The interior of this is far superior to many cars costing twice the price. Plus it's not sold as a sports car. It's a GT, Grand Tourer. Which it excels at. I'm 58 and I'd buy this rather than an Aston etc.
I've had a pleasure to sit in one at Geneva, and it's tan colored interior was so amazing that I was honestly shocked. Far better then almost anything on the market (and cars that come close are at least few times more expensive). Lexus did an amazing job indeed.
I especially like the synthetic suede on the seats and doors as well as the abundance of plastics used on the dash. Nothing says high end like plastic!
That " synthetic suede " would be a deal breaker for me, if I were in the market for such a car. At this price point I'd expect leather, leather and yet more leather. Apparently the synthetic suede costs 1/14 that of leather. Definitely " low rent " in my book.
Alex, I'm really happy to have watched your review of this magnificent car. I recently purchased my new 2017 RX350 and I love it. However, the week before I had the opportunity to test drive this LC500. Speaking just for myself, I prefer the look, handling characteristics and horsepower with this V8 over the "insanely fast" turbo Porsche's, Mercedes, BMW's, etc. The horsepower with this vehicle is more than enough for the vast majority of adults out there who can responsibly handle it w/o incurring a speeding ticket or endangering others. I've never driven another vehicle that engendered to many looks, stares and phone-video occasions as this one did! If I had an extra $100K, this one would definitely be my next weekender vehicle.
Seriously in love with this Lexus. I'm glad someone at Lexus is coming up with these amazing designs! 2:16 "Functional dual exhaust" Wait...so are you telling me that some car companies *aren't* making functional dual exhaust? What a time to be alive!
I'm sure most buyers would trade half a second of speed for that glorious V8 soundtrack It's not all about the speed. It's how you get there that really counts. It's not what you do. It's how you do it.
I've been a Subscriber for the longest time and I'm always looking forward to your videos! One small suggestion: Perhaps you could show us how the tail lights look when the brakes are stepped on? I think LED brake lights and the design of the CHMBL can be a distinctive feature.
Alex the one thing you might have understated about the Lexus engine, you have to work for the torque and Power, and I feel that's more of an engagement..
Alex, how can you not crack a smile while talking about the vehicle with the engine revving and car carving up the back roads? I don't know how you can deadpan driving should an awesome machine!
watching in early 2019, i feel as though this is more of an 8 series competitor than the 6 series within the BMW lineup - can’t wait for your review on that!
Ive been fauning over this car since this video. I finally got my 22 LC500 coupe years later. This is not a spec sheet car and its funny you say you'd rather have the Mercedes. LOL if i had that i would have sold it for something else where as this I'm still in love with. THat says it all. Cars are emotional buys never forget that. Unless you run a business. Thats diff.
Ok you take the Mercedes, had one, recalls and heavy maintenance. I will take the Lexus. I have a 5 year old GS 350 and it has been Bullitt Proof. I am looking at used LC 500 now. Big cost savings over New for an Incredible dream machine.
Maybe I missed something, did Lexus market this vehicle as a competitor to the Porsche 911 or the Mercedes GT. This is a personal Luxury car, not a sports car. It doesn't have huge trunk space because it's a personal luxury car, not an SUV. You should measure this vehicle against it's intended purpose, not whatever you can think up that it doesn't match up against.
Jeez - 0-60 mph in 4.4 isn't quick enough for you? What would be? 0-60 in 3.2 like a ZR-1 Corvette? That's a race car. This is a beautiful LUXURY COUPE, a work of art, a marvel of modern engineering which is RELIABLE and won't cost you thousands when something minor goes wrong. This car is designed to be driven on public roads, not LeMans, dude! It's fantastic just the way it is. It doesn't need to go faster or be any quicker. Obviously you're another German "snob" who thinks anything made in Germany is the standard by which all other cars should be judged. However, you're not factoring in the cost of ownership. Let's tally up this car vs. any German luxury machine after five years and see how much more we've spent for that extra 1% performance. You'd have to be insane not to buy the LC 500. Somehow I suspect this isn't the car for you.
