Photo Thread for Unusual Vehicles

[GR_CoB]

Rare & unusual incoming.
1990 Lexus ES250, I have only ever seen 1 of these in my life. Front facia is giving off strong JDM Toyota Crown vibes.

 

[GR_CoB]

More pics of it. Low mileage, and is for sale. I think it looks as good as its competitors at the time, the Acura Vigor & Legend. I do see more of those survivors than an ES250.

 

[john_pifer]

Oh yeah, I remember those very well!

Growing up in the Memphis area, lots of people bought them.

At that time, the Japanese were already a few years into their absolute domination of automotive quality, and everyone was absolutely just astounded by the quality and refinement that cars like the (new for 1989, and aimed squarely at Mercedes) LS400 offered, for the price.

The ES250 always looked a lot like the Cressida to me, but it was Camry-based, FWD/V6 instead of RWD/I6 like the contemporary Cressida:

Wikipedia says less than 40,000 were made, and only 2 years for this body style: 1990 & 1991. Cool that they also offered it in a stick.

If I’d been in the market for something like this back then, my money probably would have gone to a Nissan Maxima SE 5-speed or a Legend 5-speed, as both are sportier and quicker than this.

 

[97prizm]

More pics of it. Low mileage, and is for sale. I think it looks as good as its competitors at the time, the Acura Vigor & Legend. I do see more of those survivors than an ES250.
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I haven't seen an Acura Vigor, Legend or a 2.2/2.3CL in over a decade. They used to be everywhere. I wonder if they were all junked or ended up in a third world country somewhere?

 

[97prizm]

I'll have to dig out a photo that I took years ago. A guy pulled up in a gas station with a Lexus sc430 with a monster truck lift 4x4 and 4 wheel steering. Quite the oddity.

 

[GR_CoB]

I haven't seen an Acura Vigor, Legend or a 2.2/2.3CL in over a decade. They used to be everywhere. I wonder if they were all junked or ended up in a third world country somewhere?

Come to Charlotte. I'll show you at least 5 of each. Even got a lead on a manual 3.0L CL.

 

[GR_CoB]

I'll have to dig out a photo that I took years ago. A guy pulled up in a gas station with a Lexus sc430 with a monster truck lift 4x4 and 4 wheel steering. Quite the oddity.

This thing? Here is an article about it.

 

[97prizm]

This thing? Here is an article about it.
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Yeah that's it! It was very surreal looking up while I was pumping gas and this thing pulls into the next pump. I asked him I'm sure questions he's received alot. I asked why a Lexus sc430? He said eh he had one and wanted to go offroading so he built it.

 

[JHZR2]

A Toyota “Executive Lounge” minivan…

 

[JHZR2]

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I haven't seen a 2.7 Intrepid moving under its own power since before Hurricane Katrina

I just saw this beauty the other day!

 

[GR_CoB]

These things are super rare these days. The Holy Grail of Honda/Acura world. J32 with a 6-speed manual, and under 200k miles. This one is for sale at $5k.

 

[53' Stude]

This moron had a lift on the truck that made front end point up to sky. A air release or something “popped” while at stop light and trucknlowered to normal. What a disgrace

 

[Kira]

Go back to post #19...the LR tire.

 

[john_pifer]

These things are super rare these days. The Holy Grail of Honda/Acura world. J32 with a 6-speed manual, and under 200k miles. This one is for sale at $5k.
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Cool car, but “holy grail”? That’s a bit much, i think. This is just a tarted up Accord coupe, isn’t it. And the styling is not as compelling as its predecessor (the Legend).

Holy grail of Honda? That would be the NSX (NOT the latest version that they ruined with hybrid crap)

 

[97prizm]

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A Toyota “Executive Lounge” minivan…

The Japanese always seemed to give their mini vans weird names. The Mitsubishi Delica, Mazda Bongo, the mighty boy Toyota Alphard.

 

[GR_CoB]

Cool car, but “holy grail”? That’s a bit much, i think. This is just a tarted up Accord coupe, isn’t it. And the styling is not as compelling as its predecessor (the Legend).

Holy grail of Honda? That would be the NSX (NOT the latest version that they ruined with hybrid crap)

I agree, but the Honda Boyz around here don't. They're asking premiums for these, with properly clean and stock examples being in 5 digit market.
To be fair - comparing CL it to NSX is on par with comparing a Tiburon to the Elantra N.

Back to it - yes, many consider it the Holy Grail because Accord V6 was only a 3.0L and is a lot more common than Acura CL. And 90% of the 3.2L CL that are still surviving in 2025 are connected to one of the worst automatic transmissions made by Honda. And it's the last performance coupe by Acura. Yes, Honda kept making the Accord coupe and even gave it a bigger 3.5L with the 6-speed manual, but it got heavier, couldn't take boost as reliably as a 3.2L, and most importantly it's not an Acura, and that's what partially makes this CL special and gives it a huge cult following.