Originally Posted by KahnBB6

Thank you, Highway. Actually I've never thought of the SC/Soarer as a sports car. I've always felt it was a luxury muscle car. It sure does drive like a refined and yesteryear-luxurious Japanese interpretation of 60's muscle to me. One big difference though: EVERYTHING that is a caveat about the refinement in a 60's Detroit muscle car has been removed from SC/Soarers. Almost. We all know about the many small interior trim quirks but these are old cars now. I've owned a 60's Ford and that's the best way I can describe it. It's why I bought the car, other than that I knew I could add a lot of MKIV Supra hardware and planned to.

Not to offend anyone but when I got into mine at a used car dealer my first impression was the idea of a racy Buick coupe built by Toyota. I remembered test driving a used 1987 Grand National and of course it didn't have the power of the GN but the car felt similar in a way.

But the caveats you feel in a GN/T-Type's body you don't feel in an SC. Night and day difference of course. Difference being that an SC can actually handle very well like a GT tourer. Even stock you get that feeling at least with a 5-speed manual car.

More genuine sports cars act differently and I never felt the SC should be compared to the likes of a 370Z or Lotus. I feel there is a place for both in the car world.

Originally Posted by CityKnight

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Originally Posted by Highway

Funny story is my my close friend just finished his Grand Natty build with a mosnter Precision turbo and all the bells and whistles while i start my sc\swap build which will most likely consist of a similar size frame turbo Very similar indeed. I think they are both almost same in weight give or take 1-200 lbs

Originally Posted by SC400slide

The population isn't dwindling IMO. It is wierd though that SC drivers that have been SC drivers for years ditch Club Lexus and go to Infiniti, or Honda. They have thousands of posts that were full of DIY's, help, and guidance. Where'd they all go to? One's thing for sure, I'm not leaving CL till it's down...so I guess I'm with it forever...

Originally Posted by spurge

I dont want a new model of the sc300 to me it devalues the care, i like the fact that the sc300 stands out as a great car with damn near the best engine. Period.

Originally Posted by eknine9

Just a heads up, the IS-F has not been cancelled. They are extening the current generation IS-F for another year, and eventually in a few years they will most likely have a new IS-F based on this newer generation of IS. The same way that the M5 for each generation tends to lag behind a few years from it's standard model.

http://lexusenthusiast.com/2013/01/2...on-lexus-is-f/

Also the LF-LC has been confirmed for production. I've read that the expected release date is around 2017.

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...duction-report

I'm currently looking forward to see what Toyota does with the two RWD performance coupes they are planning. The FR-S/GT86 was just the beginning, it's part of a plan for a three-tier performance coupe offering, with the FR-S being the slowest/cheapest.