The styling winner at the Detroit Auto Show was clearly Lexus’ LF-LC 2+2 sports coupe.
Lexus says the hybrid-powered front engine/rear-wheel-drive coupe points to future Lexus designs with its sleek and powerful looks. The aerodynamic body looks sharp with only the new corporate face and spindle grille providing cues to its Lexus badge (they feature on the up-coming GS model).
Designed at Calty, the Lexus design studio in Newport Beach, California, the Lexus LF-LC is of course innovative and purposeful with L-shaped front DRLs and vertical fog lights set-off by a fading dot matrix pattern.
Like the Lexus LFA supercar, the LF-LC features side air cents behind the doors. There is also a glass roof and tail-lights designed to resemble the after-burners of fighter jets.
Inside the Lexus LF-LC looks like a cross between the Space Shuttle and Airbus A380 with twin 12.3-inch multi-function screens and a remote touch-screen to drive all on-board vehicle functions. Lightweight racing seats and a racy steering wheel with integrated push-button starter further enhance the Lexus LF-LC’s sporting character.
