Photo: Khyzyl Saleem
Another day, another rendering exploiting the wild side of the Lexus LC 500 - this seems to be the Internet's reaction to Lexus' new halo car and we couldn't be happier about it.
After we showed you a racecar incarnation of the Lex yesterday, we are now back on the topic to talk about what an LC drift machine would look like.
In fact, we'll leave the image above do most of the talking. This is a rendering coming from young British artist Khyzyl Saleem, who imagined the LC 500 as what he calls a drift missile.
To be more precise, we are dealing with one of those sideways machines that wear battle scars all over them, but the damage is not affecting its impressive performance. This is the machine being portrayed on what appears to be the Nikko track in Japan.
As we've mentioned before when talking about Khyzyl's work, it's difficult not to be impressed with the artist's Photoshop skills upon finding out images such as this one are created during his lunch break.
As for the car itself, we don't expect anybody to turn an LC 500 into a slip angle-friendly animal anytime soon. Still, such a move wouldn't be impossible, and we're not just saying this because we're following the "never say never" principle.
For instance, nobody expected one of the just 500 Lexus LFA masterpieces to become Yoichi Imamura's D1 GP weapon. Especially not with the V10 engine being replaced by a TRD (Toyota Racing Development) NASCAR V8 under its hood.
Nevertheless, after the LFA was totaled in a flood, its new life became quite a blessing. A blessing that sees the rear wheels having to deal with no less than 1,000 hp.
The story reached quite the climax late last year, when the LFA battled it out with the world's only Lamborghini drift car, Daigo Saito's Murcielago (more on that here).
So you should never say never.
In fact, we'll leave the image above do most of the talking. This is a rendering coming from young British artist Khyzyl Saleem, who imagined the LC 500 as what he calls a drift missile.
To be more precise, we are dealing with one of those sideways machines that wear battle scars all over them, but the damage is not affecting its impressive performance. This is the machine being portrayed on what appears to be the Nikko track in Japan.
As we've mentioned before when talking about Khyzyl's work, it's difficult not to be impressed with the artist's Photoshop skills upon finding out images such as this one are created during his lunch break.
As for the car itself, we don't expect anybody to turn an LC 500 into a slip angle-friendly animal anytime soon. Still, such a move wouldn't be impossible, and we're not just saying this because we're following the "never say never" principle.
For instance, nobody expected one of the just 500 Lexus LFA masterpieces to become Yoichi Imamura's D1 GP weapon. Especially not with the V10 engine being replaced by a TRD (Toyota Racing Development) NASCAR V8 under its hood.
Nevertheless, after the LFA was totaled in a flood, its new life became quite a blessing. A blessing that sees the rear wheels having to deal with no less than 1,000 hp.
The story reached quite the climax late last year, when the LFA battled it out with the world's only Lamborghini drift car, Daigo Saito's Murcielago (more on that here).
So you should never say never.
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