The combination of not having AC, and then sitting in that interior just seems... revolting. Like, honest to God, I’d get nauseous from the heat and color combo.

Best Toyota sportscar, and yet the best was not even mentioned. How does it get better than a 90s mid-engined, RWD, turbcharged coupe with pop-up headlights and targa-top ?

Where’s the MR2?

Well yeah because it's a fucking phone to check Instagram and read Jalopnik on the toilet. 

Some cars look good in yellow, but the only cars that look good in yellow look better in colors other than yellow.

Hot take: yellow is overrated. All yellow cars look like either taxicabs or Bumblebee (the crappy Michael Bay Bumblebee, not the good one with Hailee Steinfeld).

All of these cars would look classier in grey. Sorry.

Future Classic

This is the car that justifies that grille. 

Wouldn’t the trade-in value on an LFA be more than the price of an LC500?  Like, several times more?

Agreed. I’ve seen a couple in the wild and they’re absolutely gorgeous. If I had $100k to spend on a car, this might be the only car I’d consider over a 911.

I saw quite a few at Lexus-sponsored display locations, but I’m struggling to recall seeing one in normal use on the road. It is a beautiful car, although seems like it’s having an identity crisis, with aspirations to performance but playing in a space where supreme comfort for long-distance touring is likely the…

My guess? The market for big coupes is pretty tiny these days, and those that want a 100k cruiser instead of an SUV don’t think of Lexus as their first choice. BMW now has the 8 series out, and I bet that ends up taking the majority of this niche market. It’s a shame because this thing looks fantastic.

Your boss traded in a nearly $400,000 supercar on a LC500? I love the LC500, but that’s just insane. 

And duct tape or zip-tie sutures where they’d hit a speed bump.

You missed one crucial point though, most of those guys bought the body kit, bolted it on, but then didn’t have enough money to actually get it painted.  They would roll around for months to years with white or grey bumpers and skirts none of which really fit properly since it took some serious messaging, fiberglass,…

I feel like I was lucky to be part of “pre Fast and Furious” import car culture, because it was somehow even weirder. We only had these reverse-flipping Japanese magazines for inspiration, so the cars I thought were cool were eccentric Japanese tuners with no regard for anything but engineering and being purely weird.

Any of you who were into tuner cars circa 2001 might remember that before “cars and coffee” was a thing, it was “Mountain Dew and mall parking lots.”

You sound like a D-bag

I also thought the 3 door was weird until my daughter bought a 2014 Veloster. It really ends up working well. Big door for the driver to get in. Smaller doors for passenger and kids. I’m currently considering a Turbo model to replace my ancient C230. It’s a fun little car.