End of the road for the Lexus LC and RC-F

[BrettMRC]

Have seen this reported in a few places now:

Toyota/Lexus UK are no longer taking orders for either and the final cars will be completed in March 2024.

The V8 coupe as a thing seems to be hitting the twilight now.

[BrettMRC]

I'm glad I owned one - nothing else quite like it

[BrettMRC]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Does that mean that those of us with one are now sitting on an appreciating classic?

There's a long, frankly boring, but detailed thread on LOUK where people have been tracking the prices for a few years... as it stands the early cars are hitting pre-covd second hand prices now - but only where the owner is desperate to sell. It seems like neither Toyota/Lexus or any other dealer is keen to take them back into stock at the moment. I guess global financial pressures, plus time of year have knobbled the market a bit.

Now is not the time to sell for certain, I'm unsure as to what they will do value-wise. I can't see them plummeting like the Soarers & SC430's did, outside of the limited edition Structural Blue convertibles I don't see them climbing significantly either. (I lost a few K on my black inspiration, and that was mint, documented as UK car No.1 and had less than 2k on it)

[BrettMRC]

joshcowin said:

Got a pic?

Literally about the 2nd post on this thread

[BrettMRC]

andy43 said:

Go on, you know you want to.
35k off a new M8. Bargin! Honey I shrunk photocopied my 4 series on 120%.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?advertisin...
Put your head close to your screen and you can almost hear the depreciation whistling like a deflating balloon...

[BrettMRC]

joshcowin said:

Odd depreciation comment the LC tanks 5 years half price 3 years and 7 thousand miles £30k loss 1 year old with 5k £25k loss , its similar to many cars in the price bracket. Looking at autotrader the M8 comp is slightly better to own in this respect.

joshcowin said:

BrettMRC said:

I'm glad I owned one - nothing else quite like it

What did you replace it with? This is a mega pic btw

The market is a bit subjective, especially now that globally things are starting to tank everywhere - but for context I PX'd my 13month old LC against a manual supra and my loss was well under 10%. I can't think of many cars where you would lose less than that over a year. (Excluding top end halo cars and Porsche's go fk yourself apporach to anyone wanting a GT series)



LC500 thread: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Supra thread: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[BrettMRC]

All three versions of the RC-F still showing on the Lexus UK configurator this morning - if they allow you to order one or not is another matter!

[BrettMRC]

Awesome!