The days of the wallflower Lexus are truly gone. The current GS is a sharp looking exec in the mould of the E60 5-Series, and the new IS is aggressive to the point of being polarising. But Frankfurt’s Lexus LF-NX Concept pushes the L-finesse design envelop further. Too bold? Thought you wanted…
The LF-NX crossover concept’s face is dominated by the now familiar Lexus spindle grille. Both the chrome trim and grille mesh pattern increase in size as the grille widens through the lower bumper area. The upper edges of the grille give rise to prominent lines that define the bonnet edges.
The front lighting features three diamond-shaped LED headlamps and independent Daytime Running Lights (DRL) first seen on the new IS. Here, the swoosh DRLs are bisected by vertical air intakes.
Moving to the side, both front and rear wings are formed by a series of concave and convex curves, and the wheel arches incorporate black painted trim – a rare nod to the regular crossover. The belt line forms a pronounced diamond shape in plan form, reaching its widest point adjacent to the B-pillar before narrowing as it flows astern.
The rear of the LF-NX is dominated by “highly articulated” lamp clusters. They extend the full depth of the bumper, creating a sharp, aerodynamic trailing edge detail.
The L-shape of the lamp itself is scored strongly into the rear bodywork, creating an echo of the front spindle grille form. There are no visible exhaust pipes, a deliberate move in recognition of the hybrid powertrain’s eco-friendly credentials.
Inside, it’s a continuation of the ‘Human Oriented’ concept realised in both the LFA supercar and new IS, just more stylised as a concept car. The shapely centre console extends the full length of the cabin to bisect the rear seats – this is a four-seater.
“We want this to be a very influential car — one to make its rivals look boring,” design project manager Nobuyuki Tomatsu was quoted as saying. “This isn’t one of those show cars that is 95% representative of something finished. We have taken a risk, and we hope the reaction will be positive. If it is, there is no reason why our production car couldn’t look like this,” he added.
You’ve heard the man, so go ahead and give your two cents on this “risk” and Lexus’ new image.
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Looks like its been in a fight with a Transformer robot…and LOST
Y paultanian can accept hyundai fluidic design cannot accept lexus design? Both futuristic in design…i like both design but don want to own one..
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DAT FRONT. is tooooooo complicated. GS was awesome. IS felt overdone. This takes overdone to a whole new level though.
Nightmare to wash the front grill. Too bling bling for me.
WTH?? its look like an origami works. 1 dislike for you, Lexus.
lol sci-fi center console.
menacing look !
This LX-NX makes Range Rover Evoque look like Proton Saga.
Reminds me of the Predator’s jaw
superb!!!
OVERKILL
great concept and the concept of future
optimus will be overjoyed as he found a cousin.
Waaahhh.. Sharp edges everywhere… Boleh buat org injured kalau terhantuk nii
eerr… feel a bit complicated…
What’s in lexus mind? Trying to outdo others with suicide design?
Come on… they can do better than this.
Btw, who’s the butt hole that approved this design?
Lexus recently working closely with Nike?
Despite such a fanfare launch early this year I have not seen a single new Lexus IS on the road yet. What happened to those who showered it with praise here? When come to parting for your money with something so garish, all chickened out. Audi make more sense.
Look at the spec what the German give and what Lexus give with the same price. And are BMW and MB pure German? It was locally produced and called as Buatan Malaysia. Lexus is fully imported from Japan and widely praised for it’s bangs for bucks with exceptional build quality. German, the build is on par with Proton but because of the badge, people tends to go crazy about it. What do you expect people who think XV50 Camry is the best know about car?
You can have the best built quality in the world but if the look is polarizing, there will not be many takers. Just like Lady Gaga. Many men adore her, dream of her and talk about her, but few dare to be close to her, let alone spend a night with her. Just too scary.
Love the technology but hard to digest the design..sorry Lexus.
The next batmobile. And probably Darth Vader’s favorite cruiser too. Works well in fantasy movies but ah-bengish in the real world. Thats why its a concept car & the sharp knife edges will not make it into production. Cheers!
it looks like a vacuum cleaner.
DAT ASS is SUPERRB..!!