► New Lexus concept revealed in Monterey
► Follows shadowy GT3 car at Goodwood FOS
► Previews next-gen performance car
Another day, another mysterious concept from the Toyota Motor Corporation. This time it’s officially a Lexus at least, shown at the 2025 Monterey Car Show over the weekend. Its full name is the Lexus Sports Concept, and as you’d expect it’s designed to peak into the future of the brand’s performance cars.
Toyota’s premium arm has been pumping out the concepts in recent years, and apparently refining what its vision of the future will look like: we had the LF-ZC concept saloon in 2023, and before that Electrified Sport concept. Both were confirmed as entering production, but it’s not yet clear where – and if – this car fits in that plan.
Throw in the equally mysterious GR product that went up the hill at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed, along with Lexus’ tight-lipped stance on this car and it’s clear Japan has very much opted for the mysterious, secret squirrel approach toward future products. Frustrating and exciting in equal measure.
What we do know, is that this concept is a two-passenger coupe and will show how the ‘Toyota Motor Corporation hopes to leverage advanced technologies into a new driving experience for its customers.’
That could be code for an electric or hybrid powertrain – which would make the most sense – but it could also be a cue for Lexus and Toyota’s steer-by-wire tech, which has been tipped to form a key part of the driving experience for its performance cars.
It also promises to reach new levels performance, which the brand says will ‘inspire the dynamic driving characteristics of all future Lexus vehicles.
On the surface at least, the new concept has elements of the LF concepts shown in 2023, a dash of the mighty LFA and a silhouette of the current LC – as well as that GT3 car shown at Goodwood Festival of Speed.
We’ll update this story when we know more.
Curtis Moldrich is CAR magazine’s Digital Editor and has worked for the brand for the past five years. He’s responsible for online strategy, including CAR’s website, social media channels such as X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, and helps on wider platform strategy as CAR magazine branches out on to Apple News+ and more.
By Curtis Moldrich
CAR's Digital Editor, F1 and sim-racing enthusiast. Partial to clever tech and sports bikes