Alex, you'd take the Merc. Then you'd offer to take your MB service advisor out for a round of golf. Maybe that way he could get you a deal on the hourly rate.
I agree. I think you really don't understand the design language or the LC concepts purpose of this car. Luxury touring coupe, thats it. Performance within that narrow market is about 7th important on a scale of 1 to 10 for this car.
Yea blowing the doors off its "competition" is not what this car is all about. And lets be honest NO ONE buying this car is gonna take it to the track or even drive remotely near its limits. With that said its perfection (ive yet to drive it sadly). Id buy this with the mission of road trips, long stretches of highway which im sure it would do just swimmingly. And it looks so...ugh...words cannot describe. I will say it will be a collectors car for sure. Hang onto it and be nice to it!
Alex, maybe you're not really testing the rear seats for an adult quite the right way on a 2+2 coupe, which have a very small back seat area. They should rather be reviewed as a 2+1, with the rear used for a very occasional very short ride in mind for one adult (or child). Instead of sitting behind the driver you should be in the rear seat behind the passenger. That way the passenger seat can be moved up to make a little more room. That's a more realistic situation than trying to squeeze in behind the driver.
During your performance evaluation, why didn't you put the car in "performance" mode? Sport+ would have given you extremely different results. You have six different modes to choose from and you chose wrong. The 0-60 mph times are 4.4 seconds or even better. Next time you get to drive one of these, take advantage of the engineering that went into making it.
I don't agree with your assertion which states it lags behind the competition in terms of performance. This car goes directly against the BMW 6 series s class coupe, Mercedes Amg GT and the likes. The 0-60 time for this Lc is 4.4 secs as recorded by most others when tested. The S class coupe does 0-60 in 4.6 secs, the 6 series edges it slight and the Amg GT edges it slightly as well. Horsepower they are all comparable, torque is where they edge it cause of turbo chargers. So In terms of performance I doubt there's that wide a gap like you make it seem. I agree there should have been more options like massaging seats available and more adjustments. That to me is the only area where the competition is ahead. But Lc looks a million times better than all the competition, the closest to it is the Jag F type and still it isn't as good looking. Then the interior quality which you didn't emphasise much on here is much better than the competition especially with different colour options like the tan and multi tone combo of white Blue leather with tan alcantara. So there are far more positives for this Lc against the competition. The Lcd instrument cluster on here does what the competition can't, the analog dial moves and gives u so much more access to things than what's on the competition that is just a basic ipad like screen with little or no visual effects except change of colour.
The BMW 8 series and this LC500 are absolutely gorgeous. I just wish Lexus would bring out a full-on LC-F even though this uses the engine from other F models. Lexus F cars don’t have nearly enough power to compete with M or AMG
This reviewer is talking about performance while driving in NORMAL MODE. He apparently doesn't realize there are four or five different driving modes. SPORT + is where he should be if he wants to critique performance. I own an LC 500 and can safely say it's all the car anyone needs with plenty of power for driving on public roads. If you want a race car, that's a different story. The LC is a very, very nice car to drive. It is comfortable and handles great. Factor in Lexus reliability and there is no reason to buy anything else.
The seat is probably because this one has the sports package or whatever it's called. The other one has full leather seats and glass roof and probably more adjustments.
Nice review as always, Alex! I think something's wrong with the microphone you used while driving from around 9:35 until you started talking outside the car. The audio started off much louder in my left ear (wearing headphones), but at least stable, and as the in-car segment progressed, it actually started sort of wavering, almost cutting out in one ear for brief moments. It's probably something far less noticeable to somebody not using headphones. Wanted you to know in case you hadn't noticed.
