RE: Lexus LF-CC concept

[DeltaEvo2]

The front of the car is melting...

Edited by DeltaEvo2 on Wednesday 19th September 11:19

[garypotter]

great looking car except the Grille, too much.
very max powerish

That sort of grill hides a front mount intercooler but would lexus need/require a fmi on a hybrid mid management targeted car?

[Prawnboy]

i like the......splits the dash into upper ‘Display Zone’ and lower ‘Operation Zone’

my car does that allready, when i operate the headlights from the operation zone the bulb on the dislay zone infront of me illuminates.

they do talk a load....

still, it looks good.

[RINGMEISTER]

robm3 said:

Sigh, haven't you guys learnt anything yet, this is a LEXUS concept therefore:

Concept looks like this:




Reality looks like this:

Agreed, if this is the 'full fat' version by the time it hits the streets it'll be 'skimmed, lactose and gluten free'

[geoffers360]

dele said:

That front profile is blowing my head apart trying to figure out what its meant to look like

Looks like an Original series Cylon to me.

[jason61c]

I think it looks good, all of the new range of Lexus cars are lookers(IMO).

[RX7]

Just like some Audis and Evo x's the front end will be totally ruined with the edition of a numberplate!

[matpilch]

the profile is crazy good, loving it. 3 series coupe is no match for this, in it's current state (in terms of looks, obviously)

[DE15 CAT]

dele said:

That front profile is blowing my head apart trying to figure out what its meant to look like

Reminds me of brucie's chin, make the electrics cheap & on a wet misty morning could sound like him: DDDDDDDDDrrrrrrrrrrr.

[rustymx5]

Good looking and a NA 2.5 V6 rather than a droney 4 pot turbo? I like.

[TNH]

2.5L hybrid? About time.

[T1berious]

I think it looks awesome if it retains or improves on the sort of performance figures that the GS450h has, it should be a worthy BMW alternative.

Good effort

[adz13091982]

If it looks like that come production time i'll eat my hat, I would be interested to see how a 4 door version would work with that design.

[AnotherClarkey]

TNH said:

2.5L hybrid? About time.

That could be a really great drivetrain if they make the electric motor(s) beefy enough.

[detomaso]

ZOLLAR said:

This is a very nice side profile



Looks good.

+1 looks awesome

[HighwayStar]

RINGMEISTER said:

robm3 said:

Sigh, haven't you guys learnt anything yet, this is a LEXUS concept therefore:

Concept looks like this:




Reality looks like this:

Agreed, if this is the 'full fat' version by the time it hits the streets it'll be 'skimmed, lactose and gluten free'

All true but lately with the LFA and the CT200 were closer to their concepts.

[M@1975]

I think Lexus have learned that they need to keep the promises of their usually very nice loking design concepts to avoid getting left behind.. The grill will inevitably change as it's not great by any measure but the side profile is like a MUCH improved A5, if they are going after the A4/5 and 3 series market then frmo the side they are bang on. Nice to see they are retaining RWD too.

[TNH]

AnotherClarkey said:

That could be a really great drivetrain if they make the electric motor(s) beefy enough.

And with emissions of less than 100g/km it could be a real winner for them. I wouldnt even mind if it go nowhere near the claimed economy because Mr Tax man wouldnt be having my pants down (quite as much).

[Captain Muppet]

garypotter said:

great looking car except the Grille, too much.
very max powerish

That sort of grill hides a front mount intercooler but would lexus need/require a fmi on a hybrid mid management targeted car?

On hybrid cars you need radiators for battery cooling, power electronics cooling and for cooling the electric motor too. Depending on what the target temperatures are for each system you could maybe combine those three in to two, plus a rad for the engine coolant, a PAS cooler and the AC condenser. Lots of radiators to hide behind grills.

RX7 said:

Just like some Audis and Evo x's the front end will be totally ruined with the edition of a numberplate!

Addition. Your voice recognition software needs an update...

[jimjim150]

Well I doubt they would mount a number plate on that grille, so expect future cars to use 'aspects' of the concept, probably the door handles.