Lexus LC 500 Convertible 2020 UK review

What is it?

Lexus has refreshed the LC ‘concept car made real’   for 2020 and is now offering its Porsche 911 Cabrio rival with a folding canvas roof, which is expected to prove more popular than the elegant fixed-head.

This also happens to be the first Lexus ever   to use a folding soft-top, because in the past both the IS and SC both had heavy origami hard-tops, which did the handling no favours at all.   What's it like?

The roof mechanism itself is reasonably quick (though not as fast-acting as that of the new Aston Vantage Roadster) and operates at road-speeds of up to 30mph. The toggleswitch that controls the mechanism is then neatly hidden beneath a leather-clad flap on the transmission tunnel. The LC\'s cabin is otherwise unchanged, and keeps the tiny rear seats, which are more useful for luggage than humans.  

But what a cabin this is. The camel interior of this car is especially fetching, but in any hue   the interplay between curves, planes   and hard angles feels likeably and exotically   different to anything European. The recessed dashboard and organic-looking door-cards stand out in particular, and but for an inch more reach in the steering column, the driving position would be largely beyond objective fault.

Despite the detail changes, on the move the picture is more mixed, but perhaps convertible life does suit the LC’s demeanour better.

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