Lexus LC News
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Toyota Gazoo Racing will field a Lexus LC race car at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, the brand announced on Friday. The LC racer will participate in the 46th running of the grueling 24-hour-long race. Gazoo Racing made multiple modifications to the Lexus LC for its race debut. The division also said it incorporated advanced development technologies. The unnamed components will be part of future production cars, and specifically, performance cars. Areas of development include body technology, driver assistance tech via increased visibility, aero development, and future engine and suspension...
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2018 Lexus LC 500 video road test
Concept cars can be beautiful, but they’re ideas. They’re not always made to be real cars. Sometimes an automaker takes a chance and builds that concept. This time, it’s Lexus, and the result is this beauty. Want to find out if this 2018 Lexus LC 500 drives as great as it looks?...
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Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2018 nominee: Lexus LC
The Lexus LC is a concept car come to life. It started life as the LF-LC concept at the 2012 Detroit auto auto show, and the public's response was so overwhelming that Lexus put it into production. We're glad it did because this grand tourer drives as good as it looks. From the arrowhead LEDs that...
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Lexus looks to Wakanda for LC Inspiration
Lexus' flagship LC coupe is headed to the big screen, where it will serve as the chariot of choice for Wakandan leader T'Challa. You'll soon have your chance to buy your own version of this Marvel-commissioned coupe as part of the limited edition LC Inspiration Series. Just 100 are earmarked for...
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Achievements in design: the 2018 Lexus LC 500 with Wisconsin's Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
He was arguably the greatest architect of the 20th century, but he wasn't always respected in his home state. Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, briefly attended college in Madison, and lived for 50 years in Spring Green. Unfortunately, he often stiffed his contractors, he...
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10 things you need to know about the 2018 Lexus LC 500
These days, Lexus doesn't do boring. It's all about outrageous styling, big power, and luxurious interiors. The new 2018 Lexus LC 500 has all of the above. No, I'm not high. I'm sober; the LC 500 is serious too. Before you dismiss the wild spindle grille, check out these 10 things regarding the...
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Tony Stark might like his Audis, but T'Challa, also known as the Black Panther, has a different vehicle in mind for his turn as the star on the big screen. The leader of the advanced African nation of Wakanda will team up with a Lexus product to bring his super hero to life in the upcoming Marvel Studios motion picture "Black Panther," due out on February 16, 2018. Specifically, it seems the new King of Wakanda prefers the LC 500. We can't say we blame him as it's one slick looking machine. In fact, it almost seems as if a concept car came to life and made its way onto dealer lots. The LC 500...
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Lexus gives inside look at LC production
On a dedicated line at the Toyota Motomachi Plant in Aichi, Japan, Lexus’ most skilled craftspeople, known as Takumi, Japanese for “artisan,” work on LC production. Many of the same staff worked on Lexus’ LFA at the Motomachi plant and now they’re using the skills...
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TRD trots out upgrades for Lexus LC
The Lexus LC is more luxury cruiser than sports car, but that hasn’t stopped TRD from developing performance upgrades for the car. TRD is one of a handful of official motorsport departments at Toyota. The others are Gazoo Racing and TMG. For the LC, TRD has rolled out several exterior mods...
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Lexus LC F edges closer with trademark filing
New evidence suggests Lexus is planning a high-performance LC developed by the F division. Lexus parent company Toyota has made trademark filings for “LC F” and “Lexus LC F” with trademark offices in the United States and Europe. The most recent filings were made on February...
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Lexus prices 2018 LC 500 under $100,000
It's been kicking around the auto show circuit for a while now, but the stunning 2018 Lexus LC 500 is finally one step closer to adding some eye candy to a road near you. Lexus has announced pricing for the LC 500 and the LC 500h, and both models wear a starting price tag that lands a few ticks...
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2018 Lexus LC 500 first drive review
SEVILLE, Spain--If you remember the very first days of Lexus, you remember the clever ads: the champagne glasses on the hood of the car, the ball bearing rolling down its hood, the "relentless pursuit of perfection." Forget it all. Now Lexus is chasing after world-class luxury and performance with...
