2021 Lexus LC500

Description

Impossible to find and achingly beautiful!  The world's most beautiful automobile and the rarest of new cars.
The attention to detail and craftsmanship is second to none.  Just take a look at the details in the photos!  Read the TopGear review below.
One just sold with 95 miles for 2,000 at Mecum.  My car has new delivery miles and is the only one for sale.
Only 100 Special Edition Structural blue Inspiration Series Convertibles were made for North America.  In fact, for the entire planet, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, North America, etc., Lexus is producing just 200 cars in total, making this car far more rare than limited edition Ferraris like the Speciale (3,000 produced), Pista (3,500 produced), etc.  100 Inspiration series cars for North America and for the rest of the world just 100 (called the "Regatta" series).
All plastic covers (seats, steering wheel, carpet, door sills, etc.), tags and window stickers are in place.  Car is brand spanking new.
The first of these
Lexus LC 500 Inspiration Series Convertibles
sold at auction for
,000,000!
Making it the second most expensive Japanese car ever auctioned in history.  (The most expensive was just 0k more at .1 million.)
Fit, finish, quality of materials equals or exceeds that of Ferrari and Bentley and Lexus reliability vastly exceeds Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes, BMW, Bentley, etc.
Here is a Facebook page with great information, reviews, and lots of gorgeous photos and videos of the LC 500 Inspiration Series Convertible:
https://www.facebook.com/Lexus-LC-500-Inspiration-Regatta-Series-108466894449895/
The prettiest convertible on sale at any price yet this is also one of the rarest new cars on the planet.  More rare and better built than Ferrari, Aston Martin, etc.  I'm also own an Aston Martin and hands down i would say this car is prettier inside and out then the current DBS and Vantage--while much more rare.  Other automotive journalists have drawn the same conclusion.
This is among the prettiest convertibles in the last 20 years and in league with the BMW Z8 and Alfa 8C Spider....the other two prettiest convertibles of the last 20 years.
As for rarity, You are 4-8 times more likely to see a Ferrari F40 than one of these Inspiration Series LC 500 Convertibles!
Only 100 of these stunning Inspiration Series Lexus LC 500 Convertibles were built most all were pre-sold.
Globally, outside the U.S.,  this car was called the Regatta Edition and they too were presold--making it all but impossible to find and buy one of these new.
In all of Europe I know of only one for sale and it is in Spain for 0,000.
I know of zero USA dealers that have one for sale.  There are 268 US Dealers and only 100 of these LC 500 Special Edition Convertibles were built.
Not only is this the prettiest car available anywhere, with a stunning exterior and gorgeous interior. but it has Lexus world-best reliability and features a naturally aspirated V8.
Every review out there states the LC 500 Convertible is a stunning winner.
And every article out there, in USA, Europe, etc., sings the praises of the LC500 Inspiration Series /Regatta.
If you want to learn about the most amazing paint, called "structural blue"....that took Lexus 15 years to develop, watch this video on Lexus' development of this spectacular paint.
https://youtu.be/wH0FqlYOhFU
This is perhaps your last and only chance to get  a brand new Lexus LC 500 Inspiration series convertible.  If it does not sell I will add it to my permanent collection and start driving this car.
Lexus really did an incredible job.  This car comes with specially made matching Halliburton luggage, special Inspiration series blue leather key holders, matching carpets, special limited edition carbon fiber special edition door sills, etc.
Countless articles state this is an utterly beautiful car while many call it the prettiest convertible in the world.
Here's Lexus' video for the Inspiration Series:
https://youtu.be/2qrcJx672Rg
For perspective, Porsche is building 1,948 Speedsters.....nearly 10 times as many Speedsters as Inspiration Series LC Convertibles.
Here is what one automobile journalist said of the Inspiration Series Convertible compared to the Porsche 911:
What struck me the most as I swapped the LC’s keys for a new Highlander was how easy it made the transition between comfortable GT cruiser and brash muscle car. With the fine stitching on material literally called “bespoke”, it was massively comfortable and felt like a six-figure car. But when you flip the switch to Sport+ it awakens the V8 underneath and would scare people driving through tunnels. That part I very much enjoyed. That split personality is something that the 911 has mastered as well, but I still feel like the LC does it in a much more
special
fashion. Perhaps it’s the extrovert in me, but I’d still buy an LC convertible over the Porsche if it were my money. Just look at it."
Lexus LC500 Convertible review by TOPGEAR, 24 November 2020
LEXUS BLENDS ART, SCIENCE, LUX AND A HEART-MELTING EXHAUST NOTE TO CREATE ONE OF 2020’S MOST LOVEABLE CARS
It’s one of those moments where, every now and again, Lexus nails it. Once upon a time, the new LS limo comes along and gives the Mercedes S-Class sleepless nights. A decade ago, something called the ‘LFA’ came along and rewrote dream garage line-ups the world over. And now there’s this: the LC500 Convertible.
