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That's a shame, as he's pretty positive on the car! Honestly, though, in the UK these cars were never going to sell well, just because of the tax situation. As I understand it, for the coupes, the hybrid outsold the V8 in that market.
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Ha! I understand.
JayEmm is an excellent car reviewer and intimately (Driven them all) familiar with all the top tier Ferrari/ Aston Martin/ Porsche/ Mercedes and so on. He’s done three separate reviews of the Lexus LC 500 and absolutely loves and adores this car.. He raves about it with genuine enthusiasm and admiration.
JayEmm is an excellent car reviewer and intimately (Driven them all) familiar with all the top tier Ferrari/ Aston Martin/ Porsche/ Mercedes and so on. He’s done three separate reviews of the Lexus LC 500 and absolutely loves and adores this car.. He raves about it with genuine enthusiasm and admiration.
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2017-2019 LEXUS LC500 -Director's Cut
A new video from Japan came up with the LC500 race car in post #105. That got me looking into it again and I came across this well-done video showing some of the "impressive moments" from the three years the car competed. Not exactly our car, but it’s still fun watching a similar-looking race car based on the LC500 out on the race track. The video translates well too since it’s mostly just good music and racing sounds.
The LC 500 Super GT race car:Championships and results
Because of that, Lexus replaced the LC race car with the Toyota GR Supra GT500, even though the LC had been very successful.
(From Chat GPT)
From the actor Robert Duvall, who we lost this past February 15, 2026:
"Rubbin', son, is racin'."
The LC 500 Super GT race car:
- Racing series: Super GT
- All the races were at Japanese circuits like Suzuka, Fuji Speedway, Motegi, Okayama, and Autopolis.
- Class: GT500 (the top class, similar in speed to prototypes)
- Debut: 2017 season
- Replaced: the Lexus RC F GT500
- Teams running it: TOM’S, LeMans, SARD, Cerumo, and Bandoh
- Cars entered per race: typically 6 LC 500s
- Although it looks like the road car, the GT500 version is basically a full carbon-fiber prototype with a 2.0-liter turbo race engine under Super GT rules.
Championships and results
Total (2017–2019):
- 24 races
- 14 wins
- 6 pole positions
- 2 driver championships
- Multiple team championships
Why it only ran for 3 years
Super GT introduced a new rules package (Class One regulations) starting in 2020.Because of that, Lexus replaced the LC race car with the Toyota GR Supra GT500, even though the LC had been very successful.
(From Chat GPT)
From the actor Robert Duvall, who we lost this past February 15, 2026:
"Rubbin', son, is racin'."
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