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Post by michael on Nov 20, 2019 11:18:11 GMT
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Post by Blarno on Nov 20, 2019 11:40:08 GMT
Take away the daft grille and the odd vertical light strakes front and rear and that is a very good looking car.
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Post by johnc on Nov 20, 2019 11:51:15 GMT
I have always liked the LC500 even with its front grill.
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Post by Ben on Nov 20, 2019 11:59:13 GMT
Where? Are they for elves? |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 20, 2019 12:03:20 GMT
Beautiful car, even the grille works on that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 12:06:47 GMT
I'm not a fan of Lexus's styling, but I see a yellow one in the village every now and again and it works.
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Post by PetrolEd on Nov 20, 2019 12:25:41 GMT
The coupe is fabulous, this one a little less so but still a lot nicer then an 8 Series or SL
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Post by PG on Nov 20, 2019 13:25:23 GMT
I'm still not sure about the grille, but the rest of the Lexus styling works really well on that design. I expect that'll sell well in the US.
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Post by johnc on Nov 20, 2019 14:04:39 GMT
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Post by Tim on Nov 20, 2019 14:11:52 GMT
Isn't that actually quite a good residual performance for a V8 coupe at 2 years old?
How do the normal opponents stack up?
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 20, 2019 14:21:08 GMT
That's the dealership I got my two Lexus from. Just round the corner. |
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Post by michael on Nov 20, 2019 14:26:44 GMT
The interior is fantastic!
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 20, 2019 14:49:05 GMT
The coupe version has long been the only Lexus I like and I agree on the interior, so this open version also gets the thumbs up from me.
Rear seats best described as "bonsai"...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 15:27:28 GMT
Calling those things seats is stretching it, I am aware they all do it. Thing is, placing a, height challenged person, in them for any length of time probably qualifies as unlawful imprisonment.
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Post by johnc on Nov 20, 2019 15:46:02 GMT
Isn't that actually quite a good residual performance for a V8 coupe at 2 years old? How do the normal opponents stack up? It probably is in % terms but up until 6 months ago, you couldn't get an LC for less than about £63/£64K |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 15:55:40 GMT
Not enough car for the price tag, alas - other than its appearance.
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Post by michael on Nov 20, 2019 16:03:49 GMT
Not enough car for the price tag, alas - other than its appearance. What more do you want? Do you mean it should be bigger? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 16:49:33 GMT
An unnecessarily literal reading of the post, I fear. Autocar got low fives to 60 and mid-elevens to 100 - it's not fast enough to my way of thinking. I know there's more to life than speed, but if you're going for a V8 with nigh-on 500 bhp...
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 20, 2019 17:18:24 GMT
Yes, but you should know the appeal of one of the last NA V8s...although I guess yours is actually faster? What was 0-60 in your car?
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Post by Sav on Nov 20, 2019 17:20:39 GMT
I admire the way that Toyota is sticking with the naturally aspirated V8. Somehow, I hope it forms the basis of a new LFA, before it’s too late.
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Post by michael on Nov 20, 2019 17:36:22 GMT
An unnecessarily literal reading of the post, I fear. Autocar got low fives to 60 and mid-elevens to 100 - it's not fast enough to my way of thinking. I know there's more to life than speed, but if you're going for a V8 with nigh-on 500 bhp... It's just the way I read the post, but some of us are more literal than others. It didn't even occur to me that speed came into it, I thought you were suggesting it should have been a class size large which provoked me to wonder what this does actually compete with? I'm assuming it's more three series than 5. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 17:51:59 GMT
Yes, but you should know the appeal of one of the last NA V8s...although I guess yours is actually faster? What was 0-60 in your car? Two up and full tanks, Autocar got 4.5 and 10.5 (but post-work it's noticeably quicker than that). I salute them for staying NA, but the stats are not amazing for the output. |
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Post by Ben on Nov 20, 2019 18:08:39 GMT
An unnecessarily literal reading of the post, I fear. Autocar got low fives to 60 and mid-elevens to 100 - it's not fast enough to my way of thinking. I know there's more to life than speed, but if you're going for a V8 with nigh-on 500 bhp... But that's not what this car is about though. It's not a fire-breathing F model. It's meant to waft comfortably over long distances. In that respect I think it's good enough. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 20, 2019 18:15:53 GMT
An unnecessarily literal reading of the post, I fear. Autocar got low fives to 60 and mid-elevens to 100 - it's not fast enough to my way of thinking. I know there's more to life than speed, but if you're going for a V8 with nigh-on 500 bhp... But that's not what this car is about though. It's not a fire-breathing F model. It's meant to waft comfortably over long distances. In that respect I think it's good enough. Quite. I’m not sure this is aimed at the “yes, but how fast does it lap the Nurburgring?” Brigade. |
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Post by johnc on Nov 21, 2019 7:32:36 GMT
It is also RWD which in a straight 0-60 battle it is never going to win against a 4WD car but once rolling things get much more even. The new 4WD BMW 135i feels, according to the testers, a good bit slower than the old RWD 140i but the on paper stats would suggest they were much closer. Anyway, I think an LC would be a very stylish and quick way to travel and it has what can only be described as a feel good cabin.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2019 9:29:06 GMT
An unnecessarily literal reading of the post, I fear. Autocar got low fives to 60 and mid-elevens to 100 - it's not fast enough to my way of thinking. I know there's more to life than speed, but if you're going for a V8 with nigh-on 500 bhp... But that's not what this car is about though. It's not a fire-breathing F model. It's meant to waft comfortably over long distances. In that respect I think it's good enough. It's priced like one though and uses a full-fat F engine, so that doesn't make sense to me. Besides, being a wafter shouldn't stop the engine from doing its straight line stuff. S level performance with an RS price tag. And the M3/4 and C63 are both rwd, but put in better stats.
To reiterate, I'm not saying it's a bad car and I like the styling, it's just priced above itself from my perspective. Judging by how many you see, the world seems in broad agreement with me.
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