It’s an attempt by Lexus to make a sporting GT car, and while it struggles to make its case on paper, the experience of going down the road in one of these idiosyncratic
masterpieces
is one of the motoring treats of 2020.
This is a machine to be savoured, lusted after, and worshipped
. Very soon, they simply won’t be allowed to make ‘em like this any more.
It’s as traditional a roadster as Toyota’s deluxe brand can get away with in 2020, and it’s a £90,000 riposte to German brand devotees who write off Lexuses as just a Prius with an angry gob.
To that end, one of the only optional extras besides the deliriously vibrant colour palette is a Sport+ pack. So, what does that add? Ceramic brakes, perhaps? A carbon-fibre diffuser? Nope. Try neck-heaters in the seats, upgraded leather upholstery and 21-inch rims.
Style, comfort and exclusivity. That’s what the LC500 Convertible is all about.
If you’re happy to leave the thrusting, XXL-wristwatch’d masses to their BMW M8 Convertibles and various flavours of Porsche 911, read on.
Fair warning: you may be about to fall deeply in love.
DRIVING - What is it like on the road?
What sort of car is the Lexus LC Convertible trying to be, exactly? With a 5.0-litre, naturally aspirated V8 in the nose, rear-wheel drive, a limited-slip diff, a short-ratio ten-speed gearbox and two flavours of Sport mode, clearly it’s a thrusting sports car. And yet with a kerbweight of just over 2,000kg and neck-warmers built into the seats, it’s obviously a luxury GT. Think of it perhaps as a sub-£100k Bentley Continental GTC. There’s aggression and intent about the LC, but such feelings are kept thoroughly in check, like an Edwardian parent expressing love for a child.
The seats are fabulous
– Volvo-esque in their sensation of weightlessness, cradling comfort, and yet fabulously supportive. The steering wheel’s not overly thick, and like the chairs, it’s covered in expensive-feeling hide. Everything you touch sets the tone this is a car to be stroked along at a reasonable lick, not pointed at the horizon and thrashed for all it’s worth.
Course, when you fail to resist the temptation to uncork that
V8, the response is gloriously instant and the power delivery seamless
. The bark actually sounds optimal at middling revs – hauling from 3,000-5,000 revs is the honeyed sweet spot.
Disappointing? Actually, it feels like the right way round for that occasion in 2020. These days, when plenty of hot hatches can get you from 0-100kph in under four seconds but sound about as appealing as a wet fart in a lift in the process, there’s a lot to be said for the LC’s approach to acceleration.
It reminds us what we’ve lost as cars have plunged into the drag race time trial rabbit-hole. The LC doesn’t get you to the destination as fast as most of its rivals will, but you’ll enjoy the journey more
. Leave the gearbox in Auto too – paddleshifting through ten speeds is more trouble than it’s worth, and the self-shift behaviour gets it spot on, er, nine times out of ten.
The LC is a delight to pour down a road
. The steering has a beautifully pinpoint weighting that exactly matches the character of the drivetrain: you don’t arrive at corners and attack them in a serrated flurry of jagged stabs at the apex. You flow around the bends, safe in the knowledge that the front end breaks traction before the rear, marvelling at Lexus’s success in fitting 21-inch rims that don’t wreck the ride quality.
On rougher roads, there’s some tell-tale shudder from the rear-view mirror, but it’s on par with the like of the BMW M8 Convertible, and considerably comfier the rest of the time. The steering column doesn’t jiggle like jelly either. And it’s a very good roadster, this. There’s no buffeting to speak of and it’s perfectly possible to hold a civilised telephone conversation with the roof down at 113kph. The four-layer roof is thickly insulated and there’s not a hint of flutter or flap when it’s raised. This is a properly thorough soft-topping exercise.
A limited edition ‘Blue Regatta’ model was sold out before the car even reached the UK.
It’ll probably be fairly reliable, since Lexus is to ownership satisfaction surveys what Tom Cruise is to improbable stunts. Just because it’s been at the top for years, shouldn’t make it any less remarkable.
VERDICT
Lexus freely admits the LC exists chiefly as a halo model, to pique your interest in the brand and maybe get you considering a UX instead of an Audi Q3, or an ES instead of a 4 Series Gran Coupe. It’s never going to stem the sports car sales avalanche that is the Porsche 911. But that, in fact, is central to its beguiling charm. You’re hardly likely to spot another one, and when you do, you’ll share a knowing nod with your fellow LC driver. You took the road less travelled, thought to hell with depreciation. Yep, this is a YOLO-Lexus.
This is less a car you drive, more an object you experience. You could be more titillated sitting at a standstill in one of these than doing a topless 95 in a Mercedes SL.
What’s more, a low-slung non-hybrid 275g/km V8 drop-top is about the least futureproof menu you could possibly use to make a car.
So even if you don’t get the badge, or the looks, or the interior, you should respect the bloody-minded perfectionism that made this flagship happen. Because you’ll miss cars like this when they’re gone, and that won’t be far away.
SHIPPING:
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