The General is teaming up with Capcom to bring the destroyable car from Street Fighter II to life, and you have a chance to win it — along with more than $25,000 in gas money.
Street Fighter II’s iconic bonus stage lets players beat the literal brakes off of a Lexus LS 400. It’s a feature that’s stayed with the series throughout the years, challenging fighting game fans to beat it to a pulp within a certain time limit.
It’s even referenced in the upcoming Street Fighter movie, with trailers showing Noah Centineo’s Ken Masters punching and kicking a car to bits while surrounded by a crowd of adoring fans.
More than 30 years later, this car is coming to the real world, thanks to a joint collaboration between The General Insurance (yes, that General), Capcom, and Vehicle Effects, a Los Angeles-based company that makes custom rides of all sorts, many of which have been featured in films and TV shows.
Vehicle Effects has made a recreation of the pixelated Lexus from Street Fighter II — though we don’t recommend you actually destroy it if you end up winning it in their sweepstakes. Starting in October, fans have until November 18 to enter the sweepstakes for a chance at snagging the car for themselves, as well as $25,400.69 (nice) in gas money.
And hey, it’s a pretty good car; as pointed out by Eventhubs , the Lexus LS 400 is widely considered to be one of the most “overengineered” cars of all time, with a 4.0-liter V8 engine that’s been nicknamed the "million-mile engine.” (It’s the only thing left behind after you destroy it in the bonus stage, after all.)
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