{"id":45525,"date":"2011-12-21T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T20:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=45525"},"modified":"2011-12-21T16:00:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T21:00:36","slug":"now-its-official-lexus-releases-lf-lc-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2011\/12\/now-its-official-lexus-releases-lf-lc-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Now It\u2019s Official: Lexus Releases LF-Lc Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lexus offers up an official image of the LF-Lc concept.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, Lexus has made it official.\u00a0 Pics of the maker\u2019s new concept car inadvertently leaked out as Road & Track magazine got ready to release its new issue.\u00a0 So the maker decided the rest of us deserved a closer look and sent over the first official shots of the Lexus LF-Lc show car, rather than the close-up teaser that the Toyota luxury division had previously released.<\/p>\n

While we\u2019re now able to get a good look at the 2-door 4-seater Lexus still isn\u2019t providing any pertinent details, hoping we\u2019ll still show up at the maker\u2019s Detroit Auto Show news conference next month.<\/p>\n

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Stay in the Know!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nonetheless, a few relevant bits can be gleaned, as TheDetroitBureau.com reported earlier:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026insiders offer hints it could be the concept version of an eventual replacement for the slow-selling Lexus SC430.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs seen here a few specifics can be deduced from the images: the concept apparently opts for a targa top, rather than the folding hardtop of the awkward SC430.\u00a0 Both vehicles appear to be roughly the same size and the new model maintains the 2-door design of the current hardtop cabrio.\u00a0 But it appears to add two rear seats.\u00a0 Functional?\u00a0 Well, that remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

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A look inside the LF-Lc concept.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe angular and aggressive front end clearly lifts on the latest L-Finesse design theme Lexus has adopted, as first seen on the maker\u2019s new GS line.\u00a0 According to a teaser release sent out in recent days by Lexus, the LF-Lc embraces \u201cthe new design direction embraced by Lexus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike the old SC430, it was penned at the Lexus advanced design studios in Southern California.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least one report has questioned whether the LF-Lc is borrowing the basic mechanicals and chassis of the new Toyota GT86 \u2013 which will be sold in the U.S. as the Scion FR-S.\u00a0 It\u2019s the product of a closely watched joint venture with Subaru, which will offer its version up as the new BRZ.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere appears to be a hybrid badge on the Lexus LF-Lc, though we\u2019ll have to wait for more details there, as well.\u00a0 But the maker has promised to offer a gas-electric version of virtually everything in its line-up, so that would be no surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should we come up with more information, leaked or otherwise, we\u2019ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forget those grainy “leaked” shots we showed you earlier. Lexus has sent over the first official pics of the new LF-Lc sports car concept coming to the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. TheDetroitBureau.com has the pics and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45525"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=45525"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=45525"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=45525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}