The Lexus LC F is Dead

CRSKTN said:

Yeah sorry my dudes

That said, Lexus hasn’t abandoned performance.
You don’t talk about elevating F, terminate a project, and then do something “lower”.
So what’s higher than an LCF, which is just another higher performance variant.

This is all just speculation, of course.

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PeterF said:

I thought someone wrote about some news of a very light and higher performance version of the RC F that had to be special ordered ? was ~800 lbs lighter? I thought I heard that, but may be wrong

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bogglo said:

The LCF being dead does not mean we cannot get an FSP for the LC. Maybe we will never get an F on Lexus flagships, but an FSP variant could still be possible.

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Gor134 said:

Good point.

Per the other Lexus forum again quoted from Carmaker1 "I take back my LC F claim too, because per Vegas, they might have cancelled the trademark, but something is coming...Maybe LC 500 F-Sport Performance? The LC in question is powered by the U4XA-FTS TTV8 engine and showcased on display."

So.. TTV8 still on?

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CRSKTN said:

They are moving UP with what an F car is.
People won’t be disappointed.

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Demetrius said:

Kinda going back to that February article before the IS F-Sport Performance was revealed, the rumors were "Lexus planning to reveal an IS F, LC F, and LS F this year."

All models were stated to be V8s. Fast forward, we got an IS 500 with a V8 but not an IS F. I think its just interesting to see what rumors become down the line.

Could we see an LC that's not an F, but with a twin-turbo V8? Judging by rumor patterns, it's possible.
Same with LS. We're not getting an LS F, but maybe an LS with a V8? I'm sure it's possible. F Sport Performance seems to be the bridge before whatever electrified version of F becomes.

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sl0519 said:

while on the CL forum I saw, Carmaker1 firmly believes that V8 is completely dead and higher performance variants will most likely getting a mild hybrid configuration with V35A TTV6.

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Gor134 said:

Go check again because he is the one who reconfirmed the V8 is back.

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sl0519 said:

Thanks I went back and checked the updated posts he made. U4XA-FTS it is. LC 500 FSP nomenclature seems pretty odd though. If there's to be significant power boost, shouldn't it be more like, LC 600 FSP?

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Lexus has abandoned the LC F trademark in the USA, allowing it to expire unused. Needless to say, this puts a fork in the possibility of a high-performance LC coupe in the foreseeable future.

So what happened? Rumors of an LC F started even before the production model was released, almost always paired with a twin-turbo V8 powertrain. From our understanding, prototypes for both the LC F and LS F were built, only to fail to win the approval of Akio Toyota due to the weight of GA-L platform the models share.
(It’s worth pointing out that the trademark expired last year, and was only recently discovered.)

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PeterF said:

I thought someone wrote about some news of a very light and higher performance version of the RC F that had to be special ordered ? was ~800 lbs lighter? I thought I heard that, but may be wrong

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