The LFA was something of a bolt from the blue from Lexus, a company predominantly known until then for luxurious and long-lasting, but rarely exciting, saloons.
It’s little surprise then that Lexus still references the LFA so many years after its launch, with its latest outing in art car form celebrating ten years of the “F” brand, which actually kicked off with the IS-F sports saloon in 2008.
The LFA is more celebrated though, as much for its rarity – only 500 cars were ever made – as for its remarkable high-revving 4.8-litre V10 powerplant, co-developed with Yamaha and never again used in any other Lexus, and this recognition makes it the ideal choice for an art car.
The work itself is by Portuguese artist Pedro Henriques, who describes the curved, organic patterns on the otherwise origami-sharp LFA as being influenced by ‘the idea of fluidity that’s present in contemporary life, where things are in constant movement and it is hard to freeze anything.’
This article originally appeared at evo.co.uk
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