I generally really like your reviews and your conclusions. But I can’t believe you said you take Mercedes Benz GT over Lexus LC. Cars are so good nowadays nobody can drive them at their limits. The Lexus has as much usable performance as is legal or necessary and will cost 1/3 as much and last twice as long as the Mercedes over its lifespan
Does anyone know why Lexus keeps the same infotainment system.... the 2018 Toyota Avalon has a far more luxurious looking screen etc... I’m considering purchasing a RC-F however am a bid disappointed with the dated screen :/
Because in Japan, the owners have not complained about the system as-is / was - but they are finally upgrading the system worldwide. 2021+ as seen on the recently introduced NX.
I know that the V8 sounds great but if it were my money to spend on the Lexus LC, I’d rather have the LC 500h aka the hybrid instead because she will not only be faster than the V8 but the gas mileage is even much better too. But if I gonna spend more than $100K on a GT car, I would love to buy for myself the new 911 Carrera 4S !!! :)))
The interior of this is far superior to many cars costing twice the price. Plus it's not sold as a sports car. It's a GT, Grand Tourer. Which it excels at. I'm 58 and I'd buy this rather than an Aston etc.
I've had a pleasure to sit in one at Geneva, and it's tan colored interior was so amazing that I was honestly shocked. Far better then almost anything on the market (and cars that come close are at least few times more expensive). Lexus did an amazing job indeed.
I especially like the synthetic suede on the seats and doors as well as the abundance of plastics used on the dash. Nothing says high end like plastic!
That " synthetic suede " would be a deal breaker for me, if I were in the market for such a car. At this price point I'd expect leather, leather and yet more leather. Apparently the synthetic suede costs 1/14 that of leather. Definitely " low rent " in my book.
it's still fast at 4.7 seconds, and it is sold as a luxury sport car.
LarryUK ..i m 51yo. I wud also buy ths against any othr lux sports cars
Alex, I'm really happy to have watched your review of this magnificent car. I recently purchased my new 2017 RX350 and I love it. However, the week before I had the opportunity to test drive this LC500. Speaking just for myself, I prefer the look, handling characteristics and horsepower with this V8 over the "insanely fast" turbo Porsche's, Mercedes, BMW's, etc. The horsepower with this vehicle is more than enough for the vast majority of adults out there who can responsibly handle it w/o incurring a speeding ticket or endangering others. I've never driven another vehicle that engendered to many looks, stares and phone-video occasions as this one did! If I had an extra $100K, this one would definitely be my next weekender vehicle.
Seriously in love with this Lexus. I'm glad someone at Lexus is coming up with these amazing designs!
2:16 "Functional dual exhaust" Wait...so are you telling me that some car companies *aren't* making functional dual exhaust? What a time to be alive!
SQ5 doesn't have.
New Audi A8 and many other German cars have fake exhausts
A sports model made in Germany makes the sound(after fire) which imitated a racing car.
But I don't like violence of sound.
goddesseddog Fake Tips .
The LFA also sound like perfection too.
Lexus is hands down the best Japanese brand. The LC500 is stunning
What a beautiful car, cant wait to see it on the road
I guess beauty is a subjective thing cause this shit isn't beautiful
This is probably the best looking coupe on the market. It has a great combination of performance and comfort, a true GT car.
I love how clear, informative, and unbiased this review was. Thank you.
Best looking car in the market today, period.
4.7 seconds is fast enough for me. i don't race on a track, so this would be nice and i think it looks nice and sporty.
They’re Even More Amazing In Person. Stands Out In Regular Traffic And Turns Heads. The LS500 Also Does Too
I'm sure most buyers would trade half a second of speed for that glorious V8 soundtrack
It's not all about the speed. It's how you get there that really counts.
It's not what you do. It's how you do it.
Alex's reviews are so incredibly detailed, well one! And yes, this car is way outta my price range, but it is nice to dream isn't it?
Terrific review; very informative and comprehensive and all in just around 16 minutes. Stunning car in any case.
What a beautiful car. If I had the money, that would be a car that I would buy. Plus Lexus reliability.
