Category: Lexus

MILAN (April 15, 2024) – Lexus has unveiled its installation Time at the world’s largest design event, Milan Design Week, in Milan, Italy. Located in Art Point and Art Garden at the Superstudio Più in the Tortona design district, a hub for global creative convergence, the exhibit is open until April 21, 2024. Continue reading

PLANO, Texas (August 15, 2023) – The LC 500 Inspiration Series makes a roaring return, bringing back its iconic and elegant styling for the new model year. Building on the flagship coupe and convertible, the 2024 Lexus LC 500 Inspiration Series showcases a unique aesthetic that thoughtfully blends design with performance, including front bumper canards and a coupe-exclusive carbon fiber fixed rear wing spoiler. Continue reading

PLANO, Texas (May 17, 2023) – The 2024 LC 500 and LC 500h showcase updated technology and convenience features highlighted by Lexus Interface displayed on a standard 12.3-inch touchscreen. A new interior color (Dark Rose) and two exterior colors (Ultrasonic Blue Mica 2.0 and Copper Crest) are now available, and all models come equipped with Lexus Safety System+ 2.5. Continue reading

^$18,950 – 22,000
Collector status: buy and hold

When Toyota launched its upscale brand in 1990 with the Lexus LS400, there was no doubt it would put a dent in the European’s dominance in the North American luxury car market. Refined appointments and exquisite build quality met Japanese reliability and it was an immediate success with both the public and the press.

Lexus followed it up a year later (as a 1992 model year in the U.S.) with a two-door coupé, the SC400 (and later the I-6 SC300), and it too went on to high accolades, including Motor Trend’s Import Car of the year and Car and Driver’s 10 Best for several years running.

While they had never lost their ’90s appeal or popularity, the SC400 didn’t catch the attention of collectors in the following decades. A quality SC with around 50,000 miles could be had for well under ^$10,000 ten years ago. But that’s changing. There’s a renewed appreciation for its elegant yet sporty styling—largely driven by children of the ’90s—but also a keener interest in Japanese cars generally, and in particular, those with more sports or grand touring intentions. Even though the automatic-only SC400 would not nor should not be called a sports car along the lines of its progeny, the LC500, they were—and remain—a comfortable, capable means of enjoying the B-roads.

As with any collectible, mileage sets value, but there are enough lower mileage (under 50,000) examples still inside of ^$23,000. But perhaps not for long.