Tuesday 2nd January 2018

Lexus LC500 by Liberty Walk

Is the LC500 bold enough already? Liberty Walk is certainly making its stance clear...

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Love it or loathe it, the current Lexus styling direction is certainly distinctive. Also firmly entrenched in the automotive Marmite category is Liberty Walk; it's hard to be impassive about either, the work of both so completely and defiantly bold.

And here's what happens when you combine the two, Liberty Walk's latest creations being based on the Lexus LC500. Yes, that's creations plural, because not one but two wide-body kits are on offer from LW for the LC; after all, why limit yourself to just one bonkers coupe?

They don't look terribly different from here, though. You've got rivets, you've got a ducktail, you've got camber - they're Liberty Walk cars, no doubt. The main difference between the two according to the website - aside from the significant price difference - comes in the spoilers, but even those look remarkably similar. Perhaps there are more details to follow in time.

As with previous Liberty Walk upgrades, the bodykits can be purchased in fibreglass or CFRP and as individual components. So if you just wanted the ducktail, for example, it's available from $2,000... The first complete kit starts at $13,380, the second at $15,650 - the carbon equivalents are $16,740 and $19,440 respectively.

Neither is a bargain then, but what were you expecting from Liberty Walk? The car is £90K to start with as well. Don't forget to add a few thousand more for air ride too. And perhaps another set of wheels. Still, for making an impact wherever you go, there can't be many more guaranteed ways to do so than with a Liberty Walk Lexus LC. Just leave the stickers off, OK?

[Sources: Motor Trend, Liberty Walk]

[Quickmoose]

When they say there are two kits....is it one in GRP and one in CFRP?

Liberty walk... a guilty pleasure for me...

[Quickmoose]

Tongue firmly in cheek here, but the amount of dislike these creations get is funny....
So low you can't drive it on the road you say? Splitters going to bite the dust per chance?
Body work added seemingly haphazardly? Smashed its way through Halfords?
So we talking about the Senna again?

This 'creation' is about as usable and likeable as the Macca, just different sides of the street that's all. One is a manga based styling wk fest, the other is an aerdynamists' wk festy effort at race car.... Compromised for road annnnd compromised for track.
Both legitimately admired and legitimately laughed at.

[Quickmoose]

Maldini35 said:

Quickmoose said:

Tongue firmly in cheek here, but the amount of dislike these creations get is funny....
So low you can't drive it on the road you say? Splitters going to bite the dust per chance?
Body work added seemingly haphazardly? Smashed its way through Halfords?
So we talking about the Senna again?

This 'creation' is about as usable and likeable as the Macca, just different sides of the street that's all. One is a manga based styling wk fest, the other is an aerdynamists' wk festy effort at race car.... Compromised for road annnnd compromised for track.
Both legitimately admired and legitimately laughed at.

Lighten up - it’s just a bit of fun

Variety is the spice of life etc.

Oh, and comparing this to the McLaren Senna is nonsense. Surely it’s time you got off that hobby horse?

lighten up? I'm not angry or anything? ...in my first post I said these were a guilty pleasure of mine...and given I also just put both cars can be legitimately liked or laughed at....kinda signifies I'm more than aware what variety is ta.
I'm not a hobby horse.... and as has been noted the comparison stands quite firm. not in stats, cost or even brand status... but on something that has fans from quite extreme opposites weirdly come together over an end product that is hugely compromised.

I hope you're light enough