---
title: "Lexus LC F Is Happening, Will Go Turbo"
description: "The hot LC is apparently slated to get a 620-horsepower, twin-turbo, 4.0-liter V8."
date: "2017-12-13"
modified: "2017-12-13"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/16952/lexus-lc-f-is-happening-will-go-turbo"
categories:
  - "Lexus News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "Japanese Cars"
  - "lc"
  - "lc 500"
  - "lc f"
  - "Lexus"
  - "luxury"
  - "luxury coupe"
---

# Lexus LC F Is Happening, Will Go Turbo

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Despite Lexus's vehement denial to *The Drive* of the existence of an F-tuned LC coupe [earlier this year](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7962/lexus-denies-rumor-of-new-600-horsepower-lexus-lc-f>), a new report from Japanese auto mag *[Holiday Auto](<https://web.motormagazine.co.jp/_ct/17135622>)* speaking to an anonymous company insider now says that an LC F is indeed happening.

From what we can interpret from a shoddily [Google-translated](<https://www.thedrive.com/>) version of the article, the upcoming hot LC will be powered by a twin-turbo, 4.0-liter V8, signaling the end of the naturally-aspirated V8 era of fast Lexuses (Lexi?). First seen in the IS F introduced a whole decade ago, the company's guttural 5.0-liter V8 sat in the engine bays of the GS F, RC F, and [LC 500](<https://thestore.thedrive.com/>). Outside of the LFA, it defined Lexus's performance cars. With the [Aston Martin V8 Vantage being replaced](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/16267/2019-aston-martin-vantage-revealed-a-predator-in-sharks-clothing>) with a similarly-boosted mill, the Lexus 8-pot is now [the only naturally-aspirated V8 performance car engine you can buy new](<https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/g6730/new-cars-naturally-aspirated-v8/>) that isn't American or in a Maserati.

While displacement will go down, horsepower sure as hell won't as the report goes on to say that the turbocharged LC F will be good for 620-horsepower—an entire Mazda3's worth of grunt more than the [LC 500's 471 ponies](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/6495/the-lexus-lc500-flies-the-coupe>). It also bests that of the 577-horse [Mercedes-AMG GT R](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/12896/2018-mercedes-amg-gt-r-review-drivers-prepare-to-laugh-hysterically>) and 610-hp Audi R8 V-10 Plus.

*Holiday Auto* also says that the LC F will cost the equivalent of around $176,800 and reach production in 2019 at the earliest.

A Lexus employee confirmed to *The Drive* that an LC F is indeed a thing that's understood to be in the works, even corroborating the above report's claims of it using a twin-turbo 4.0-liter.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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