japanese mags say starting around same price as LS.... so >70k starting?

 

A competitive base price for the LC surely, but I'm sure once the options tick, it can be spec'd into a realm few reside

 

well, hopefully :-)

 

I can see the 8-cylinder 2017 LS500 starting at over $80,000 USD in SWB form and possibly the 6-cylinder version at approximately $75k USD. The LC500 (if no V6 outside of LC500h), might start above $86,000 - 90,000 USD compared to LS500. This is highly speculative, but I believe it is possible. I say this, in observing the current model's US market MSRP (its primary market) and that of competitors (especially new LWB 740i at $81,300 and 750i xDrive at $97,400).

Both will be likely packing levels of innovation that will eclipse many current Lexus offerings, so the pricing will go up somewhat from the previous 2016 model year (2016 MSRP will already lightly increase over current 2015 LS), save for the new 6-cylinder 2017 LS starting near the old LS460 price. If more high-end, the LC500 base price in the US might reach $100,000 USD (S550 Coupe starts at $119,900).

 

Based on some new information, we believe the top-end LF-LC Lexus coupe will have a twin-turbo V8 with over 600 horsepower!

Read the rest on the Club Lexus homepage. >>

 

Nah, they'll use the IS-F engine. All new F models get the IS-F engine.

but the time will tell. We are still a few years away from the release.

 

This is a joke right.

Lexus has yet to have a 500hp engine....by the time they get 600hp the Germans will have 1000hp +

 

This is the car I'm waiting for.
Absolutely sublime!

 

LFA had 550hp, but that engine is way too expensive.

 

Yeah, but can it make it to 60K miles without carbon buildup.

 

LOLZ




If they are creating something to replace the LFA, i see nothing shy of a V10 or a Twin turbo V6. Those are the only two options I would put in a car like that. If Yukihiko Yaguchi is heading up the project, I have no doubt that he will opt for N/A V10 since anything he touches is anti-turbo.

Any other engineer, I can see them going for the V6 Twin Turbo/electric hybrid to compete with the new NSX, Ford GT, and other entry level sportcars that are now opting for this setup

 

Rumor has it a Lexus super hybrid is in the works. Whether its a special LC, LFA part II or something else, we'll just have to wait.

 

Off hand, anyone know what the Toyota race car engines are? Not the turbos many are going to now but prior to that. Perhaps they'll use a variation of those engines? Do they have any V10 race engines?

 

Race engines aren't feasible in road cars for a variety of reasons - among them are that they're expensive to make, they need absurd levels of maintenance, and even given the former still have unacceptable failure rates. Race engines that are modified for general road use are still expensive to begin with and then have the added cost of the development to make them road feasible, so even then we only see them in very expensive cars (e.g., LFA).

Just to put it in perspective - in general, developing any powerplant is really expensive. That's why we often see basically the same engine across many models and even specialized models (unfortunately as with the IS-F, RC-F, and now GS-F, which are all derived from the LS600h/L combustion powerplant).

That said, Toyota's various racing groups have a lot of powerplants to choose from. F1 days saw the 3.0L V10 and 2.4L V8 (the LFA engine was likely derived from the former), and the endurance programs have the 3.4/3.7L V8s from the current program as well as the 3.4L V8 turbo from the GT-One in the 90s (which, incidentally, produced 600hp).

 

wonder if it will cost 2.5+ times the new nsx.