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Old 04-18-07, 08:16 PM
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Pearlescent white Lexus Soarer V8 custom electrically-operated soft-top cabriolet 1991, SC500 stroked with huge MP112 supercharger, hydro lifting suspension, hand-stitched cream leather interior, one-off car, still used on the Auto Couture site by them as their demo car. Being registered in the UK right now. At 20,000 GBP but negotiation poss. About 450bhp. Very low mileage, 62K km.

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/71...cars-sale.html
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can anyone convert that into US dollars? Im too lazy to search...
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Total guess, but in the price range of around 40K?
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From Google.com
20 000 British pounds = 39 788 U.S. dollars
Only if I had that amount of play money hidden inside my sofa...
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Yeah, I could only dream of owning those... at least right now, still in college.
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Originally Posted by One HoT
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Only if I had that amount of play money hidden inside my sofa...
yeah, you're tellin me! my money tree is on its last limb!
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that would be pretty sweet- does anyone have any pictures of this soarer?
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This one?


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Back when that car was for sale in Japan about a year ago it was going for a little over 20k.
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does anyone know which company did the convertible conversion for this car?
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Would love to own that bad boy
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I would love to put that hunk in a car crusher.
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Originally Posted by iasc300
that would be pretty sweet- does anyone have any pictures of this soarer?








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Originally Posted by TurboTeg
Pearlescent white Lexus Soarer V8 custom electrically-operated soft-top cabriolet 1991, SC500 stroked with huge MP112 supercharger, hydro lifting suspension, hand-stitched cream leather interior, one-off car, still used on the Auto Couture site by them as their demo car. Being registered in the UK right now. At 20,000 GBP but negotiation poss. About 450bhp. Very low mileage, 62K km.

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/71...cars-sale.html
I'd buy the motor. But as for the convertible... bleck.
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Originally Posted by Koma
I'd buy the motor. But as for the convertible... bleck.
The convertible is a nice touch! It is very very rare, so you would get sooo many looks and I bet you could pick up so manay hot chicks!


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