Lexus LC 500 Gets Performance Boost Ahead of 2017 Release

[Joaquin Ruhi]

Same here Hopefully, we'll get a chance at the Miami Auto Show in 2 weeks, although I haven't heard whether or not it'll even be there... ray:

The Miami Auto Show press conferences were held earlier today, and they do, indeed, have an Atomic Silver exterior LC 500h with an interior in a Flaxen/Caramel-like shade, with Alcantara only on the door panels. Looks awesome!

A 2017 Ultra White IS 200t F Sport was also there, the first public auto show appearance of the IS 2017 mid-life facelift outside its Beijing world debut. Not a fan, to tell you the truth.

The press conference was given by Marcus Williams, Vehicle Operations Manager at the Lexus Southern Area office in Alpharetta, Georgia. He dropped a couple of interesting tidbits:

- The LC 500 and LC 500h are expected to go on sale in April 2017, a month earlier than those May estimates floating around on the internet.

- First-year sales estimates for the LC line in the U.S. are for 7500 units. Of those, only 5% are expected to be the hybrid variant. Even in California, they expect the hybrid take rate to be similar, or maybe 10% max.

 

[mikeavelli]

The Miami Auto Show press conferences were held earlier today, and they do, indeed, have an Atomic Silver exterior LC 500h with an interior in a Flaxen/Caramel-like shade, with Alcantara only on the door panels. Looks awesome!

A 2017 Ultra White IS 200t F Sport was also there, the first public auto show appearance of the IS 2017 mid-life facelift outside its Beijing world debut. Not a fan, to tell you the truth.

The press conference was given by Marcus Williams, Vehicle Operations Manager at the Lexus Southern Area office in Alpharetta, Georgia. He dropped a couple of interesting tidbits:

- The LC 500 and LC 500h are expected to go on sale in April 2017, a month earlier than those May estimates floating around on the internet.

- First-year sales estimates for the LC line in the U.S. are for 7500 units. Of those, only 5% are expected to be the hybrid variant. Even in California, they expect the hybrid take rate to be similar, or maybe 10% max.

Nice, thanks for the updates, I need to swing by the show......Marcus is a great guy...