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Old 03-13-2014, 07:15 PM   #535
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I don't know about this one, but in the past years, Toyota always confirmed a final production design then they try make it fancier then call it a concept car. So they basically build a production model first, and fix it with "concept" later. It happened to Subaru as well after they jointly develop 86 with Toyota. I believe that LF-CC is a concept for IS when they were planning IS coupe, but then they didn't want to compete directly with 4 series; so they make another coupe slotted between IS and GS. The concept for RC was LF-LC, at least that's what most of inspirations came from. Yeah yeah, the shapes between RC and LF-LC are different, but so are WRX and WRX concept.
I'm sorry but the LF-LC and RC are not the same car. This has been confirmed by Clublexus.com and MotorTrend.com during an interview with a Lexus official.

A production LF-LC will be built on the LS platform. As we all know the RC uses a shorten version of the GS platform. (So does the IS).

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the LF-LC concept could be based on a shortened version of the LS sedan’s chassis and be powered by a hybrid powertrain.
http://wot.motortrend.com/1312_new_l...#ixzz2n6vWUjPf

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Lexus LF-LC is a luxury coupe, which will be placed on the Lexus LS sedan platform, made ​​of aluminum and carbon fiber, but much reduced.
http://www.allcars2014.com/2015-lexu...lfa-successor/
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