging by the pictures, he had a very long zoom lens to capture that photo. You can tell by the proportion of the guardrails in back. The image looks "pressed" if you will. I'm sure he was close enough to hear the sound. but it's doubtful the photographer will come here to tell us how it sounded. 
04-26-05, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Faraaz23
Just curious, how many feet away do you think the photographer was hiding? If he/she was within a decent range, they would perhaps be able to hear the sound of the engine at full-throttle... its very easy to tell the difference between the note of a V6 and 8 or more cylinder engine.
The guy must have heard the engine from where he was standing.
04-30-05, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by VVT-i
It is hard to tell about the gap between fender and the how height between the body to the ground from those pictures. The car in the picture may taking a turn or coming down hill and we all know the Ring has a lot of turns.
What is this vent on the driver side hood?
What is this vent on the driver side hood?
) But back to the point, could it be nightvision... I dont know how that works, but could it be... Im thinking about the cluster being portrayed on the windshield as my first guess..Do you guys think I am right
I think it is a good first guess
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04-30-05, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by mink92890
The person that said something about what is on the drivers side... It is making me think of how amazing this IS500 or whatever it is will be... It might me a instrument cluster like the corvette which displays all the info on the windshield, like speed, etc. so u dont have to look at the cluster... If that is Lexus is about to revolutionize (which it already has ) But back to the point, could it be nightvision... I dont know how that works, but could it be... Im thinking about the cluster being portrayed on the windshield as my first guess..
Do you guys think I am right
I think it is a good first guess
Mink92890
) But back to the point, could it be nightvision... I dont know how that works, but could it be... Im thinking about the cluster being portrayed on the windshield as my first guess..Do you guys think I am right
I think it is a good first guess
Mink92890
if you are talking about headup disply HUD, they are usually projected on the windshield from the dash, interior of the car. not from the hood.
i might be wrong. but yours is a good guess tho
05-01-05, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by DC52E55
ahhhh which one on the driver side are you talking about????
if you are talking about headup disply HUD, they are usually projected on the windshield from the dash, interior of the car. not from the hood.
i might be wrong. but yours is a good guess tho
if you are talking about headup disply HUD, they are usually projected on the windshield from the dash, interior of the car. not from the hood.
i might be wrong. but yours is a good guess tho
Mink92890
05-31-05, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Came across a few more pics. Not sure if it's the same one seen at the Nurburgring though. Would've been able to tell if there were a shot at the hood.
05-31-05, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Yeah...the license plate seems to be of European dimensions.
05-31-05, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Richie
Looks to be on their way to Toyota Europe HQ in Belgium, the cars have Belgian plates on them.
I found the pics from this thread: http://www.autoweek.nl/forum/read.ph...=72907&t=72907
If anyone can read what they say (I can't even tell which language they're speaking... .nl = Dutch maybe? Richie?
) maybe it'll give us some clue to where the pictures were taken.
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05-31-05, 02:26 PM
#74
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Originally Posted by rominl
wow seems like lexus is indeed doing a lot of testing there!
05-31-05, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Wow you can tell it's Belgian from such low-res pics. Good eyes you have.
I found the pics from this thread: http://www.autoweek.nl/forum/read.ph...=72907&t=72907
If anyone can read what they say (I can't even tell which language they're speaking... .nl = Dutch maybe? Richie?) maybe it'll give us some clue to where the pictures were taken.
I found the pics from this thread: http://www.autoweek.nl/forum/read.ph...=72907&t=72907
If anyone can read what they say (I can't even tell which language they're speaking... .nl = Dutch maybe? Richie?
) maybe it'll give us some clue to where the pictures were taken.The guys on the Dutch forum where mostly talking about the school girl on the front cover.