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On the sidelines of a press drive for the
2014 Lexus IS, the company's vice president of marketing in the US told
Ward's Auto that the honchos in Japan have approved the
Lexus LF-LC concept for production. He wouldn't offer any other details on how the luxury coupe might be transformed into a vehicle for the buying masses, and that has led to a bag full of speculation.
The show car was hybrid-powered and rear-wheel drive, a beautifully executed stab by
Toyota designers in Newport Beach at redefining
Lexus, but even with the concept, the point was to keep it "within reach for premium buyers." The report says the odds are on limited production and higher pricing than Lexus' "mainstream products," and other sites have speculated on what kind of powertrain it might end up in showrooms with.
GT Channel posits that the LF-LC will be the inspiration for a coupe in the
Lexus LS price bracket with a choice of either the 4.2-liter V8 or the hybrid powertrain from the
LS 600h, further speculating it will be called LC 550 and cost more than $100,000. It then says that there would be another coupe created beneath that one to replace the
SC 430.
Lexus Enthusiast, however,
calls those "warmed-over rumors" and says that the marque probably won't deviate from its engine-capacity-naming scheme - labeling a car with a 4.2-liter V8 an LC 550. Nor does it think Lexus will use the letters LC after the company has
trademarked "RC" in the US and Australia.
Time will sort the rumors from the truth, but we can probably start to admit that we're look forward to it.
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