Japanese Modern Life Crafts 「日本の暮らしのモダン工芸」: Lexus レクサス

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2014-04-27

Lexus LS L-Select program: Escape Journey

There many beautiful items produced in Japan that unfortunately are not available outside the country. The same implies for the L-Select customization program available for the Lexus LS.

As part of the L-Select program (more info), there are six ‘worlds’ from which to choose the look and feel of your interior. Those "worlds" are the Presidential Suite, Escape Journey, Japanese Modern (my personal favourite), Royal Therapy, Wild Beauty and Passionate Spirit. The most distinct ones are definately the Escape Journey and the Passionate Spirit and although they may seem as extreme at first glance, the craftmanship and colour combinations are simply amazing.

The Escape Journey (more info) in particular conjures the image of a Mediterranean style yacht. The Marine Blue (マリンブルー) leather on the dashboard is spread in such a way that reproduces the scene of a steering cruiser aiming at the horizon (Kajiwokiru 舵を切る)! The aluminium trim also conjures the image of how the water reflects light.

Source of photos: Luxury TV

Source of price list: kotakunのページ

2014-04-11

Lexus officially reveals all-new NX

Today’s automotive industry is a disappointed in my view. There is an endless fight, especially between the premium manufacturers, of how many models each maker can introduce in the market, while true quality and design are left behind. The only companies that have chosen to stay out of this fight is Lexus and Volvo.

Lexus is a company that I really respect and admire, although some of their past models didn’t have a clear character. This has changed over the recent years and they have managed to come up with an impressive design language! It is bold and unique, while at the same time differs between their models, although the principles are the same. I am really impressed by the new IS, the amazing RC and now with the all-new NX.

Since road conditions are far from ideal where I live, an SUV would be the best type of car to drive and for sure the NX would be my choice. As soon as Lexus introduces a configurator, it will be only a matter of shorting out the financial bit...