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Hello readers and welcome to The Automotive Corner! Today As the title say’s today is a sad day for lexus SC owners. Reason? Toyota has canceled the next-generation Lexus SC coupe/convertible due to poor sales, and may shelve the planned replacement for the Toyota Avalon sedan!(current pictured)

The SC has been a slow seller for the Lexus brand, Myself personally think that the last attractive SC was:  

This generation has lots of room for modification especially if you get a SC300 due to a 2JZ supra motor under the hood(N/A in 400) and what people don’t know is that lexus is getting a new performance flagship, the LF-A in 2009

Mmmmm… First The IS-F now a LF-A…I LOVE what lexus is doing here!

In the first six months, Lexus sold ONLY 1,230 SC 430s, down more than 40% from a year ago! 40%!!! Thats a huge loss!! Now the ‘08 SC430 is priced around $67k and contains a  288-horsepower 4.3-liter V8 that is rated at 16 mpg/City and 23 mpg/highway. Toyota has also been working on the successor to the SC, and it was planned to hit production in early ‘09, then next-generation SC was pushed back to 2011 and now has been canceled completely, according to Toyota.(Current SC Photo)

With the next-gen Camry already in the works of development, Toyota has also been figuring out whether they should cancel the planned replacement for Avalon, which currently is planned to hit production in 2010. So In its place, Toyota may go for a long-wheelbased Camry for such markets as North America and the Middle East. The redesigned Camry currently is slated to begin production in mid ‘11.(Current in photo)

So in short what are we looking at? Still getting an LF-A, Goobye SC430 and we are gonna see a longer Camry? The Camry to me currently is long enough! When I say longer, I know its getting a longer wheelbase but if you go longer then in the photo above, the body will go longer! Through all the generations of Camry, It seems to me that its a pretty decent size now and they want to go with a longer wheel base? Limo? lol just kidding.

How do you feel about this decision? Is this cause for the gas price hike with everyone dumping the V8 market? Whats you opinion on this? 

Well Thats all for the automotive corner right now, it will be back next monday as always and if for some reason I cant get it to you I will notify you all with a post. We here at Flytoyz love our readers and we promise to do what we can do to bring you whats good in the world today!

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