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LOWDOWN · 06-10-2010, 10:33 AM

If you recall Lexus' first ad series, they stacked filled wine glasses on the hood of an LS400, in a pyramid, and ran the car to (I think) a 100mph on a dyno...no spillage or breakage...

Now...Scott Pruitt at the wheel of an LFA on a dyno...guess what?!

"Theme"...in reverse...20 years later... "Heritage".

Building 500 of anything automotive is simply (?!) a "statement"...to the "faithful", in particular... Many of the 500 (already sold a year ahead of the first delivery, due next year) were sold only AFTER assurances that ONLY 500 would be built. And there were several thousand who expressed "interest"...

And, BTW, they leave the Dealer, initially, on a 24-Month LEASE-with-option, a page out of other exotic car manufacturers' playbooks to cut down on "speculative pricing", initially. You know, how $105G ZR1s became 50-100% upcharged, initially...

Now, if they ONLY built 500-total ZR1s, any guesses as to what THEY might have sold for?????

06-10-2010, 10:33 AM	#38
LOWDOWN Downright Upright Drives: Daily Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cruisin'... Posts: 4,145	If you recall Lexus' first ad series, they stacked filled wine glasses on the hood of an LS400, in a pyramid, and ran the car to (I think) a 100mph on a dyno...no spillage or breakage... Now...Scott Pruitt at the wheel of an LFA on a dyno...guess what?! "Theme"...in reverse...20 years later... "Heritage". Building 500 of anything automotive is simply (?!) a "statement"...to the "faithful", in particular... Many of the 500 (already sold a year ahead of the first delivery, due next year) were sold only AFTER assurances that ONLY 500 would be built. And there were several thousand who expressed "interest"... And, BTW, they leave the Dealer, initially, on a 24-Month LEASE-with-option, a page out of other exotic car manufacturers' playbooks to cut down on "speculative pricing", initially. You know, how $105G ZR1s became 50-100% upcharged, initially... Now, if they ONLY built 500-total ZR1s, any guesses as to what THEY might have sold for????? Last edited by LOWDOWN; 06-10-2010 at 10:46 AM.