2017 Wards 10 Best Interiors Nominee: Lexus LC 500

Base price is $92,000, plus $10,000 Performance package.

Cockpit wraps driver in high style.

Second row better suited for duffel bags than people.

Deep flowing grooves in door trim resemble pleated drapery.

Alcantara microsuede covers headliner and pillar trim.

Center console positions gear shifter close to driver and places control pad within easy reach.

Produced at Toyota's plant in Motomachi, Japan, Lexus LC 500 goes on sale in U.S. next month.

LC 500 retains pizzazz of 2012 LF-LC concept car.

Instrument panel has few buttons to distract driver.

Aggressively bolstered front seats keep driver well planted.

LC is first derivative of Lexus' new global architecture for rear-wheel-drive luxury cars (GA-L), which also underpins new fifth-generation ’18 Lexus LS flagship.

LC is first derivative of Lexus' new global architecture for rear-wheel-drive luxury cars (GA-L), which also underpins new fifth-generation ’18 Lexus LS flagship.