Question: Which Stodgy Luxury Car Gets Most Transformed At Extremely Low Altitude?
After my tirade about big fat luxury cars in the 24 Hours of LeMons, I got to thinking about all the once-boring luxury machines I’ve seen with brutal slam jobs. In so many cases— yes, even with a vintage Audi 100— dropping the Chairman of the Board’s luxury ride about a foot works wonders for its appearance.
For my money, Japanese luxury cars such as the Mitsubishi Debonair, Toyota Century, and Nissan President respond best to this treatment, as demonstrated by many wild-eyed Japanese customizers (though Detroit limos look great, too). How about you?
Toyota Century image from Minkara, via Speedhunters.
Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.
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I really like the old cars dropped, somehow they jujust plain look better. Maybe it's the long low hood and trunk & upright greenhouse of 1960s cars that make it look better low. '60s toyota corona, toyota crown If you're going to do the Century, I have to say the Mitsubishi Debonair of the same era is amazing lowered. '60s Pontiac Star Chief '60s Dodge Diplomat Also, not your luxury vehicle (of the time) but early '60s Suburbans look good down low too.
I like me a lowered Volvo 850 Wagon, especially if R.