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Lexus has put Germany on notice with its sleek LC 500 coupe revealed at the Detroit Motor show overnight.
A production-ready version of the LF-LC Concept that appeared four years ago, the LC is a coupe in the grand tourer mould, taking on the likes of the BMW 6 Series rather than the sharper, sportier 911.
Under the bonnet is the same 351kW/530Nm 5.0-litre atmo V8 found in the RC F and GS F, attached to a 10(!)-speed auto. The 0-100km/h sprint is claimed to take less than 4.5sec.
Crucially, the LC is the first model to sit on Lexus’s brand new GA-L global rear-drive architecture which will underpin the next-generation LS limo.
A high-percentage of lightweight, high-tensile steel is used to create the stiffest bodyshell Lexus has ever produced, stiffer even than that of the carbonfibre-intensive LFA. Hopefully this new platform goes some way to curing Lexus’s recent weight issues.
At 4.76m long, 1.92m wide and 1.35m high with a 2.87m wheelbase, the LC 500 is almost identical in size to the new Ford Mustang, a car with which it shares its rear-drive dynamics and increasingly rare atmo V8.
Pricing is yet to be confirmed, however an Australian launch is confirmed sometime in 2017.
