New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Interior, Specs, Dimensions

New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Interior, Specs, Dimensions –  Partly cloudy, a balmy 19 degrees Celsius, a quiet, winding, rural backroad, and a New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible primed to its loudest, sportiest, most white-gauged setting. Appropriately, perhaps, “I Got Mine” by The Black Keys started blasting from the car’s top-shelf audio system. No responsibilities, no traffic, no cops, no fear. Just me and one fabulous motor vehicle with nothing but time and fuel to burn.

Leaning on the gas and letting that metallic V8 cry reverberate off the trees and back into my eardrums with nothing but the crisp, spring Saturday afternoon air getting in the way, “This is it,” I thought to myself. “This is living.”

New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Redesign and Update Plan

Exterior and Interior

Despite its powertrain’s gloriously rowdy personality, the LC is actually very comfortable to live with. Quiet on the road regardless of whether the top is up or down thanks to the aforementioned wind deflector, as well as an acoustic windshield, Lexus’s droptop GT in normal or comfort mode doesn’t ride significantly more rough than, say, a middle-of-the-road sport sedan. With that wind deflector and all the windows up, top-down highway cruising is very serene. The front seats are immaculately plush and supportive, too, and feature heating, cooling, and neck heaters for colder weather top-down action. The steering wheel is heated as well.  New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Interior

New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Specs

Lexus doesn’t offer any option packages that would hike up the price or, of course, complicate manufacturing. Instead, all LC convertibles come standard with a 10.3-inch touchpad infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a 13-speaker premium audio system, dual-zone automatic climate control, a head-up display, Lexus’s enduringly neat digital gauge display that physically moves to one side, and, of course, that retractable top.

Engine and Performance

As easy as the LC is on the eyes, its voice might be even more enjoyable to behold. It’s the same 5.0L V8 found in the company’s RC F coupe and brutish IS 500 sedan, but because the LC 500 has a different exhaust setup from those cars, it sounds best here. It’s musical and animal-like – growly at low revs and able to scream like the world’s coolest trumpet at high ones. Run it up against the rev limiter and it emits the most gloriously obnoxious machine gun noises, almost as if it was specifically designed to do so – ridiculous considering this is Toyota we’re ultimately talking about.  New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Interior

Not only does the LC sound better than its RC F and IS 500 brethren but, in my view, it also sounds better than the more gravelly Jaguar F-Type. It sounds better than the whiningly supercharged Hellcats from Dodge, it sounds better than the race car Acura NSX Type S, and – I may need to whisper this part – I genuinely think it sounds better than Lamborghini’s manic V10. (That’s better. Not louder or more aggro. Better.) Engine audio truly is the marvellous centrepiece of the LC 500, and it’s all amplified with this open-air convertible version.

The acceleration isn’t too awful either, with 471 horsepower and 398 lb-ft of torque available. The 10-speed automatic transmission and “active rear sport” differential do a decent job of transmitting power to the ground. That gearbox’s magnesium manual paddles feel expensive and sturdy in the hand, and the adjustments are made with precisely the appropriate degree of snappiness.

New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Fuel Economy

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has assessed the New 2026 LC 500 Convertible’s fuel economy to be 16.0 L/100 km in the city, 9.5 L/100 km on the highway, and 13.0 L/100 km overall. However, after exactly 484 test kilometers, I noticed an absurd 16.8 L/100 km when I drove it how it was designed to be driven. Premium gasoline is obviously required.  New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Interior

New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Safety Features

Fun fact: Lexus Canada imposes a 500-km mileage limit for press loans, and since I refused to hand any of those kms over to any sort of semi-autonomous driving system, your guess is as good as mine as to how well the LC 500’s all-speed range adaptive cruise control performs. Other onboard safety features include automatic high-beam headlights, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, lane-departure alert with steering assist, a pre-collision system, and an active roll bar that keeps occupants’ heads from hitting the ground in the event of a rollover. The LC Convertible is surprisingly easy to see out of, all things considered, but the presence of blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert helps for sure.  New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Interior

New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Price and Release Date

As long as you can afford the fuel bills, however, the Lexus LC isn’t actually that expensive to buy given what you get and the other cars in this arena. Lexus charges $124,300 as a base price, but add $650 for the orange paint and $2,175 for destination, and this tester came out to $127,095 before taxes. For the fun and thrills I had in it, this honestly feels completely reasonable. For comparison, $127,000 won’t even pay for a base, no-options-ticked Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet. Or an options-free BMW M850i cabriolet.  New 2026 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Interior