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Lexus NX 300h "Phoenix" Tuned by AMGAR American Garage

You can find the weirdest stuff if you keep surfing Russian car websites. This project is called "Phoenix" and it's a bright orange Lexus NX 300h made by a company called AMGAR American Garage.
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This is out-of-the-blue stuff, as AMGAR's previous projects include a few Dodge Challengers, a Discovery and an old Astra GTC. The fact that they chose a Lexus NX 300h is a testament to how popular the Japanese luxury brand is in Russia right now.

Few companies have tried to tune the engine of the Lexus NX 300h. It's not available on many other cars, has a weird combustion cycle and no turbocharger. Instead of tuning the untunable, the Russians took to the suspension. There, they installed new shocks and springs, as well as the first HP logos we've seen on brake calipers. Last time we checked, the NX 300h didn't have wavy cross-drilled brakes either, right?

Fans of the American tuning scene should recognize the Vossen alloy wheels immediately. They've been coated in performance rubber and the same orange paint as the body.

But the styling is where most of the magic happens. The front features an extra chin splitter, black mesh grille, carbon inserts for the air intakes and tinted headlights. Down the side, we are treated to side skirts and the first painted fender flares we've seen on a Lexus SUV. Yes, those are factory parts that would have been left black.

Around the rear, the NX has received tinted lights, a skirt that hugs the twin exhaust system and a couple of trunk spoilers.

This being Japan, they could not help but do a few themed photos featuring a model in a kimono holding a bloody blade in the middle of a forest. This has to be some of the worst cosplay ever, because Yuliya Rohmacheva (that's the model's name) looks like a boy with lipstick. But don't tell her or she might commit harakiri!
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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