Los Angeles 2019: The Lexus LF-30 Concept, or Gazing Into the Distant Future

The winged Lexus LF-30 Electrified concept flew itself across the Pacific to be at the Los Angeles Auto Show and give a peek at the (distant) future of the brand’s design vision

As a rule, concept cars are made to make us dream. In some cases, we get ones that are very close to production-ready, but most of the time the prototypes we discover at auto show are nowhere near that.  There’s another subset of concepts: the ones that will see the light day when heck freezes over. These serve as weapons of shock and awe, and also to preview the possible future design directions of a brand.

A perfect example is the Lexus LF-30 Electrified concept. The winged creature first made its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show last month, and it’s now flown in for the show in Los Angeles to be admired up close by visitors to that event.

Let’s start with an understatement: the design is… different. It’s difficult to call it beautiful, exactly, so futuristic and unique is its appearance. Straight out of 2050 or so…

The model serves to preview the future designs of Lexus electric vehicles in the future, in the long-term future to be precise. It also ties in with the company’s celebrations of its 30 years of existence as Toyota’s luxury brand.

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