MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The never-seen-before illustrations of the Lexus Electrified Sport concept showcases the early thinking that went into the brand’s vision for a future all-electric high-performance sports car.
The concept inspired by these drawings recently made its first European public appearance at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The sketches are the work of Tom Matsumoto, Senior Lead Designer at Calty Design Research, the innovative design studio in California which plays a pivotal role in communicating the future for Lexus design via bold and exciting concept vehicles.
This study for a radically styled coupe was a striking model among 16 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) revealed by Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation President, in December 2021, as he outlined the company’s far-reaching strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. The show car’s appearance at Goodwood will be its first public appearance outside of Japan.
With the essential bold proportions and low ride height of a sports car, the Lexus Electrified Sport concept symbolises the Lexus brand’s sharp focus on the future.
The images labelled “early sketch,” “goshintai,” “lamp idea,” and”side view” were drawn at an early stage in the genesis of Lexus Electrified Sport concept.
Of those, “goshintai” is intended to be more like an image model rather than a three-dimensional sketch. It helps the designers to create a target of the image without being constrained by the practicalities of size or packaging details.
The images labeled final rendering show the vehicle in a more progressed state of development and provided the reference points for the physical Lexus Electrified Sport concept.
Visitors to the Goodwood Festival of Speed were the first to enjoy a close-up look at the concept, a car that has been greeted by the media as a potential successor to the legendary Lexus LFA. Indeed, Autocar magazine in the UK has proclaimed the Lexus Electrified Sport concept as one of the biggest unveilings at this year’s Festival of Speed.
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