Return of the Soarer? Lexus dealing with brand-new coupe

Lexus will supposedly change its LC and RC with a single design, which might form as a spiritual follower to the old SC 300 and SC 400 (aka Toyota Soarer). Japanese outlet Best Car Web reports the brand-new rear-wheel drive coupe will introduce as a hybrid in 2025, with an electrical variation following in 2026. Lexus will still apparently have at least 2 coupes in its line-up progressing, nevertheless, with a twin-turbo V8 plug-in hybrid-powered LFA follower in the works. For more Motoring associated news and videos take a look at Motoring >> The business is likewise supposedly dealing with a production variation of the Electrified Sport idea, which would bring the overall to 3 coupes even as the body design continues to fade in appeal. Lexus Electrified Sport principle Credit: CarExpertThe rumoured LFA II, as it’s being described, will be more overtly stylish than the RC/LC follower, which in traditional SC/Soarer style will apparently be more of a grand tourer with a “Lexus timeless coupe style”. It’ll apparently be closer to the LC than the RC in both size and rate, determining 4800mm long and 1900mm broad, weighing 1950kg, with an approximated cost of ¥ 15 million (A$ 157,593). The present LC steps 4770mm long and 1920mm broad, weighs 1960kg in hybrid guise, and opens at simply over $204,000 before on-road expenses in Australia. The RC, on the other hand, is 4695mm long and when it was last offered here, opened conveniently under the $100k barrier. Lexus LC Credit: CarExpertAlso like the LC, Best Car Web reports it will utilize an upgraded variation of the existing flagship grand tourer’s rear-wheel drive GA-L platform, which likewise underpins the high-end LS limo. It’s uncertain what hybrid powertrain it would utilize, whether it be the 3.5-litre V6 of the present LC500h, which produces 264kW, or the 3.4-litre twin-turbo V6 hybrid of the Toyota Tundra and Sequoia which pumps out 326kW and 790Nm. Another possibility is Toyota’s brand-new 2.4-litre turbocharged four-cylinder hybrid, which in the brand-new Prado produces 243kW and 630Nm. A a lot more effective 2.4 T hybrid is discovered in the Lexus RX 500h F Sport Performance, which pumps out 273kW. The naturally aspirated 5.0-litre V8 of the present LC 500 and RC F will supposedly be retired. It’s likewise still offered in the IS 500 F Sport Performance sedan, which is comprehended to be towards completion of its lifecycle. Lexus RC Credit: CarExpertLexus has a long history of structure coupes, though apart from the ultra-exclusive LFA it didn’t provide one in Australia up until the RC of 2014, stemmed from the IS and GS. The LC followed in your area in 2017. In 1991, simply 2 years after the brand name’s United States launching, Lexus introduced the SC because market. This was a 3rd generation of the Toyota Soarer, a rear-wheel drive coupe that had actually shown popular with well-off Japanese purchasers in the 1980s. The SC, offered with six-cylinder or V8 power, was priced more detailed to the later GS sedan than the flagship LS, and was produced up until 2000. First-generation Lexus SC Credit: CarExpertIt was changed by the SC 430, a folding hardtop convertible that was presented to Australia and produced up until 2010. This was still offered as a Toyota Soarer in Japan till the Lexus brand name lastly debuted there in 2005. This was successfully, if belatedly, changed by the much more high end LC which later on acquired a soft leading convertible version. The LC is now the only two-door provided by the brand name in Australia, with the RC withdrawn in 2021 as it didn’t satisfy more stringent brand-new side effect requirements. MORE: Everything Lexus LCMORE: Everything Lexus RC

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