TomMartin

Curious how the Lexus IS C relates to the Toyota line. I have always kind of liked the Solara Convertible...don't think it is called a Camry convertible?

What was the last year of the IS C?

Also, was it ever produced with a canvas top vs the hardtop convertible top?

Kind of looking for a warm weather winter car...prefer front and back seats and Lexus or Toyota...Thanks TomMartin

Jeff Lange

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The Solara is based on the Camry, is FWD with a 3MZ-FE 3.3L or 2AZ-FE 2.4L Engine with a Softtop. Suspension is strut-based front and rear. The last year of the Solara was 2008.

The IS250/350C is not related to the Solara at all. It is based on the Mark X/GS/IS RWD platform with a 4GR-FSE 2.5L or 2GR-FSE 3.5L D-4S direct-injected engine and a retractable hardtop. Suspension is double wishbone front/multilink rear. The last year of the ISx50C was 2015.

In short: they're unrelated top to bottom. Different cars, different suspension, different powertrains, all different.

TomMartin

Thanks Jeff...just out of curiosity are they pretty close in size...ie length/width? Also, did the IS C ever have a soft top?

I do not see many for sale?...my guess is it was pretty low volume...particularly last few years? Any discussion of new IS C possibilities?

Very interesting...so the last Solara convertible last year was 2008?

Jeff Lange

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2004-2008 Solara:
Width: 1,816 mm
Length: 4,890 mm
Wheelbase: 2,720 mm

2010-2015 ISx50C:
Width: 1,800 mm
Length: 4,635 mm
Wheelbase: 2,730 mm

The IS C was always retractable hardtop, no soft top option.

As far as production volume, I don't have the info for 2014 on the IS C, but the other years I do:



I haven't heard any rumours of a new IS C at all, but who knows.

The last year for the Solara was 2008, convertible or otherwise.

Jeff

svelt

I was having trouble finding this data especially for the IS-C, thanks for putting this up.

What's astonishing is that just 90 MT IS-Cs were sold in the US. If you had wanted one that was post-2011 facelift, you narrowed your options to 27, fewer than the amount of states. Forget about Canadian options, with a 1/10 ratio of population and a less enthusiastic response to convertibles north of 49, we'd be lucky to have 5 Canadian manual IS-Cs floating around. Probably fewer than 100 continent-wide...Might just be as rare as an LFA!

The "C" sold a bit better than I thought. Assuming 2014 numbers are close to 2013/2015, that's more than 30k sold. While the 250C still outsold the 350C by more than 2:1, the ratio amongst C buyers did skew more strongly towards the 350C than it did on the sedan, where the 250 outsold it by 6:1.

Jeff Lange

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Given the population difference between Canada and the USA, I am still surprised at how many MT cars I see for sale, even of the newer years, so I would tend to think (percentage wise) the MT may have sold slightly better in Canada. Still not saying much though, haha. It was not a good seller.

Jeff