Lexus has eliminated the LC and RC sports activities automobiles from sale within the UK, which suggests it now sells solely hybrids and EVs, and not provides a V8. 

The two-door GTs had been approaching the tip of their anticipated life cycles anyway, at seven and 10 years previous respectively, however a spokesperson for the model cited “legislative and homologation issues” as the explanation for his or her withdrawal. 

It is just not clear, although, whether or not the choice was made in gentle of GSR2 security laws, the EU’s new cybersecurity directive or fleet emission quotas. 

Autocar understands each automobiles are not accessible in mainland Europe, and the UK allocation for every has been offered out.

The withdrawal of the LC and RC means Lexus’s European line-up is now primarily made up of SUVs, with simply the ES and LS saloons and LM MPV remaining alongside the LBX, UX, NX, RX and RZ crossovers. 

It additionally means all Lexus fashions are electrified, with the agency’s naturally aspirated 5.0-litre V8 retiring together with the LC and RC. That leaves the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Corvette as the one two series-production automobiles accessible with an atmo V8 within the UK. 

The LC has been on sale since 2017 with the selection of the pure V8 or an electrified 3.5-litre V6, receiving the choice of a soft-top convertible in 2020. It has offered 624 items within the UK over its lifetime. 

The older RC was accessible with a four-cylinder hybrid from launch, however that was dropped in 2020, at which level the coupé was provided solely in hardcore RC F guise with a 467bhp model of the V8. 

The RC was the extra fashionable automotive, with 2600 items offered within the decade it was right here, however Lexus offered simply 15 examples final yr and solely 12 in 2022.