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Drop-top Lexus set for the rising sun

LC Convertibl­e here in time for summer

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It’s got the look

You know how great the Lexus LC coupe looks? Next summer we get a convertibl­e version that, miraculous­ly, preserves what’s good about the coupe while also looking fantastic with the roof down.

Open, wide

The fabric roof has four layers, comes in di erent hues and folds with ‘class-leading’ (but unspecifie­d) rapidity. To make room to stow the folded roof the boot is higher and wider than the coupe’s.

Take that, nature

On a chilly morning you’ll be glad of the neck heaters in the quilted, perforated leather seats. It’s part of a climate control system programmed to compensate automatica­lly for the roof being down.

Sounds like a V8. Is a V8

A digital sound generator hums ‘sensual engine intake sounds’, and there are active exhaust valves to o er rortiness on demand. In calmer moments, active noise cancellati­on promises coupe-like refinement.

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The LC500 Convertibl­e will be available with a 5.0-litre V8, priced from around £80k to compete with the BMW 8-series Convertibl­e
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