Yahoo Autos Lexus GX Monogram packs a pizza oven, ice maker and open bar
For the last winter mountain season, Land Rover created the Range Rover Park City Edition to satisfy a small number of buyers. For the summer mountain season, Lexus has created the one-of-a-kind GX Monogram to satisfy visitors to Aspen's Food & Wine Classic this weekend. The GX Monogram is the result of the Japanese automaker working with American appliance maker Monogram to design "a culinary experience on wheels." Let's provide some context for the word "culinary," though — Monogram makes four microwave ovens that cost $3,500 or more, 13 refrigerators that cost $10,000 or more, and four professional ranges that cost $11,000 or more. This is Aspen culinary, served with sherbet and a table crumber between courses, not GX in Overland trim "Look what I can make in just one plastic bag" culinary.
With that out of the way, what do we have here? Inside, the rear area's been done up for some sumptuous pre-gaming. Among a background of black and quilted camel leathers, brass, titanium and Dekton slate accents, a full-length center console creates four individual seating areas. The rear occupants have access to a cold drawer as well as a cold console compartment that "offer flexible chilling for your ingredients," because sometimes you want to mix up crisper choice, keep it fresh, you know? Between the rear seats, Monogram's $1,500 heated ice press creates spheres of transparent ice that pair nicely with the kinds of ingredients usually served in a tumbler.
