Jumat, 11 Juni 2010

Adios! Lexus SC430 to be euthanized in July


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2009 Lexus SC430 Pebble Beach Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery

It was rumored January and now it’s been confirmed Automobile Magazine: Lexus will kill its slow-selling SC430 this July it will reportedly return 2014 packing hybrid electric drivetrain new V8.

Aside handful special edition models, the SC430 has soldiered on largely unchanged the better part decade, and with less the 1,000 SCs sold last year and final run around 300 slated built in 2010, its demise will likely go unnoticed save few octogenarians that pick up new Pebble Beach Edition each summer.

According to Automobile, the next generation SC slated arrive sometime 2014, packing a 5.0-liter V8 and a hybrid drivetrain that should good 400-500 horsepower. The Lexus SC600h – as it’s tentatively dubbed – would a fitting replacement the SuperGT racer that’s been running the Japanese touring car series the last several years – unless Lexus decides the LFA is a more worthy combatant.

[Source: Automobile]

Adios! Lexus SC430 to euthanized July originally appeared Autoblog Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms use feeds.

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