6 Cars on Death Row
By Sean Tucker
Sometimes we pretend that we buy a particular car for practical reasons. We say that we think of a car as an appliance or a line item in a household budget. But deep down, we all know that sometimes a car chooses us for reasons we don't understand. You see one pulling away from a stoplight, or staring back at you from a computer screen, and your mind is made up. Someday, you tell yourself. Often, you can wait for that day. Unless, of course, the car is gone by then. Cash-starved automakers are trimming their lineups. They're canceling models, and in some cases, preparing to send entire brands to the automotive graveyard. And as automakers look to trim excess from their operations, they're not going to cut practical cars. They're going to cut the ones that are harder to justify: the convertibles, the supercars, the cute icons that don't fit into neat categories. The cars that speak to your romantic side that are most endangered. If one of these has your heartstrings, it's time to make a move. Honda S2000 Honda engineers make some of the world's most practical, dependable family cars -- cars that don't excel at any one thing but do nearly everything fairly well, and never, ever die. It must drive them insane. If you've perfected the craft of timing valves and perfectly mating an engine to a transmission, then just once in your career you must want to build an asphalt-rippling track machine that isn't practical at all. For the automaker's 50th anniversary, they did just that. The result was the S2000: two seats, a six-speed manual gearbox and the soul of a cheetah. It's a track-day car that barely costs more than an Accord. It's pure. It's just a roadster, distilled to its essence. But according to sources inside Honda, for the S2000, the road ends in 2009. ...
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XLR fades to black - Boston Globe
28.01.09
Among the 45,000 jobs threatened by the blue chips yesterday are the 40 production workers on the Cadillac XLR assembly line. The range-topping, two-seat roadster - built alongside the Corvette in Bowling Green, Ky. - will be gone come spring. The Bowling Green Daily News reported General Motors will fire 154 workers at the famous plant, which has produced the fiberglass Corvette since 1953 and is now temporarily closed along with several other plants. Cadillac sold 1,250 XLR roadsters in the United States last year, a 28.6 percent drop from 2007. Meanwhile, Lexus sales of the SC 430 roadster sank 49.6 percent in 2008, to just 1,986. The icon Cadillac had chased from the very beginning - the Mercedes-Benz SL - sold 5,464 units last year and fell only 10.8 percent. Based on the sixth-generation Corvette, the XLR, with its chiseled, fiberglass body and 320 horsepower V-8, was a design standout when it debuted in 2004. But the car drew early criticism for its semi-lackluster interior and substandard performance as compared to the SL500 (which at the time, was only about $10,000 more than a base $76,200 XLR).
Source: Boston Globe, United States
Well, I was recommended a old model Lexus SC 300, is that better bet than a nissan 300zx?
Dec 03, 2007 by Jayden | Posted in Lexus
I asked a friend who knows a lot about cars, and he recommended that maybe a Lexus SC 300 say from 1990-1992 would be a better bet than the nissan 300zx. I'm not looking for a fast car, just something that has a good body design. Any thoughts on the SC 300 as a first car?
it's kinda like apples and oranges.what kind of driving are you going to be doing?what kind of gas mileage are you looking for? lots of questions you have the answers.
Kevy | Dec 03, 2007
If i update my navigation disc on my 2002 Lexus SC 430, will it increase the map resolution?
Sep 09, 2008 by Brooklynboy | Posted in Lexus
I currently own a 2002 Lexus SC 430 and am thinking about updating my navigation disc so i have updated roads, POIs, etc . . . But i was wondering if it will better the resolution of the map and menu's. Also will it update to the newer menu's as seen in newer Lexus navigation systems? Thanks
But is it possible to change the firmware, i really would like to at least get the new menu's . . i don't mind the resolution as much. Thanks
Anybody know a website or about how much it cost to replace Lexus SC 400 headlight covers due to oxidation?
Jul 08, 2007 by nstrmntl510 | Posted in Lexus
Looking for a website or pricing on replacing headlight covers for 1997 lexus sc 400 due to oxidation. I just need the clear plastic cover that goes over the headlight, not the entire headlight unit. Is this possible or do you have to replace the entire headlight unit? I got an answer that somebody went to the dealership to replace. How much did they charge if you dont mind me asking?
you got a lexus and complain about what the price is to replace a light :(
man_with_koolaid_smile | Jul 11, 2007
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SC | Overview
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Lexus SC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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