Lexus SC430's Replacement to Double Current Horsepower?

The Lexus SC430 is one of the oldest sports cars still in production. Once a halo vehicle, it’s now undeniably out of place sharing a showroom a Lexus’ LF-A supercar. So what will replace the SC?

Well, if you believe the rumours, it sounds like Lexus is planning to design a new car around the potent hybrid powerplant currently found under the long, luxurious hood of the LS600hL. With two fewer doors and a few hundred (or thousand) less pounds than that sedan and somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 horsepower, it should prove quite the performer. But there is a catch: early reports indicate that the SC’s replacement won’t show up until after 2014, when the next generation of LS debuts.