RE: Lexus Soarer Mutates Into Mercedes
Thursday 21st October 2010
Forget all those dodgy MR2s turned into Ferraris (honest mate, everyone reckons it's the real thing...) - there is a new king of the weird replica.
Lexus Soarer Mutates Into Mercedes
Fantastic or foul? We just can't decide...
This car started life as a Toyota/Lexus Soarer and has undergone a fairly extreme Mercedesification (we know that's not a word, but it should be), but unlike the MR2 Ferraris it's not really a facsimile of any particular car.
Instead the result is an SL-style rump combined with a CLK front end and a body kit that owes quite a lot to the CLK DTM special edition.
The resulting mutant may not be to everybody's taste, but it is at least somewhat of an improvement over the bland-tastic 1990s look that the car would have originally sported. Maybe.
source: Minds Farm
 |
 |
 |
 |
Discussion
I hate it. No wait a minute I like it, oh hang on I've remembered it's a kit so I hate it again. Ummm hope I don't see one in my rear view mirror and pull in to let it by, will be most disappointed to give the owner the satisfaction that he's fooled me with clk dtm front end. Would be fun to do that to others tho (evil laughs)
If you're trying to get that website on the bumper to work, it should be :
http://www.material164.net
Lawd knows what they've been doing to the rear wheels on other projects.
Different culture, different ideas so I'm not going to scoff.
http://www.material164.net
Lawd knows what they've been doing to the rear wheels on other projects.
Different culture, different ideas so I'm not going to scoff.
I think it's a well executed effort but I hate the idea of it. It's even worse an idea than the SL500 AMG I saw the other day - wow I hate AMG badges on non-AMG Mercedes-Benzes (what's wrong with an SL500?). But back to this and it's ilk. I quite like 'bland' japanese cars of the 90's. I'd love a Lexus SC400 from about 1998, it's like a Japanese XK8 in my mind. An Asian grand tourer, it doesn't need a bodykit of any design. Also that Supra M6-Z4 thing; why? the late 90's Supra is a beautiful car.
I don't really see the point in the 'Mercedes' or the Supra. However, you have to admit there is a high quality of workmanship in both!
If that is what they choose to spend their money on then fair enough.
There was a CRX del sol for sale a few weeks ago on PH with an M6 front end (if I remember rightly) that made me laugh alot!
If that is what they choose to spend their money on then fair enough.
There was a CRX del sol for sale a few weeks ago on PH with an M6 front end (if I remember rightly) that made me laugh alot!
Horrible wheels and colour choice, and the bodykit is a little OTT for my tastes.
Never the less, it is far better proportioned than many of the factory Merc coupe offerings - The new CL in Evo this month, and the E Class coupes as two examples.
Still begs the question ...... Why? Why, when a CLK AMG is available for less than the cost of building that car?
Never the less, it is far better proportioned than many of the factory Merc coupe offerings - The new CL in Evo this month, and the E Class coupes as two examples.
Still begs the question ...... Why? Why, when a CLK AMG is available for less than the cost of building that car?
Motown Junk said:
MrSpike said:
80s Matchbox said:
They've been at it again...can you tell what it is yet? 
I'm guessing Supra?Edited by MrSpike on Thursday 21st October 08:42
Gassing Station | General Gassing [Archive] | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff