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Talk about making a decision a tough one ... R&T just released their Performance Car of the Year award. The Mustang finished second, just ahead of a Ferrari 458 Speciale. I won't spoil the winner though.
In the field were just about every 2015 performance car you could think of ... In some cases they took the higher model over a newer lesser one like the Z/28 over the new 1LE.
That said, they loved the Mustang. Which is great for Ford and very conflicting for me because I'm still not sure I want to buy another Ford.
2015 Road & Track Performance Car of the Year - Decision: Impossible - Road & Track
In the field were just about every 2015 performance car you could think of ... In some cases they took the higher model over a newer lesser one like the Z/28 over the new 1LE.
That said, they loved the Mustang. Which is great for Ford and very conflicting for me because I'm still not sure I want to buy another Ford.
2015 Road & Track Performance Car of the Year - Decision: Impossible - Road & Track
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*runs to R&T website*
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Talk about making a decision a tough one ... R&T just released their Performance Car of the Year award. The Mustang finished second, just ahead of a Ferrari 458 Speciale. I won't spoil the winner though.
In the field were just about every 2015 performance car you could think of ... In some cases they took the higher model over a newer lesser one like the Z/28 over the new 1LE.
That said, they loved the Mustang. Which is great for Ford and very conflicting for me because I'm still not sure I want to buy another Ford.
2015 Road & Track Performance Car of the Year - Decision: Impossible - Road & Track
In the field were just about every 2015 performance car you could think of ... In some cases they took the higher model over a newer lesser one like the Z/28 over the new 1LE.
That said, they loved the Mustang. Which is great for Ford and very conflicting for me because I'm still not sure I want to buy another Ford.
2015 Road & Track Performance Car of the Year - Decision: Impossible - Road & Track
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I honestly expected the COTY to be the 4c.
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Great!
I hope BMW loses every of their award in 2015! So they can stop making soft cars.
I hope BMW loses every of their award in 2015! So they can stop making soft cars.
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What? An M Package for a 320 doesn't excite you?
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Read the thread for the car. Mostly speculation right now with the latest word that it'll be the new "SC". But, nothing confirmed.
https://acurazine.com/forums/automot...-842166/page3/
https://acurazine.com/forums/automot...-842166/page3/
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Talk about making a decision a tough one ... R&T just released their Performance Car of the Year award. The Mustang finished second, just ahead of a Ferrari 458 Speciale. I won't spoil the winner though.
In the field were just about every 2015 performance car you could think of ... In some cases they took the higher model over a newer lesser one like the Z/28 over the new 1LE.
That said, they loved the Mustang. Which is great for Ford and very conflicting for me because I'm still not sure I want to buy another Ford.
2015 Road & Track Performance Car of the Year - Decision: Impossible - Road & Track
In the field were just about every 2015 performance car you could think of ... In some cases they took the higher model over a newer lesser one like the Z/28 over the new 1LE.
That said, they loved the Mustang. Which is great for Ford and very conflicting for me because I'm still not sure I want to buy another Ford.
2015 Road & Track Performance Car of the Year - Decision: Impossible - Road & Track
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Talk about making a decision a tough one ... R&T just released their Performance Car of the Year award. The Mustang finished second, just ahead of a Ferrari 458 Speciale. I won't spoil the winner though.
In the field were just about every 2015 performance car you could think of ... In some cases they took the higher model over a newer lesser one like the Z/28 over the new 1LE.
That said, they loved the Mustang. Which is great for Ford and very conflicting for me because I'm still not sure I want to buy another Ford.
2015 Road & Track Performance Car of the Year - Decision: Impossible - Road & Track
In the field were just about every 2015 performance car you could think of ... In some cases they took the higher model over a newer lesser one like the Z/28 over the new 1LE.
That said, they loved the Mustang. Which is great for Ford and very conflicting for me because I'm still not sure I want to buy another Ford.
2015 Road & Track Performance Car of the Year - Decision: Impossible - Road & Track
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That's better then me. I'm about $190k short
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Read the thread for the car. Mostly speculation right now with the latest word that it'll be the new "SC". But, nothing confirmed.
https://acurazine.com/forums/automot...-842166/page3/
https://acurazine.com/forums/automot...-842166/page3/
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sure seems like it was green-lighted............
https://acurazine.com/forums/automot.../#post15090642
Production Lexus LF-LC Will Be Almost Identical To Concept: Report
Production Lexus LF-LC to Get Twin-Turbo V-8 Variant - Motor Trend
https://acurazine.com/forums/automot.../#post15090642
Production Lexus LF-LC Will Be Almost Identical To Concept: Report
Production Lexus LF-LC to Get Twin-Turbo V-8 Variant - Motor Trend
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then there was also this, from 2013.... guess my memory isn't as bad as I thought!
Lexus LF-LC approved for production - Autoblog
Lexus LF-LC approved for production - Autoblog
By Jonathon Ramsey
Posted Mar 28th 2013 2:01PM
On the sidelines of a press drive for the 2014 Lexus IS, the company's vice president of marketing in the US told Ward's Auto that the honchos in Japan have approved the Lexus LF-LC concept for production. He wouldn't offer any other details on how the luxury coupe might be transformed into a vehicle for the buying masses, and that has led to a bag full of speculation.
The show car was hybrid-powered and rear-wheel drive, a beautifully executed stab by Toyota designers in Newport Beach at redefining Lexus, but even with the concept, the point was to keep it "within reach for premium buyers." The report says the odds are on limited production and higher pricing than Lexus' "mainstream products," and other sites have speculated on what kind of powertrain it might end up in showrooms with.
GT Channel posits that the LF-LC will be the inspiration for a coupe in the Lexus LS price bracket with a choice of either the 4.2-liter V8 or the hybrid powertrain from the LS 600h, further speculating it will be called LC 550 and cost more than $100,000. It then says that there would be another coupe created beneath that one to replace the SC 430. Lexus Enthusiast, however, calls those "warmed-over rumors" and says that the marque probably won't deviate from its engine-capacity-naming scheme – labeling a car with a 4.2-liter V8 an LC 550. Nor does it think Lexus will use the letters LC after the company has trademarked "RC" in the US and Australia.
Posted Mar 28th 2013 2:01PM
On the sidelines of a press drive for the 2014 Lexus IS, the company's vice president of marketing in the US told Ward's Auto that the honchos in Japan have approved the Lexus LF-LC concept for production. He wouldn't offer any other details on how the luxury coupe might be transformed into a vehicle for the buying masses, and that has led to a bag full of speculation.
The show car was hybrid-powered and rear-wheel drive, a beautifully executed stab by Toyota designers in Newport Beach at redefining Lexus, but even with the concept, the point was to keep it "within reach for premium buyers." The report says the odds are on limited production and higher pricing than Lexus' "mainstream products," and other sites have speculated on what kind of powertrain it might end up in showrooms with.
GT Channel posits that the LF-LC will be the inspiration for a coupe in the Lexus LS price bracket with a choice of either the 4.2-liter V8 or the hybrid powertrain from the LS 600h, further speculating it will be called LC 550 and cost more than $100,000. It then says that there would be another coupe created beneath that one to replace the SC 430. Lexus Enthusiast, however, calls those "warmed-over rumors" and says that the marque probably won't deviate from its engine-capacity-naming scheme – labeling a car with a 4.2-liter V8 an LC 550. Nor does it think Lexus will use the letters LC after the company has trademarked "RC" in the US and Australia.
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Here's some more feedback on the Mustang from R&T's PCOTY competition. They loved it. What I really want to hear though, is how many of them would buy the car and own it for four or five years to pay it off? How many of them, after a LOT of butt time in the Mustang, would feel like it was money as well spent in year five as year one?
Because that's what new Mustang customers, who might be looking at other sports cars, want to know. Yeah, it's great now but is it going to still be good when the warranty runs out?
Minority Report: Should the 2015 Mustang GT have been PCOTY? - Road & Track
Because that's what new Mustang customers, who might be looking at other sports cars, want to know. Yeah, it's great now but is it going to still be good when the warranty runs out?
Minority Report: Should the 2015 Mustang GT have been PCOTY? - Road & Track
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then there was also this, from 2013.... guess my memory isn't as bad as I thought!
Lexus LF-LC approved for production - Autoblog
Lexus LF-LC approved for production - Autoblog
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You should put that trick Tyler out and make him work the corner.. daddy needs a GT3
Also.. why the secrecy.. the fucking GT3 won.. GT3.
Also.. why the secrecy.. the fucking GT3 won.. GT3.
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WhATTTT spoiler alert spoiler alert
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Mustang GT is the real winner, because we all don't have male whores to keep our pockets fat with walkaroundmoney
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I thought maybe the Hellcat won...
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nah.. we all know what the hellcat is.. drive your family around leisurely until some hipster dipshit cuts you off.. then you press the batshit crazy pedal, subsequently plowing every dipster off the road at triple digit speed in less than the time it takes you to realize your kids are in the back. Performance isn't the keyword.. batshit crazy is.
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It's like your driving down the track in the hellcat, fighting to get traction, and you're like.. fuck this shit, drive through the track, hit sweet jump at 200 mph, RIP.
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Fuck.
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I see the quote, I don't know what is the issue though. I do know the RC is one model and the "LF-LC" or whatever it's going to be called is a different one.
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then there was also this, from 2013.... guess my memory isn't as bad as I thought!
Lexus LF-LC approved for production - Autoblog
Lexus LF-LC approved for production - Autoblog
You've challenged this sorta news before saying unless it is from the manufacturer, it's just rumors (I believe it's the Supra thread)...So, what makes this any different with the LF-LC?
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Exactly. Which is why, "Obviously, at the time of writing they didn't realize that Lexus was also working on the RC."
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I was hoping the RLX would've won PCOTY.
Haters.
Haters.
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I've heard that the LF-LC will be reviving the SC nameplate
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