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Old 04-24-09, 07:31 AM
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Mercedes will continue to be the creme of the crop with its array of coupes & drop tops in standard, sport, & AMG trim. You can add BMW to the mix as well with more verts and coupes on the way.. What is up with Lexus?
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Old 04-24-09, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
Mercedes will continue to be the creme of the crop with its array of coupes & drop tops in standard, sport, & AMG trim. You can add BMW to the mix as well with more verts and coupes on the way.. What is up with Lexus?
Lexus likes taking their time and they know what sells and what wont. The what wont sell, we want the most lol
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Old 04-24-09, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
Mercedes will continue to be the creme of the crop with its array of coupes & drop tops in standard, sport, & AMG trim. You can add BMW to the mix as well with more verts and coupes on the way.. What is up with Lexus?
bmw may have nice 3 and 6 convertibles, but the interiors are awful.
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Old 04-24-09, 12:55 PM
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noooooo! Bring back the SC. I love these cars especially the 1st gen SC's.
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Old 04-24-09, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by KA8
noooooo! Bring back the SC. I love these cars especially the 1st gen SC's.
Don't worry...pagemaster has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. While long in the tooth, the current SC will be replaced with a new model in the next 2-3 years.
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Old 04-24-09, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
Don't worry...pagemaster has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. While long in the tooth, the current SC will be replaced with a new model in the next 2-3 years.
Exactly the SC 460 will come. The SC and the GX haven't gone through L-Finesse yet. It will come mark my words...
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Old 04-24-09, 10:26 PM
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and I hope they don't go through L-Finesse, Lexus' current design language looks good for the LS, GS, IS but is horrible for the ES, RX and LX (they all look like The Predator!)
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Old 04-24-09, 10:53 PM
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i think the ES looks good, same with the RX. the LX didnt turn out so well (the rear), but the front is good.

as for the SC, i expect it to look like http://www.lexus.com/fcv/lf_c.html

a small roadster coupe.
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Old 04-24-09, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
While long in the tooth, the current SC will be replaced with a new model in the next 2-3 years.
Will a moderator please change the title then?
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Old 04-25-09, 09:18 PM
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I hope the new SC will go back to the 1SC proportions as it was a large/long coupe. Just look at the competition of large coupes:
Benz


BMW


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Old 04-25-09, 09:42 PM
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I hope the SC will use the LS chassis or some how turn the LS into a two door lol plain and simple. Also let it only be a hybrid. SC600h 438 hp would do quite nicely.
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Old 04-25-09, 10:04 PM
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I hope the SC will use the LS chassis or some how turn the LS into a two door lol plain and simple. Also let it only be a hybrid. SC600h 438 hp would do quite nicely.
no room for the batteries. the roof already takes up most of the trunk
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Old 04-25-09, 10:19 PM
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I hope they design a new SC that is more competitive and beautiful. I want to see an SC that look much better and performs better that the Euro cars. I am tired of the insane reliability being the main reason people buy these cars
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Old 04-25-09, 10:47 PM
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It is very possible Lexus will skip a model year for the SC like they did before and bring the car back.
While not universally loved, it has aged well. The interior is on par with pretty much anything made. Performance is still competitive for a GT, it never was a sports car. It was a giant hit for Lexus initially and like most coupes, sales dwindle as the years pass.

This with the Last Lexus designed and created using their old methods.

We can still only speculate what the new SC will be? Small hardtop convert? Larger LSish coupe?

I put money on it that it WILL be replaced
 
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Originally Posted by RXSF
no room for the batteries. the roof already takes up most of the trunk
i wasn't thinking of it being retractable. it would have been more of a 1st gen SC version then a 2nd gen
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