The Lexus SC400 was the RWD coupe stablemate to the debut car for Lexus, the LS400. The latter is widely regarded as one of the most reliable and all-around best cars of the late 20th century.  Known to JDM fans as the third-generation Toyota Soarer, the SC400 was the design product of Calty, Toyota’s California design studio. It was a low-key stunner. While the enthusiast preferred spec might have been the far rarer SC300 with a manual (the powertrain essentially shared with the contemporary Toyota Supra), the silky-smooth 32 valve Lexus V8 is what you want for a lazy, reliable, high-speed GT. It’s hard to comprehend today what a shock to the system it was when Lexus debuted with these V8 powered cars around 1990. They seemed purposefully overengineered and overbuilt to guarantee a faultless launch for the brand in North America.

This example has all the hallmarks of a careful, older Orange County, CA owner. With just 18,000 miles, it doesn’t have any viewable sun damage to the clearcoat or interior. Other than the now out-of-fashion chrome wheels, there’s nothing to fault in its appearance. Even the driver’s bolster of the magnolia leather is wear-free, and the myriad cabin buttons appear as-new. This is a car that even at 30+ years old, you could probably put 100,000 miles on, doing little more than gas and oil.