Lexus confirms LC convertible

The convertible expands the Lexus model lineup and it will be the first droptop offered by Lexus since the IS C ended production in mid-2015


Lexus is returning to the convertible. Toyota’s premium brand confirmed this month that a convertible version of its flagship LC sports coupe will go into production “in the near future.”

Lexus showed a prototype of the car, in a silver-and-black digital camouflage motif, at Britain’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.

“Long, low and lean, the LC convertible will share the coupe’s athletic proportions but project its own, distinct identity,” Lexus said in a release, adding that the convertible LC will give “a sense of completeness to the brand’s flagship models.”

Lexus described the LC convertible prototype as “long, low and lean”

The convertible expands the Lexus model lineup and it will be the first droptop offered by Lexus since the IS C ended production in mid-2015. Before that, Lexus sold the now-discontinued SC convertible. Lexus has been teasing a new convertible for years.

“The LC convertible will share the coupe’s athletic proportions but project its own, distinct identity,” Lexus said

At the Detroit auto show in January, it previewed the upcoming car with the LC Convertible Concept. It showed the LF-C2 concept in 2014, playing with the idea of a convertible RC coupe. In 2008, it dangled the LF-AR, which conceptualized an open-air LFA.

Lexus offered scant details about the LC convertible, saying launch and markets would be announced later.

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