Lexus has been making a name for itself as one of those companies that does some pretty outlandish things. Let’s face it, it designed that weird electroluminescent paint that picks up and pulses with a driver’s heartbeat, then there is the Lexus hoverboard, and let’s not forget about the laser and sound show they put together with will-i-am. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, Lexus decided to take it one step further. This time, the company put a Lexus NX on wheels made of ice.
Go ahead and read that last sentence again, I really did say the automaker put a NX crossover on ice. Lexus didn’t do the deed all by itself, though. It enlisted the help of Hamilton Ice Sculptors to sculpt and create four special wheels made primarily of ice and a couple of other compounds to help the ice support the weight of the two-ton NX.
In the end, it took three months of research, design and testing before the project was complete. And, that Lexus NX had to be stored for almost a week at -30°C (-22°F,) before taking to the street of its “ice-wheel run.” We don’t know how long the car was actually driven, but it did take to the streets of London, looking like it had just emerged from the coldest icebox imaginable. Check out the two linked videos for yourself, it is pretty cool to see. Those blue LED lights give a bit flair to the already interesting project.
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