I sometimes wonder if the sole purpose of that Lexus wasn't so that Tom Cruise could have a futuristic ride in
Minority Report
Anyhow, that car (ie the rolling mock-up used for filming)
is on sale, if anyone is interested in coastdown testing it
IMO the mirrors (on the prototype, not movie, version) are mounted high to get a view of more than just the rear wheels:
More pics
here.
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is
where you're going, not
how fast.
"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell
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