RE: Lexus LC Convertible Concept unveiled

[st4]

That looks amazing. You'd be mad to buy a Mercedes SL when you could have this.

[st4]

anonymous said:

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True - the new Camry, Corolla and rest of the Lexus range looks great - so they can pen cars well now but they can still churn out awkward designs (next gen Rav 4) and Supra.

It's a huge company - there will be reams of designers there- some good, some not so good. The best looking coupe is the RCF - I'd love one.

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Stig said:

this iteration will please those on Rodeo Drive.

came here for a comment like this

the LC seems, to me, to be fabulously and perhaps a wee bit extravagantly of Southern California

[sparkyhx]

GT3hopeful said:

I test drove V8 LC500 thinking it would be a good replacement for my year old Vantage V8 roadster and was ready to buy it. It is a really great car but problem with LC for me was that it only felt fun if you took it to the red line where engine snarls and pops which isn’t going to happen much in day to day driving if you want to keep your licence. The LC is very refined and perhaps a bit too quiet apart from high revs and was more like a Merc SL500 experience for me. Got back in Aston after test drive and it made me realise how much fun Vantage is even when not driving at high speeds . Perhaps I just like cars that make nice burbly exhaust noises and that don’t have perfect autos or electric steering?

...............but that's Lexus, they don't really do shouty. Sounds like the pretty much the whole Lexus ethos is not for you.

[Roger Irrelevant]

Very, very nice. I'd even have one in white. I'm about eighty grand short at the moment but you never know...

[RBH58]

The coupe weighs very nearly two tonnes and apparently struggles a bit with its weight. This will be heavier and floppier, and it's less attractive than the coupe.

[Frimley111R]

I'm not so convinced about this one. From some angles it looks great but from others, it reminds me of their previous efforts, not good.

Yes, it's heavy but most cars are. I think manufacturers decided lighter cars are too expensive to make and there are cheaper ways to add performance and fuel efficiency.

[Hoofy]

Not sure of the design but I approve of the handbag bumper.

[Mackofthejungle]

Like the coupe, definitely a car for America, not the UK or Europe. It's so big...

I think 4.7m must be the point where legislated crash structures can start to be effectively integrated into the shape of a car. All these big coupes/convertibles look great in photos, but ridiculous in real life. But in America...I'd definitely consider one if I lived in California.

Here's hoping that electric cars with their obvious packaging benefits will allow beauty to return to cars closer to 4m in length! Can't wait really.

[Melchett1905]

Looks great. Nicely proportioned. Unlike the 911 we saw the other day...

[Roger Irrelevant]

Mackofthejungle said:

Like the coupe, definitely a car for America, not the UK or Europe. It's so big...

Eh? It's 4.77m long. Granted, when you consider that that's about the same as my Outback which can seat four in comfort while carting a load of luggage about it does seem like a bit of a waste of space, but that's not really relevant as it's clearly a completely different type of car. It's quite a bit shorter than any current 5-series, 6-series, Audi A6 or Mondeo, and near as makes no difference the same as a Passat. These hardly seem like behemoths when you see them out and about do they?

[Daston]

Very good looking car, and Lexus seem to have a good record of getting their concepts into production and looking similar.

Interesting that Lexus knock something like this out and Toyota drops the ball on the Supra.

[anonymous-user]

I can't wait for the LC to drop into (my) budget, I think they are lovely.

[Deerfoot]

Daston said:

Interesting that Lexus knock something like this out and Toyota drops the ball on the Supra.

But looks are subjective. I think the Supra looks fantastic, as does this.

[NicoG]

Sorry, but what the fk is it supposed that the space behind the front seats will be used for?

[Gameface]

Same as an SL Merc or many other similar cars.

[nav p]

Gameface said:

Same as an SL Merc or many other similar cars.

Current SL, infact every one after the R129 has not had rear seats

[ZX10R NIN]

In the USA you have to pay less tax on a car if it's a 2+2 hence the seats (Lexus knows it's market in the UK people are still a bit badge conscious) so as to keep the price as sensible as possible for what will be it's biggest market.