Lexus LC500: A Swing and a... Miss?

"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited) 05/09/2016 at 12:25 • Filed to: Lexus, LC500, What's wrong with your face?

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Look at that. Those wide hips, that elegant roofline, the smoothly creased and crisp sheetmetal. The OH MY GOD

What’s wrong with your faaaaaaaace?!?!

Actually, believe it or not, the usual Lexus insanity up front isn’t the biggest problem. I like the eye-of-Horus headlights and even the predatormouth grille doesn’t bother me here. From most angles it’s an incredibly elegant vehicle...

...until you look at it in profile. Everything is just... awkward. The cabin is located a bit too far forward, the rear overhang is just a bit too long, and the entire area in front of the A-pillar needs reworked. And the wheels are ugly.

On the plus side the interior is beautiful.

And it looks even better in blue.

So I don’t really know. It’s a really frustrating design for me. All in all it’s a gorgeous car but the few negatives are really big negatives.

PatBateman > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:31

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I actually like the face. It’s different than most other cars on the road.

It would be nice if Lexus actually made it fast enough to compete with the M/AMG/S/V, though.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:33

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I like it, it’s an LFA for the “common” man.

Party-vi > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:36

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I don’t think your eyes are functioning like my eyes, because that car is gorgeous.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 05/09/2016 at 12:36

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Yeah the 1 in 100,000 instead of the 1 in 10,000,000 man.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:37

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I still think it’s gorgeous. it’s the only modern Lexus I really like.

TheHondaBro > PatBateman 05/09/2016 at 12:37

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I think they should keep it a luxo-cruiser instead of making a performance version of it. Could steal sales away from the non-performance German GT cars.

Invinciblejets > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:38

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I like the side profile everything else is a bit too concept car hot wheels...

facw > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:38

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I don’t get why were are supposed to find this car pretty. I find the enormous disparity between the belt-line and the bottom of the windshield particularly offensive, but there’s a lot more wrong with this car.

Dogapult > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:39

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Got the chance to crawl around it at a press event in Chicago. It’s basically gorgeous from every angle, as far as I could tell.

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > facw 05/09/2016 at 12:39

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Ugh, can’t unsee it now.

Amoore100 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/09/2016 at 12:40

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Same.

spanfucker retire bitch > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:48

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Nope, there’s not a single angle of this car that I don’t love. Inside and out it is an absolute fucking beauty.

Shame that Lexus cars never fucking depreciate all that much though.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > PatBateman 05/09/2016 at 12:50

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I don’t mine the hourglass grille here because it feels like it was designed with it instead of pasted on.

450X_FTW > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:51

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Looks like they went with a Cadillac approach to design it. Using only a rule and no curves.

Saracen > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:52

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It’s the only Lexus where the new Lexus design aesthetic actually works.

Though even their ugly cars have beautiful cabins.

BeaterGT > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:52

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My coworker wants one. I’d be surprised if he gets rid of his Carrera S for it though.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/09/2016 at 12:52

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Exactly, but with depreciation we may at least get a chance!

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > spanfucker retire bitch 05/09/2016 at 12:53

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The only bad angle is the side. All the other ones hide the awkwardness.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > Party-vi 05/09/2016 at 12:55

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I think it’s really great too! I just wish they could have fixed the awkwardness of the proportions.

Party-vi > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 12:56

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But it’s not awkward looking at all - it’s magnificent.

HammerheadFistpunch > Party-vi 05/09/2016 at 13:00

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I’m with you, I dig it.

WiscoProud > HammerheadFistpunch 05/09/2016 at 13:06

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Same here

Somethin' 'bout a truck > Party-vi 05/09/2016 at 13:16

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I’m with you on this. I think this is a fantastic design.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > PatBateman 05/09/2016 at 13:17

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The LexusMouthFacePredator is growing on me.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 13:20

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I can’t stand it. At all.

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 13:26

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I really like it. I think it will age as well as the SC has. The grill might not look so great ten years down the road, but overall I think it’s a classy looking car.

CaptDale - is secretly British > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 13:54

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Yeah, I actually think the side profile is a lot better the the front 1/4 view. The rear 1/4 view is nice though, but I don’t like that trim “dripping” off the rear tail light. Also I really think a lower beltline would have made this car just gorgeous.

BJ > Party-vi 05/09/2016 at 13:56

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I agree. The proportions are very pleasing. But a face only a mother could love...

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 14:05

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me gusta and me gusta mucho :)

PilotMan > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 14:27

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Looks are objectionable but it also doesn’t have enough power.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 05/09/2016 at 14:40

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But Toyotas don’t depreciate.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > facw 05/09/2016 at 20:15

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Raising the beltline to meet the a pillar would do a lot for its looks.

Nauraushaun > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/09/2016 at 22:59

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I don’t think the side profile is bad at all. I like the low-slung look that’s carried from front to back, caused by having the hood and boot line higher than the waist of the car.

As usual, the front is gross. I thin that’s the biggest issue. But it’s definitely the best application of the stupid grille. But you can do that on a sports car - similar to how all those Peugeot concepts that never got built made the family snout look presentable.