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Inside the All-New Lexus LC 500! - Motor Trend Presents - YouTube
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- I love cars.
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(dramatic music)
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The communication between myself
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and car is always very natural.
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Be in a car gives me energy.
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Good afternoon and thank
you for joining us.
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The car I'm about to show you
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is the result of the combined passion
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of our engineers and designers.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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introducing the all new Lexus LC 500.
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(dramatic music)
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(audience applauds)
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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this LC 500 is what the
more emotional Lexus
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looks like to me.
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They will arrive in showrooms next year.
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Having driven this car many times
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during prototype testing,
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I can personally assure
you it is very sugoi.
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Or as you say, here in
the States, awesome.
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Once again, thank you for
your time and your input
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and for helping us make the Lexus brand,
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that I personally love so much.
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- [Voiceover] At the 2011
Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
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Toyota president and CEO, Akio
Toyoda, noticed something.
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Not a single Lexus among the array
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of exotic European and American classics.
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For his premium brand to
become an elite luxury marquee,
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to someday have cars gracing
the greens at Pebble,
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Toyoda-san knew Lexus needed a revolution.
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The man to lead that revolution?
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Koji Sato, chief engineer of the Lexus GS.
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- Toyoda-san thinks that
we need some project
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to make it a reality for the Lexus,
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really need a revolution.
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Then he meet the LF-LC
concept model at Detroit.
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Then he decided we should make it real.
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- [Voiceover] The revolution began
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at the 2012 Detroit auto show
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when Lexus debuted the LF-LC concept car.
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A low slung GT that had
the style and emotion
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Toyoda-san could one day
envision at Pebble Beach.
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The decision was made to build it.
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But the production car
would need the substance
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to match the style.
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On August 29, 2015, Lexus
invited Motor Trend's
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Randy Pobst to the famous
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
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to test a stage three LC prototype.
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No longer hiding under chopped LS bodywork
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the proto wore
near-production sheet metal,
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though the black and white camouflage wrap
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made it hard to see the curvaceous body.
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But Pobst got a good sense
for the LC's dynamic chassis.
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Five liter V8 and all-new
10-speed automatic.
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- The engine's the RC F V8.
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We know with all high
revving, smooth, powerful V8.
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Great edge and shift into 6800 RPM.
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Close-ratio gears.
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Transmission's much
better at full throttle
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than it is at parked throttle.
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Smooth quick shifts,
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close ratios,
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well matched to the
engine's power current.
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In the middle of the corner
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it's got a good balance,
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very stable, just a wee bit of understeer,
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which is just the way I like it.
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I like the braking feel a lot.
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It's a good front pedal, lots of bite.
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As you might expect from a Lexus
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it does soak up the curves quite nicely.
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Boy, there's a great experience.
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Driving a prototype years before
it's coming on the market.
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Sato-san, thank you very
much for the opportunity
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to drive your prototype.
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It was clear that handling
is pretty well sorted.
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Transmission, I can tell,
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still needs a lot of development.
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The engine is super.
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That's a success.
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- Yeah, thank you.
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- Thank you.
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- [Voiceover] Before the
LC 500's reveal at Detroit
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Pobst got one final go.
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This time with a stage four prototype
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at the Streets of Willow Springs Raceway.
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With another level of suspension tuning
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and transmission calibration,
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the LC impressed with
its balance and grip.
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What Pobst recommended to Sato-san,
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that they further develop the damping.
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- My biggest challenge is to get the Lexus
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on test driving field.
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We want to create our own position.
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We are not following any other models.
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If you think about a market,
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the BMW 6 Series is dominant.
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We are benchmarking the
BMW 6 Series, of course.
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Also, we are benchmarking the Maserati GT.
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That engine sound is incredible good.
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The Supra gives me a very natural feel.
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When you turn the steering
the vehicle movement
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is very linear.
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The response, very precise and stable.
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That kind of taste is
fundamental the property
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of the corporate Toyota.
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It's really exciting.
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- [Voiceover] While the LF-LC concept
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was penned at Toyota's Calty design center
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in Newport Beach, California,
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The LC production car was assigned
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to Japan-based chief designer Tadao Mori
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who had worked previously on
Avalon, Camry, and Tundra.
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Unlike Lexus projects of the past,
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in which design and engineering
worked mostly independently,
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for the LC, Mori-san and
Sato-san collaborated closely
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from the start.
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- Firstly, we set up the key
word, seduction and technology.
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Those two key words are
totally opposite words.
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Seduction's nice and elegant looking.
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Technology's, kind of, cold.
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So those different two key words
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we kind of put together
to make new one thing.
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We have adapt those
organic style into the car.
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For example, the interior.
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Even using multi materials,
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which is cotton fibers and steels.
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You can see all the cars
wrapped by materials, leathers.
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You didn't find any plastics.
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Also exterior, even the grills, headlamps.
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We get very nice precise details.
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Also, headlights, we
have brand new technology
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which is a three LED, super small, units.
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That is also not a challenge.
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- [Voiceover] The LC 500 represents
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a new era for Lexus.
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One that combines high style
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and high performance,
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power and precision,
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speed and seduction.
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Near the end of 2016, we'll
get to drive the real deal.
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And in 2017, we'll compare it against
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the world's best performance machines
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at our annual Best
Driver's Car competition.
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We can't wait.
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(easygoing music)
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