MagX has been the only one speculating about the LC + RC model and I'm doubtful it's actually going to happen.
Looking at the lineup, it's clear Lexus has mostly ceased development of ICE models after the LFR. Even the next ES will only have one HEV model with two BEV models... after that, there are no other implied trademarks or model discussions for ICE Lexus products, and allegedly they're still planning to be fully electric in a decade.
Maybe "SC" will happen but I am doubtful.
You cannot divide JDM price by exchange rate and get the US price. In fact, the difference between "exchange rate price" and real price is exactly how international brands especially Japanese ones make money, weak Yen = more revenue. They barely make any money in the domestic market because of the almost constant price levels in the past 30 years.I don't know how one comes up with that as a "definitely." Multiple Mags and even Best Car, stated sources at Toyota have suggested a price not exceeding ¥20 million or around $140,000. This was promoted pretty heavily in the Japanese car mag scene. I haven't seen anything saying Lexus is building a 200K+ car and honestly, if the LFR was priced at 200k with no car underneath it...sadly that would be quite frankly a bizarre market movement and most certainly in my view negativity effect the product to the extreme niche status once again.
Hope is never a plan but it sure sounds goodTo be fair, I have gotten the Best Car magazines for the last year and i think the LC + RC replacement was in there at least 4 out of the 12 issues. I have a little hope 🙏
The article emphasizes USD price points as well below 200k. But again this is heavy speculation nobody of course knows what the target will be. I personally think anything near 200k will be commercially confusing as it will be compared to other cars that will probably have more aggressive performance outputs and deltas and the reviewers again will beg the question of viability returning us to same perpetual position Lexus places themselves in. Someone at TMC must understand this....well i hope. The situation of paying for car reviews because of a hyper niche product due to pricing beyond market expectations should be a lesson learned for the brand. One can brag about Takumis and factories but at the end of the day if its priced beyond the market's demand for it especially coming from its historical issue with the LFA. It may fall on an audience that really just wants Lexus stand out of its own way. Buyers may not get it which leads to sales not making sense and you again wait for the current best car you make to be destined for a collector's storage unit.Just because it costs 140k in japan doesn't mean it would cost the same elsewhere with shipping taxes and other cost that would push the car price near 200k
Current NX platform wouldn’t be great. RX or RX or LBX would be betterZ
Also not our NX 450h+ doesn’t get torque vectoring but oddly the rav-4 prime does
So the driveshaft to the front wheels goes under the engine or through the oil pan?View attachment 9831
They added a counter gear unit at the end of the transfer case to send power to the front.
Toyota didn't mention about this, but I'm betting it goes underneath the engine because the oil pan doesn't look like it has much space for a built-in driveshaft to past through.So the driveshaft to the front wheels goes under the engine or through the oil pan?
I’m pretty intrigued by all this.
Nice find! That’s wild. I love that Toyota is thinking outside the box with this. It gives me a bit of excitement for the brand. Hopefully this drivetrain makes it to production in the MR2.Mystery solved. The prop shaft runs under the engine.
Maybe they are taking note. The latest rumor from Best Car indicates that Mazda is co-developing the next Supra with Toyota. Mazda is also rumored to be making a new straight-six sports car. That engine would also be used in the next gen Supra and possibly the LC+RC replacement. I will have an article coming out this week possibly outlining the whole thing.Lexus should take note
It doesn't matter a 2.0 I4 can make 600PS. People won't buy it. Stop imagining what people want and actually look at what's selling well on the market.
The Mazda I6 has all the bad things with German engines but none of the benefits. It has very poor serviceability, is over complicated, but doesn't have the power nor the smoothness.Maybe they are taking note. The latest rumor from Best Car indicates that Mazda is co-developing the next Supra with Toyota. Mazda is also rumored to be making a new straight-six sports car. That engine would also be used in the next gen Supra and possibly the LC+RC replacement. I will have an article coming out this week possibly outlining the whole thing.
The Mazda engine is not acceptable for a Toyota GR Supra.Maybe they are taking note. The latest rumor from Best Car indicates that Mazda is co-developing the next Supra with Toyota. Mazda is also rumored to be making a new straight-six sports car. That engine would also be used in the next gen Supra and possibly the LC+RC replacement. I will have an article coming out this week possibly outlining the whole thing.
Honestly, a petrol/gasoline version of F33A-FTV would be pretty great, considering how strong and rigid heavy-duty turbodiesel engine blocks need to be to stay in one piece.The Mazda I6 has all the bad things with German engines but none of the benefits. It has very poor serviceability, is over complicated, but doesn't have the power nor the smoothness.
Toyota basically has to redevelop a sporty variant from scratch if they want to make the engine usable on the Supra or RC and it will be almost impossible to match the last gen with the B58. It would be even easier for them to develop a petrol variant of the F33A-FTV diesel engine which was engineered like a super car engine.