The original PT Cruiser offered little for buyers to get excited about with its odd retro design and even stranger color options like dark plum and electric blue. Its conversion to a soft top didn’t improve its aesthetics.
By 1955, the Chevrolet Corvette had been on the market for a few years, tearing up the roads like a pure sports car should. The 1955 model changed the game when General Motors (GM) replaced the V6 engine with a much more powerful V8.
It’s perfectly understandable if buyers eyed the Suzuki X-90 with more than a bit of confusion. It looked like an unsuccessful hybrid between a pickup truck, a sports utility vehicle (SUV), and a convertible car.
The 1950s were the era of the sports car, and Ford’s entry into that niche market, the 1955 Thunderbird convertible, hit all the marks.
Lexus has a well-deserved reputation for beautifully designed, stylish luxury vehicles with impeccable lines. That formula for near-perfection certainly wasn’t followed during the design process of the 2011 Lexus IS convertible.