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Lexus LF-C? Details??
I've only just recently heard of the Lexus "LF-C" concept to appear at New York. Does anyone know any actual details about this car? Is it a pre-production prototype like the LF-S? Or just an idea? If the "sports coupe" is the convertible SC430, than what would a coupe be?
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Does any know if it's gonna be priced as same as the SC430(when it does go into production)?
SC430 is nice but when I set in it, it not my car and not enough HP for a V8.
At this time, Toyota has said that a V8 is not in the cards for the '06 IS intro, but given that it will share drive components with the GS, my personal speculation is that there will be a high-performance version (a la AMG or M) with a V8 by '08, if not '07. Toyota has many times now hinted at the creation of a skunkworks for exactly such Euro-competitive projects.
Millen's IS430 was a one-shot project car. To bring it to market in the current platform would require substantial retrofitting to add the GS's driveline, brakes, etc. Hard to make a business case for it in the face of rapidly declining sales (due to a new upcoming release) on the existing platform.
2006 Lexus LF-C
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Still refers to it as a concept with indications of thing to come, not an actual available model.
There may likely be nearly as much difference as there is between the LF-S and the actual new GS (talk about disappointment)!
March 2005: 2006 GS
August 2005: 2006 IS
May 2006: 2007 ES
October 2006: 2007 LS
And Lexus is going to have a flasgship above the LS. The Crown Majesta looks like it got its cues from the maybach...
says here the LF-C spawned the new IS
LF-C is 911 size with a much larger wheelbase.
It is F-1 influenced, so the engine will be determined by F-1 rules (currently V-10 but V-8 may change)
Hybrid is also a possiblity
It is not related to any Lexus or Supra. It is a new platform.
Price is 120k plus. Think Gallardo and F430 performance for less and more luxury.
The LF-C was introduced last year on the auto show circuit. It was the coupe with the folding hardtop.