Silly Hypothetical Vehicles

[TheNerdyPotato]

Just starting a brain dump thread of vehicles that Toyota/Lexus *could* build, but probably won't. It's intended to be a fun brainstorming exercise more than serious discussion. Let's roll.

LFA-inspired Minivan
You read that right. I'm talking about a 7-seater with sliding doors and a cargo hatch built like an LFA. Lightweight and stiff carbon fiber monocoque. Exotic, lightweight materials used everywhere. Double wishbone and/or cantilever suspension and huge carbon ceramic brakes. Give it a modified V35A making silly power channeled through an AWD system.

Sure, it'd cost a million bucks, but would it be worth it when you dust that jerk driving a Camaro in a soccer-mom van?

 

[Gecko]

A RWD NX-sized vehicle
NX F
A RWD RX
RX F
Offroad edition LX and GX, a la TRD Pro
A RWD midsize sedan
An IS F

 

[Motor]

A luxury chopper or sport bike with the GS F/RC F's 5.0 V8. Hell, an ATV with that V8 sounds like fun, too.

A Supra, Celica and MR2 from the ground up without anyone's help...I mean partnership. All three cars with NA, turbo and hybrid powertrains with more than adequate power.

 

[F1 Silver Arrows]

A RWD NX-sized vehicle
NX F
A RWD RX
RX F
Offroad edition LX and GX, a la TRD Pro
A RWD midsize sedan
An IS F

Wow you went there all right. No need to hit us in the feels like this. :sob:

 

[Gecko]

Wow you went there all right. No need to hit us in the feels like this. :sob:

 

[GSCT]

Just don’t cancel the GS - PLEASE!

 

[TheNerdyPotato]

A luxury chopper or sport bike with the GS F/RC F's 5.0 V8. Hell, an ATV with that V8 sounds like fun, too.

A Supra, Celica and MR2 from the ground up without anyone's help...I mean partnership. All three cars with NA, turbo and hybrid powertrains with more than adequate power.

I agree with this, though a Lotus partnership on the MR2 could make sense.

 

[TheNerdyPotato]

A RWD NX-sized vehicle
NX F
A RWD RX
RX F
Offroad edition LX and GX, a la TRD Pro
A RWD midsize sedan
An IS F

Not silly enough, but if we're going there, I'll throw a RWD Corolla variant in the list, too.

 

[krew]

A RWD NX-sized vehicle
NX F
A RWD RX
RX F
Offroad edition LX and GX, a la TRD Pro
A RWD midsize sedan
An IS F

Who hurt you?

:skull:

 

[Joaquin Ruhi]

- A Lexus UX F powered by the V35A-FTS 3.5-liter turbo V6 with slightly rearward-biased AWD and torque vectoring.

- A Lexus NX 2-door convertible to rival the Range Rover Evoque.

- A stretched 3-row production version of the LF-1 Limitless somewhat akin to the late Mercedes R-Class.

- A low-slung 5-door hatchback akin to the Porsche Panamera or Audi A7 to replace the Lexus GS.

 

[LexiF]

1. RCF convertible
2. CTF
3. GCS/GSC (A7, CLS rival)
4. LCF convertible
5. NXF
6. RXF
7. ESF
8. A type of sport cross/estate IS
9. A high performance CUV
10 An ultra luxurious private jet

 

[TheNerdyPotato]

1. RCF convertible
4. LCF convertible

Huh, never thought about it, but has Lexus ever built a convertible?

8. A type of sport cross/estate IS

If it's a station wagon, it probably won't sell in USA, despite tons of people buying loads of truckwagons and lifted station wagons pretending to be truckwagons... So, the silliness checks out.

10 An ultra luxurious private jet

As a professional aircraft mechanic, this intrigues me. I know that Toyota cars are generally easy to work on. I wonder how well they would do at making the plane easy to repair. Maybe HondaJet could make an Acura Edition?

 

[Motor]

- A Lexus NX 2-door convertible to rival the Range Rover Evoque.

No, no, no, thankfully that will never see the light of day.

Here's the hairdresser Murano for good measure.

 

[Joaquin Ruhi]

No, no, no, thankfully that will never see the light of day.

Here's the hairdresser Murano for good measure.

I agree. This is a Silly Hypothetical Vehicles thread, after all. The NX Convertible suggestion was tongue-in-cheek.

Having said that, the Murano and Range Rover Evoque convertibles don't bother me as much as they annoy most people.

 

[Ian Schmidt]

Huh, never thought about it, but has Lexus ever built a convertible?

You're kidding, right? SC430 ring any bells?

 

[F1 Silver Arrows]

You're kidding, right? SC430 ring any bells?

Looks like you forgot about the IS C as well

 

[TheNerdyPotato]

I completely forgot about those. I don't think I've ever seen an IS C in person and haven't seen SC430 in years.

Hmmm... I'd love to see the mechanical wizardry to make an LX C.

 

[TheNerdyPotato]

Let's just revive the Cressida nameplate while we're at it...

 

[Motor]

Let's just revive the Cressida nameplate while we're at it...

:thumbsup: Let's kill the Avalon and do just that. Re-purpose the GS's corpse for Toyota duty.

Rear drive Supra powered sedans always win.

 

[TheNerdyPotato]

Adjusted for inflation from January 1989, that comes out to:
Base price: $44,813.66
As tested: $48,242.74
2019 GS300: $46,610

Hmmm....