{"id":2523,"date":"2015-10-06T08:57:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T08:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2015-10-06T08:57:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T08:57:29","slug":"origami-lexus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/origami-lexus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardboard, &#8220;Origami-Inspired&#8221; &#038; Drivable Lexus IS&#8230; What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.video-container iframe {\n    position: absolute;\n    top:0;\n    left: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 100%;\n}\n.video-container {\n    position: relative;\n    padding-bottom: 56.25%;\n    padding-top: 35px;\n    height: 0;\n    overflow: hidden;\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cardboard-Lexus-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Today, Lexus published photos of their very original &#8220;Origami Inspired&#8221; Lexus IS: a full size replica of the pretty darned great executive saloon made completely out of precision cut cardboard. And what&#8217;s more &#8211; it&#8217;s drivable.<\/p>\n<p>The car was made by creating a 3D virtual model of an existing Lexus IS, and then digitally slicing it up into a series of parts: body, dashboard, seats, wheels etc. These were then cut using a precision laser into 1,700 sheets of cardboard, and glued together over a period of three months.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s not <i>completely<\/i> cardboard, that would be silly. The body is mounted on a steel and aluminium frame, and is powered by an electric motor &#8211; which means you can actually drive it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cardboard-Lexus-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This was a very demanding job, with five people involved in the digital design, modelling, laser cutting and assembly. The seats took a few attempts to get just right and the wheels required a lot of refining.&#8221; &#8211; <i>Scales &#038; Models director, Ruben Marcos<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The car will be on display at the Grand Designs Live show in Birmingham next week. If you&#8217;ve got a few minutes to spare, have a watch of the delightful video of the car&#8217;s construction below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3F7DnWAhox8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/first-official-pictures\/lexus\/the-origami-inspired-lexus-the-is-thats-made-out-cardboard-and-actually-drives\/\" target=\"_blank\">Car Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Lexus published photos of their very original &#8220;Origami Inspired&#8221; Lexus IS: a full size replica of the pretty darned great executive saloon made completely out of precision cut cardboard. And what&#8217;s more &#8211; it&#8217;s drivable. 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