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Description: It seems like such a waste, as the body kits, exotic paint, suspensions, brakes, et al. are going into the crusher for a life sentence as a cube. Apparently the law sometimes circumvents common sense.
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How about shipped overseas as an ornament? I'd take good care of them
The mirrors, glass, doors, hood, seats and the engine!!!!! Waaaaaaaste......,
The tc so Toyota does no sporty but obviously sporty isn't needed to be number 1
Toyota does have some good sporty cars just not currently but they had the 86 mr2 cellica and let's not forget the supra and just to let everyone know they still know how to wow everyone they made the lfa and now they have the new 86 and dont 4get
And yes, in the first quarter of 2012 Toyota took back the crown from gm, their was an article on it
Yea, I don't get that either... Everyone says toyota sucks but its only bec for a while they had no sportyness in their line up, so people started saying they were crap, but only the people looking for a (new) sports car. They have the gt 86 coming, so that might help. But I don't think they'd b the best selling automaker right now if they were as crappy as everyone on this app says they are!
Yeah I never got that whole only a toyota arguement either, and Like what was earlier stated, Lexus Giving everyone else competition now, more to Come With their more performance based cara
Not a crack at anyone, I truly mean that with respect. But as you don't have to respect "Lexus", you do have to respect "416bhp".
I guarantee you, if you woke up to an IS-F with your name on the title in your driveway, there wouldn't be any complaining. Besides, as much as I hate to say it, it probably performs better than anything anyone here drives.
I don't get the "it's just a Toyota" argument. Toyota is a very well respected manufacturer and Lexus has been giving BMW, Merc, and Audi stiff competition for the last decade and will continue to do so.
I prefer Japanese cars over American, I admit I do like American cars but I'd rather own a Japanese
No not what I meant I love plenty of Japanese cars. But buying any new Toyota other than the lfa and 86 is a waste
It seems odd that the doors, glass, engine and interior and such were left. I would bet the bodies were bought as salvage and will be parted out later.
I'm still clueless for that meaning Just Toyotas. I'll buy a Toyota Over Any American Car Period!!!!
shouldn't the other Lexus appear in this photo ... maybe it was moved to the crusher.
Poor car, such a beauty... And die calavier die... I really hate calavier's/ sunfire's I'm srry but they are some of the ugliest cars ever made IMO!!!!!
Something called donating to charity. The cars did not need to be destroyed. Cannot be sold. That is an extremely absurd law. Whoever agreed to that has a stick up their backside.
Evan go change your tampon.
Dumb reasons. The United States of Gay is the bottom of the barrel when it comes to automotive culture
The SEMA cars were pre-production prototypes used in test drives for the press. I found that information in the Lexus SEMA press release for 09.
Jet-powered Focus for more than half a decade before it went to someone else. No idea where it's at now.
Crushing them is at least a write off. Ford had a dollar car program where you can purchase a car for tuning purposes. But most of the time you have to agree to an 18-month show program. After you're done with it, it gets crushed. We had our jet
They lend out millions of dollars worth of cars for this purpose. Giving them away would technically be a financial loss. Crusj
After that time duration has expired they are returned to the manufacturer to be crushed. This is due to safety reasons, tax reasons, financial reasons just to name a few. It's mind boggling how many cars they crush for this reason but....
As someone who used to publish a racing magazine in the 90's, this is a common practice amongst auto manufacturers. We would get cars from various companies to tune for SEMA, and other shows but they would be on lease for a certain duration of time..
Why does the law say they can't be used?? What's the point of that?
Why destroy it- donate it!