This car is pure sex
n u r pure cringe
Love this car. A Lexus version of an Aston Martin, with Toyota's/Lexus reliability!? Yes please. Cant wait for Infiniti to introduce their own.
Best looking luxury coupe by far.
I've been a Subscriber for the longest time and I'm always looking forward to your videos! One small suggestion: Perhaps you could show us how the tail lights look when the brakes are stepped on? I think LED brake lights and the design of the CHMBL can be a distinctive feature.
Alex I love your videos but please consider getting custom fitted shirts, the sleeves and mid section of these ones could fit a family of four
Direct Reply Lol
Considering how inexpensive, efficient, and reliable LEDs are I can't believe they are an option on any new car.
Outstanding review!!! Absolutely incredible car!!! 😎😎😎
I agree with your comment on the Lexus grill. I don’t care for it but on this car it works. It truly is a beautiful car.
Alex the one thing you might have understated about the Lexus engine, you have to work for the torque and Power, and I feel that's more of an engagement..
Beautiful, Just Beautiful!
Alex, how can you not crack a smile while talking about the vehicle with the engine revving and car carving up the back roads? I don't know how you can deadpan driving should an awesome machine!
Excellent reviewer, glad to find you Alex! Greetings from México
Saw a jaguar 2 door, a Merc SL n this LC parked in a row. All beautiful cars but in the metal, the LC stood out. Stunning. Unexpected, for me anyway.
I give it A+ on styling, not sure how i would like the drive experience. I'll wait for new Supra
The Red is Everything
I know and I hate red cars. But this one. Wow. Add the tan interior and its perfect.
Best car information on YT.. thank you
LC500h is so beautiful
watching in early 2019, i feel as though this is more of an 8 series competitor than the 6 series within the BMW lineup - can’t wait for your review on that!
On looks alone, it's worth $100k.
Multi drive view is very good 👌👌👌
Lexus is the best!👍
Ive been fauning over this car since this video. I finally got my 22 LC500 coupe years later. This is not a spec sheet car and its funny you say you'd rather have the Mercedes. LOL if i had that i would have sold it for something else where as this I'm still in love with. THat says it all. Cars are emotional buys never forget that. Unless you run a business. Thats diff.
Reliability, resale value, that glorious naturally aspirated v8 sound already make this worth $100K alone.
Ok you take the Mercedes, had one, recalls and heavy maintenance.
I will take the Lexus. I have a 5 year old GS 350 and it has been Bullitt
Proof.
I am looking at used LC 500 now. Big cost savings over New for an
Incredible dream machine.
I love the spindle grill
Just wait for the LCF
Maybe I missed something, did Lexus market this vehicle as a competitor to the Porsche 911 or the Mercedes GT. This is a personal Luxury car, not a sports car. It doesn't have huge trunk space because it's a personal luxury car, not an SUV. You should measure this vehicle against it's intended purpose, not whatever you can think up that it doesn't match up against.
Jeez - 0-60 mph in 4.4 isn't quick enough for you? What would be? 0-60 in 3.2 like a ZR-1 Corvette? That's a race car. This is a beautiful LUXURY COUPE, a work of art, a marvel of modern engineering which is RELIABLE and won't cost you thousands when something minor goes wrong. This car is designed to be driven on public roads, not LeMans, dude! It's fantastic just the way it is. It doesn't need to go faster or be any quicker. Obviously you're another German "snob" who thinks anything made in Germany is the standard by which all other cars should be judged. However, you're not factoring in the cost of ownership. Let's tally up this car vs. any German luxury machine after five years and see how much more we've spent for that extra 1% performance. You'd have to be insane not to buy the LC 500. Somehow I suspect this isn't the car for you.
Great review. Awesome car well built real head turner.
Alex, you'd take the Merc. Then you'd offer to take your MB service advisor out for a round of golf. Maybe that way he could get you a deal on the hourly rate.
