03 February 2011 - 14:10
Lexus to showcase tuned CT200h
Lexus has announced an ‘aggressive' version of its CT200h hatch to showcase at the upcoming Chicago motor show.
Tuned by Five Axis, the custom CT gets a widebody conversion, lowered TEIN Flex coilover suspension, custom 19-inch FIVE:AD forged wheels, a suede interior, touch-screen centre console, Stoptech big brake conversion and the unfortunately titled ‘Dark Passage' green paint. Seriously. ‘Dark Passage'.
See pics of the tuned Lexus, and, erm, Kylie
Reckon the CT200h needed modifying? After all, it is a sub-100g/km CO2 motor set on caressing the tortured carcass of mother nature, albeit with a gluey steering feel and crashy ride. Lexus feels it's good enough to race, though, becuase it'll stick two dozen on the track at the Australian Grand Prix Celebrity Race
In other news, Our Kylie Minogue has been selected to support the launch of the CT200h, and will appear in telly and print adverts. They've issued a picture, which you might like to view. Spuriously, we've also attached a pic of when Kylie endorsed the StreetKa. Just because.
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Stevo97 commented on this article
at 09:57 am on 04 February 2011
when i saw the pic at the top of this page straight away i thought the front looks like the BMW 1 series M (i saw in the tg feb issue), and the back sought of like a mazda 3. Also, whats with the low profile tires and streamline side mirrors. But in the other pic of the real one none of that is there, and the 4 door makes it look like an suv (especially with Kylie there)
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