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more about #frankfurt more comments → Dhillaz 2.0: Let's hope they do a better job than Italdesign's Buick-alicious Landau. more » smalleyxb122: Maybe with the current push toward downsizing, a premium hatch could have a market. It has, after all, been a decade and a half since the ill-fated 3... more » ThreeLitre: so, this competes with what exactly? The 1 series and the A3 are like the only two I can think of that are kind of close to a premium brand hatch. more » Maymar: Why do I get the feeling that it's going to look and feel disturbingly like an overpriced Matrix, and for the first year will be called *random pairin... more » blue-coupe: Looks good. It being a Lexus, I'm sure the concept is writing checks that the production model won't even come close to covering. more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Looks like they've really felt the effects of the recession, and can't afford tires any longer. more » Canuck Chinaman: Geez... all that anticipation of a Toyobaru and that's all they come up with? A hybird Lexus Impreza wagon!?!?!? I'll take a used Saab 9-2x areo thanks. more » theeastbaykid: Not the most exciting spec sheet, but the more hatches the merrier. more » blue-coupe: I guess it was cheaper to photoshop the reaview mirrors on than to actually hot glue the corolla mirrors on. more » Ring of Feugo: It kind of makes the Venza look good. Maybe that's their aim. The Venza should be a higher profit vehicle for Toyota anyways, right? Introduce an ugly... more » 2trips: so it's a toyota matrix with a leather interior and heated seats. yawn more » Ring of Feugo: I'm going to go ahead and suggest that outward visibility may be just slightly compromised in the name of 'style'. The above concept looks like the u... more » If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face: Can't we just have the IS station wagon back, instead? more » Miscellanea: Respectable, but let's see a 350 or F trim and I'll be slightly more interested than not really interested at all. more » optional flavor: Within the next few years, we will have the technology to make the headlights stretch all the way around to the back, and be united with the taillight... more » -
#frankfurtmotorshow
Lexus Premium Compact Concept Frankfurt-Bound
This is the first skech of Lexus' "premium compact concept" for the Frankfurt Motor Show, which appears to be a hatchback or wagon with the family nose applied to the front. We're fairly sure this isn't a TopGear.com prank. -
#conceptcars
Lexus To Unveil Hatch Concept At Frankfurt Show
Lexus will be tossing water on its boring image with a stylish, Corolla-based five door hybrid hatchback concept. It'll preview a 2011 model year competitor for the Audi A3. Despite the hybridization and low-priced roots, it kinda looks interesting. More » -
#overthebackfence
MINI Broadspeed May Be MINI Coupe Moniker
MotoringFile is reporting the just-greenlit MINI coupe may get the name "Broadspeed" after the successful racing team which eventually built their own coupes back in the day. Look for the concept debut at Frankfurt. [MotoringFile via Autoblog] -