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I agree. I think you really don't understand the design language or the LC concepts purpose of this car. Luxury touring coupe, thats it. Performance within that narrow market is about 7th important on a scale of 1 to 10 for this car.
Hard to believe this is coming from the same people that make the Corolla.
Car is stunning. Beautiful.
Yea blowing the doors off its "competition" is not what this car is all about. And lets be honest NO ONE buying this car is gonna take it to the track or even drive remotely near its limits. With that said its perfection (ive yet to drive it sadly). Id buy this with the mission of road trips, long stretches of highway which im sure it would do just swimmingly. And it looks so...ugh...words cannot describe. I will say it will be a collectors car for sure. Hang onto it and be nice to it!
Alex, maybe you're not really testing the rear seats for an adult quite the right way on a 2+2 coupe, which have a very small back seat area.
They should rather be reviewed as a 2+1, with the rear used for a very occasional very short ride in mind for one adult (or child). Instead of sitting behind the driver you should be in the rear seat behind the passenger. That way the passenger seat can be moved up to make a little more room. That's a more realistic situation than trying to squeeze in behind the driver.
It was still not possible. There's simply not enough room back there.
Doesnt matter who you're sitting behind. Its still has no headroom.
Amazing Lexus
During your performance evaluation, why didn't you put the car in "performance" mode? Sport+ would have given you extremely different results. You have six different modes to choose from and you chose wrong. The 0-60 mph times are 4.4 seconds or even better. Next time you get to drive one of these, take advantage of the engineering that went into making it.
Really wish you could get that NA V8 with a manual transmission as an option
thank you for an excellent review !
Lexus LC500 Gran coupe can give serious competition to AMG GT 4 door
N/A Engine yes they r not fast or something like that but sound and feeling is different and I will choose N/A
I don't agree with your assertion which states it lags behind the competition in terms of performance. This car goes directly against the BMW 6 series s class coupe, Mercedes Amg GT and the likes. The 0-60 time for this Lc is 4.4 secs as recorded by most others when tested. The S class coupe does 0-60 in 4.6 secs, the 6 series edges it slight and the Amg GT edges it slightly as well. Horsepower they are all comparable, torque is where they edge it cause of turbo chargers. So In terms of performance I doubt there's that wide a gap like you make it seem. I agree there should have been more options like massaging seats available and more adjustments. That to me is the only area where the competition is ahead. But Lc looks a million times better than all the competition, the closest to it is the Jag F type and still it isn't as good looking. Then the interior quality which you didn't emphasise much on here is much better than the competition especially with different colour options like the tan and multi tone combo of white Blue leather with tan alcantara. So there are far more positives for this Lc against the competition. The Lcd instrument cluster on here does what the competition can't, the analog dial moves and gives u so much more access to things than what's on the competition that is just a basic ipad like screen with little or no visual effects except change of colour.
Good videos great expectations and details
Gotta love 4k
Hey, Alex, you may consider to give a score to the infotainment system since it is very important part of the car these days
The BMW 8 series and this LC500 are absolutely gorgeous. I just wish Lexus would bring out a full-on LC-F even though this uses the engine from other F models. Lexus F cars don’t have nearly enough power to compete with M or AMG
The interior reminds me of the old 90's Lotus S4 .
The problem with this car is that I can't look at it and drive it at the same time.
Great review!
So many horsepower snobs these days as if 0.3 second difference makes a huge impact in daily life.
This reviewer is talking about performance while driving in NORMAL MODE. He apparently doesn't realize there are four or five different driving modes. SPORT + is where he should be if he wants to critique performance. I own an LC 500 and can safely say it's all the car anyone needs with plenty of power for driving on public roads. If you want a race car, that's a different story. The LC is a very, very nice car to drive. It is comfortable and handles great. Factor in Lexus reliability and there is no reason to buy anything else.
what colour is ur lc in?
It may not have the acceleration of the German manufacturers but the body shape is far more appealing.
