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#61
Rookie
Thread Starter
I agree, and after owning the LC (performance package) for about a month now. I will say that it is slow and somewhat painful at lower RPMs. At this point Im hard pressed to see how this car will be able to achieve anything close to the 4.4 sec that Lexus states. It seems to be closer to being just north of 5.0 sec.
I still enjoy driving the car and it is so much more than just its numbers, but a bit more low end oomph would be nice.
I still enjoy driving the car and it is so much more than just its numbers, but a bit more low end oomph would be nice.
#64
Never had the chance to test the hybrid but I haven’t gotten the impression that horse power is a problem with the V8 (see a few other cars from its class for comparison below). The LC is not a high performance athlete. It’s a pleaser, made to make you feel good while driving it and it does that very successfully. It’s a big, futuristic and elegant looking coupe with an angry V8 that just feels bossy and sleek. You don’t even feel the urge to hurry while driving it but when needed, you can floor it and it will be more than sufficiently performant for any situation (as seen in the LC 500 vs Aston Martin video on youtube). If you want to excel on the race track, get a proper track car.
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#65
Driver School Candidate
My Red LC
Never had the chance to test the hybrid but I haven’t gotten the impression that horse power is a problem with the V8 (see a few other cars from its class for comparison below). The LC is not a high performance athlete. It’s a pleaser, made to make you feel good while driving it and it does that very successfully. It’s a big, futuristic and elegant looking coupe with an angry V8 that just feels bossy and sleek. You don’t even feel the urge to hurry while driving it but when needed, you can floor it and it will be more than sufficiently performant for any situation (as seen in the LC 500 vs Aston Martin video on youtube). If you want to excel on the race track, get a proper track car.
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#66
#67
Pole Position
They are both ~0.5s slower 0-60 than Lexus claims, according to MT. 4.8s for the V8 and 5.3s for the hybrid. The hybrid actually stays pretty close to the V8 until 50 mph, then the V8 pulls away.
#68
There are some individual test done somewhere in eastern Europe and they did 5.8 but it could be due to Euro gearing. European Lexus hybrids were always geared for slower acceleration than US specs for some reason. For example LS600h and GS450h never did better than 6.5s in any of the mainstream magazines and road tests. So yeah technically LCh is a full second faster than GSh setup. But it gets even weirder with 200t engine which returns exact same acceleration numbers for IS, RC and GS while in RX its as fast as RX450h
Lexus's seem to be 1-2 secs behind rivals consistently in performance. My experience is if one drives them in isolation one could enjoy without distraction all the Lexus attributes. But performance drives in convoy with others might begin to frustrate. Sacrificing reliability for power is a bad compromise. But the other way around is also a compromise.
Surely they are not that far behind in knowhow? If it's to be believed, the new Supra will have a BMW drivetrain.
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#75
Liquid Bra Champion
I'm guessing you've never sat in one, let alone own one. You'd see where that $20K delta went.