Part of a large Texas collection, the 'EV' represented the vision of a Lexus from the year 2054, when the movie was set. Lexus was supposedly chosen for the concept car because Minority Report's director, Steven Spielberg, was using a Lexus SUV as his daily transport at the time. The extreme cab-forward design of the Lexus EV was a real standout and inspired similar designs in future movies. Finished as a rolling display piece only, and thus only offered on a bill of sale, the one-off Lexus concept surprised everyone by more than trebling its pre-sale estimate, eventually selling for US$101,790.
Many more classics, veterans and other cars and motorcycles of interest featured at the Bonhams auction, including a genuine Triumph Trophy motorcycle ridden by Fonzie in 'Happy Days' and a 1966 Triumph TR6 owned by singer K.D. Lang. For more details on these and other lots from Bonhams' 'Classic California Sale', go to www.bonhams.com
Images courtesy of Theo-Graphics/Bonhams USA.
November 19, 2011 10:44 AM AEDT
Bonhams' "Classic California" auction on November 12 featured a diverse collection of celebrity owned, themed and connected machines. From an Elvis Cadillac to Fonzie's Triumph, there was plenty of "star power" at the event , which was held at the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles. Amidst the celebrity-owned and themed classics was a car from a more modern era in the form of the Lexus concept car made famous by Tom Cruise in the 2002 movie, 'Minority Report'.
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