Its actually faster than its direct competition at that price point. 6 series BMW, Mercedes SL and such.
Great review.
To me this competes more with the DB11 at a better price love the quality of this car
i love your reviews, alex. but you made one big mistake, it's a quad exhaust. not a dual. the 5.0L V8 needs the extra two exhaust exits =)
It's very nice that Lexus decided to include a "oh shit" handle for passengers when the driver decides to attack a curvy backroad in this monster.
4.7 to 60 is slow? Bye bye to my license at that rate.
5:01 Best reaction. 😁
The Lexus may not have the acceleration of of it's German counterparts, but the body shape and interior design is far more appealing.
If I want pure acceleration, a Tesla model 3 performance at $60K will do much better. This car is about style and sounds of that V8.
Please do a comparison between this and 911, like the one you did for q50 and stinger
You can't keep these in the showroom. They get sold as soon as they arrive.
The seat is probably because this one has the sports package or whatever it's called. The other one has full leather seats and glass roof and probably more adjustments.
It's the Lexus "L", not a Nike swoosh.
I demand 10,000 seat positions what the heck
Love it!!!
Nice review as always, Alex!
I think something's wrong with the microphone you used while driving from around 9:35 until you started talking outside the car. The audio started off much louder in my left ear (wearing headphones), but at least stable, and as the in-car segment progressed, it actually started sort of wavering, almost cutting out in one ear for brief moments. It's probably something far less noticeable to somebody not using headphones. Wanted you to know in case you hadn't noticed.
Alex why y u do this I have test on Monday
Is Alex going through midlife crisis? What's up with all the performance car reviews?
haha, Alex you were really hauling ass in this video :)
Buy one! Best Lexie yet👍🏻 and it will last the rest of your life 😊
Good review but i really wish he'd stop saying "Nike swoosh" smh
you think the tail lights look like nike swoosh? you recommend you should stop buying your kicks from Chinatown
It seems that Alex is not all that into the LC, but being a pretty dull guy it's no surprise that the car is too much for him.
I love you lexus...!!!
AlexonAutos I like your reviews but please change your intromusic it sounds like a 1980's cartoon outro
2:27 when ur sponsored by Nike but are reviewing a Lexus...and you don’t review shoes.
I generally really like your reviews and your conclusions. But I can’t believe you said you take Mercedes Benz GT over Lexus LC. Cars are so good nowadays nobody can drive them at their limits. The Lexus has as much usable performance as is legal or necessary and will cost 1/3 as much and last twice as long as the Mercedes over its lifespan
See, this car is where this design language belongs -- not on the Prius.
wait for you to review 2018 honda accord
Does anyone know why Lexus keeps the same infotainment system.... the 2018 Toyota Avalon has a far more luxurious looking screen etc... I’m considering purchasing a RC-F however am a bid disappointed with the dated screen :/
Because in Japan, the owners have not complained about the system as-is / was - but they are finally upgrading the system worldwide. 2021+ as seen on the recently introduced NX.
Alex is so freakin spot on with his assessment.
Always
$100k is too expensive for me, but it's a beauty.
Fried Chicken Now At least they don't nickel and dime you like the Germans
u r correct but they get the extra money by raising the price.. i personally think this car is worth $75,000
@@chrisiden1 you can get a less than 10k mi / year used 2018 for 75k now in 2021.
I know that the V8 sounds great but if it were my money to spend on the Lexus LC, I’d rather have the LC 500h aka the hybrid instead because she will not only be faster than the V8 but the gas mileage is even much better too. But if I gonna spend more than $100K on a GT car, I would love to buy for myself the new 911 Carrera 4S !!! :)))
Hybrid is slower than the standard V8.
A 911 C4S is at least $130-40K similar equipped. If $40K make no difference to you, Porsche is better in terms of driving dynamics and prestige.
Why even bother reviewing this car if you have all the intentions of bashing it??
Why is the tachometer fluctuating like that 8:16?
remove backseats and make it a full hatchback