Lexus SUV startles with bold Darth Vader look

Chris Woodyard | USA TODAY

All we can say is "wow." This is quite a concept from a place you might not expect it: Lexus.

Toyota's luxury division departs from its soft styling with this concept, the LF-NX, which it will show at the Frankfurt Motor Show in a few days. It's bold and angular. The nose alone takes the "spindle grille" styling of today's Lexi to an extreme.

It's supposedly interesting on the inside, too, with a variation on the hybrid drive system in Lexuses that are more tuned to crossover SUVs.

Lexus designers were trying to get across the look of a vehicle that had been carved from a single hunk of metal.

This could be one of the hits of the Frankfurt show.