2023 Lexus LC 500 and LC 500h get up to date suspension system

Lexus is making a handful of modifications to the LC for the 2023 mannequin 12 months. Once more supplied as a coupe and as a convertible, the agency’s vary topper will get an up to date suspension system and a brand new paint coloration, amongst different modifications, and it prices barely greater than the 2022 mannequin.

Essentially the most important modifications for 2023 are invisible to the bare eye. Lexus notes its engineers optimized the entrance and rear suspension to “improve floor contact really feel, linear steering response, and steering effectiveness within the excessive cornering G vary.” Whereas the LC is extra of a grand tourer than a track-ready sports activities automobile, these updates ought to make it extra participating to drive on a twisty highway than the 2022 mannequin.

Consumers who prioritize dealing with can order an optionally available Sport Package deal that bundles a limited-slip differential, Yamaha efficiency dampers, efficiency brake pads, and Alcantara upholstery. Whereas the bundle is not new, it positive factors 21-inch cast alloy wheels for 2023. The one different visible change is a brand new coloration known as Cloudburst Grey that Lexus prices $500 for. It bumps the variety of out there colours as much as 9.

Lastly, each 2023 LC affords a 10-year subscription to the corporate’s linked companies. The drop-top LC additionally advantages from these updates, and it receives a lighter delicate high in addition to an optionally available characteristic known as Local weather Concierge that provides a couple of weeks to convertible season by maintaining every passenger’s higher physique heat. The perform may even direct heat or chilly air to the again of the driving force’s fingers.

Lexus will not be making mechanical modifications to the LC for 2023. Energy for the LC 500 comes from a naturally-aspirated, 5.0-liter V8 rated at 471 horsepower and 398 pound-feet of torque. It spins the rear wheels through a 10-speed automated transmission, and it sends the coupe from zero to 62 mph in 4.4 seconds. Whereas that is the LC Convertible’s solely engine possibility, the coupe can be supplied with a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain constructed round a 3.5-liter Atkinson-cycle V6 and rated at 354 horsepower. It shifts by way of each a CVT and a four-speed automated.

The brand new mannequin 12 months additionally brings a small worth enhance: the LC now begins at $94,600 together with a $1,150 vacation spot cost.

Pricing for the complete vary is as follows:

• LC 500: $94,600 ($475 greater than in 2022)
• LC 500h: $100,600 ($475 greater than in 2022)
• LC 500 Convertible: $102,650 ($475 greater than in 2022)

On sale now, the 2023 Lexus LC will start arriving on supplier tons in November 2022.