how the SC's were designed

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03-29-10, 10:12 AM

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Nice post thank you. I've only seen a few Lexus SC videos around, nice to know where our cars came from.

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03-29-10, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by texan_176

I've seen the video as well (the dealer intro one) but I think the styling was strongly influenced by the 5th gen Celica that was all about curves and round edges. It was the first mass production car on the road to have that as a theme all over the car.

I agree, the Toyota/Lexus designers of the 5th gen Celica, 2nd gen Mr2, Mk4 Supra and our SCs came out with beautiful looking cars, the best in the 90s.