Beautiful sunshine, warm weather, and winding roads are the perfect complements to the Lexus LC-C2 concept
The LF-C2 concept is a design study in the form of a 2+2 roadster and explores key styling themes involved in the Lexus brand's future, bolder styling direction. It is also a luxury Grand Touring concept inspired by the brand's passion for driving.
"The LF-C2 concept shows what's in store for our brand's future design direction," said Jeff Bracken Lexus Group Vice President and General Manager. "This concept shows consumers around the world Lexus' devotion to emotional design as well as our passion for an exceptional driving experience."
Derived from a pure and simple sports coupe idea, the LF-C2 concept involves a highly-styled 2+2 layout. Its open air design allows the driver and passengers to feel the wind through their hair, while enjoying the car's performance characteristics on their favourite twisty road. As a roadster concept, the LC-C2 concept does not have any kind of top covering the cabin.
As for the exterior styling, the LF-C2 was influenced by the way various surface shapes interact with different types of light. Designers created edges, planes and curvature that would allow the LF-C2 to exude a different character when seen from different angles and under different lighting conditions. This objective, when combined with Lexus' layered paint process, results in a striking and progressive interpretation of an open top luxury GT.
The brilliant golden yellow is produced by a multi-layer paint process. The first coat is a primer, followed by silver, a clear coat, then the yellow that reflects off the silver to give the brilliant lustre. A final top coat is then applied.
"We've been instinctively drawn to and inspired by those things that capture the beauty of light," said Yasuo Kajino, Chief Designer of the LF-C2, Lexus Design Division. "When you put something in the right light, people see it in a way they never have before."
The LF-C2's front fascia is highlighted by a more experimental expression of Lexus' signature spindle-shaped grille, featuring a refined braided mesh theme that exemplifies Lexus' high level of craftsmanship that changes its appearance when viewed from different angles and lighting conditions. It sits between triangle-shaped LED headlights, a signature element of Lexus sports cars, and stylish indicator lamps that initiate the character line of the LF-C2.
Step inside, and the LF-C2 treats its occupants to a luxurious and spacious cabin that matches the sporty elegance of its exterior. The dashboard design presents functional simplicity with an attractive yet straightforward instrument cluster, a central video monitor controlled by a Remote Touchpad on the centre console and a classically-styled analogue clock placed between the central air vents.
So this is the Lexus RC Convertible then. It's due to be released in 2017, by which time Lexus designers would incorporate a folding hard top, enabling stylish yet practical motoring under all weather conditions.
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The LF-C2 concept is a design study in the form of a 2+2 roadster and explores key styling themes involved in the Lexus brand's future, bolder styling direction. It is also a luxury Grand Touring concept inspired by the brand's passion for driving.
"The LF-C2 concept shows what's in store for our brand's future design direction," said Jeff Bracken Lexus Group Vice President and General Manager. "This concept shows consumers around the world Lexus' devotion to emotional design as well as our passion for an exceptional driving experience."
Derived from a pure and simple sports coupe idea, the LF-C2 concept involves a highly-styled 2+2 layout. Its open air design allows the driver and passengers to feel the wind through their hair, while enjoying the car's performance characteristics on their favourite twisty road. As a roadster concept, the LC-C2 concept does not have any kind of top covering the cabin.
As for the exterior styling, the LF-C2 was influenced by the way various surface shapes interact with different types of light. Designers created edges, planes and curvature that would allow the LF-C2 to exude a different character when seen from different angles and under different lighting conditions. This objective, when combined with Lexus' layered paint process, results in a striking and progressive interpretation of an open top luxury GT.
"We've been instinctively drawn to and inspired by those things that capture the beauty of light," said Yasuo Kajino, Chief Designer of the LF-C2, Lexus Design Division. "When you put something in the right light, people see it in a way they never have before."
The LF-C2's front fascia is highlighted by a more experimental expression of Lexus' signature spindle-shaped grille, featuring a refined braided mesh theme that exemplifies Lexus' high level of craftsmanship that changes its appearance when viewed from different angles and lighting conditions. It sits between triangle-shaped LED headlights, a signature element of Lexus sports cars, and stylish indicator lamps that initiate the character line of the LF-C2.
Cheers!
All Lexus
Lovely car. Who can say no to an open top? But the yellow/mustard color...hmmm. Not so sure about it.
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