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Lexus on Tuesday unveiled the first modified version of its upcoming LC coupe during the 2016 SEMA show. The LC isn’t due in showrooms until early 2017 so the tuning firm responsible for the SEMA show car, Beyond Marketing, were given early access to a pre-production example. Overseeing the design were DSport magazine and Beyond Marketing’s Gordon Ting. That pre-production example is an LC 500 variant that normally comes with a 471-horsepower 5.0-liter V-8. This one, though, has an enlarged version of the V-8 now displacing 5.6 liters and spitting out 525 hp. Normally, enlarging...
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Lexus LC 500 spotted making great noises at the 'Ring
There are many fun jobs out there. One of them is, without a doubt, logging thousands of test miles in new vehicles. That goes double when those test miles take place at Germany's Nürburgring and you're behind the wheel of the upcoming 2018 Lexus LC 500. A YouTube user spotted the car running...
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2017 Lexus LC Super GT racer revealed
Lexus has unveiled the new race car based on its upcoming LC flagship coupe. The car has been designed for the popular Japanese touring car series known as Super GT and will compete in the premier GT500 class. It will make its debut in the 2017 motorsport season and replace Lexus’ current...
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Lexus confirms more power for 2018 LC 500
Lexus used Sunday’s 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey, California to show off its upcoming LC coupe. The version on show was the LC 500 V-8 model and on hand to talk about the car was chief engineer Koji Sato. There, he confirmed that the LC 500’s 5.0-liter V-8...
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Lexus LC race car spied testing
Lexus is developing a race car based on its new LC coupe. A prototype was spotted recently in Japan by Twitter user @Lexusracing_36, and although it’s heavily disguised we can clearly see the car is based on the LC. Lexus’ LF-LC GT Vision Gran Turismo concept from 2015 hints at...
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We finally get to hear the Lexus LC 500
We are still patiently waiting for Lexus' new LC sports coupe to hit the market, but now we get to see it in action. The automaker's German arm recently released a video teasing the coupe, and it offers us our first opportunity to hear its familiar V-8. The wait has been worthwhile. The LC 500 will...
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The 2018 Lexus LC luxury coupe has one of the most stunning interiors we’ve seen on a production car. This was no small feat for the Lexus design team, as explained by one of the automaker’s “Takumi” craftspeople. Many of the manufacturing techniques to be used on the LC, due in the United States early next year as a 2018 model, were learnt during the days of the LFA. In fact, the LC will be assembled at the same Motomachi plant in Japan responsible for the former Lexus supercar. “The LC will be built at the Motomachi plant, the same factory where we produced the...
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Watch the Lexus LC take on a fighter jet
Lexus' new LC coming early next year is bound to be pretty fast, but racing a fighter jet? That may put the two-door luxury coupe out of its element. In this video/commercial released by Lexus' Spanish distributor, a bright red LC 500 piloted by actress Mar Saura takes on an F-18 fighter...
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2018 Lexus LC 500h debuts at 2016 Geneva Motor Show: Live photos and video
Lexus unveiled the hybrid version of its stunning LC coupe at this week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The car is designated an LC 500h and it features a next-generation hybrid system. The new hybrid system, detailed in full here, drops the Lexus Hybrid Drive moniker of Lexus’ previous...
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2018 Lexus LC 500h: First details on multi-stage hybrid tech
Lexus recently confirmed that the hybrid version of its stunning LC coupe, the LC 500h, would be shown for the first time at next month’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show. Today the automaker released the first details on the hybrid technology that features in the car, known as the Lexus Multi Stage...
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Watch The 2018 Lexus LC On The Move In 360-Degree Interactive Video
The 2018 Lexus LC was easily one of the most exciting reveals at this week’s 2016 Detroit Auto Show. We’re still more than a year out from seeing the stunning coupe in showrooms but you can get a taste of what it will be like out on the road in this interactive 360-degree video. The...
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2018 Lexus LC coupe bows with V-8 power, 10-speed auto
It was at the Detroit Auto Show back in 2012 that Lexus first stunned audiences with the original LF-LC concept. The sexy two-door proved such a hit that almost immediately after the reveal Lexus managers were already hinting at production. Now the production version of the LF-LC concept has been...
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