The sports car is slowly disappearing in plain sight. Maybe it’s because traffic-choked roads leave fewer places to enjoy one, or spirited driving is increasingly becoming frowned upon, or simply today’s cost-of-living crunch has turned the idea of a fun second car into pure fantasy for most.Whatever the cause, performance cars are becoming increasingly scarce, at least outside of supercar royalty. Every year, another badge disappears, another coupe gets replaced by an SUV, and another enthusiast favorite quietly exits stage left without a true successor waiting in the wings. Don’t believe it? Here are seven sports cars that have recently been axed or will disappear soon.This article looks at sports cars and coupes that have exited the US within the past 12 months or are about to shortly. Availability and timelines may vary for other locations. Stated prices are the base prices for the final year of production and are based on MSRP. Audi A5 Coupe And Convertible Audi's Last Car With Two Doors 2024 Audi RS5 Front 3/4 ViewWhen the first Audi A5 was unveiled at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, the nameplate arrived as a striking coupe penned by design legend Walter de Silva. A convertible and stretched four-door variant dubbed the A5 Sportback soon followed, along with high-performance RS versions of all three body styles, initially packing naturally aspirated V8s before later switching to twin-turbocharged V6 power for the second generation.The second-generation A5 arrived nearly a decade after the first, with Audi repeating the formula mostly unchanged, but the third-generation A5 unveiled in 2024 marked a major shift. Launched in the US as a 2025 model, the latest A5 dropped both the coupe and convertible body styles entirely. Instead, the third-generation A5 arrived in America solely as the A5 Sportback, which itself moved closer to the notchback proportions of a traditional sedan, even if it still retains the liftback layout of its predecessors. Elsewhere, Audi also launched an A5 wagon, while China received a true A5 sedan.The demise of the coupe and convertible body styles after the third-generation A5 marked the end of two-door Audis altogether, following the discontinuation of both the TT and R8 shortly beforehand. The good news? Audi hasn’t abandoned sporty two-door models entirely and is close to launching an electric sports car positioned between the old TT and R8. Previewed by last year’s Audi Concept C, it’s also destined to introduce a fresh design language for the brand. BMW 8 Series Failed To Deliver Original's Gravitas 2026 BMW 8 Series Front ViewThe death of the modern BMW 8 Series is still fresh, with production of the big coupe and convertible, as well as the four-door Gran Coupe, all ending in April, marking the 2026 model year as the last. It was a quiet exit for BMW’s flagship, a car that always sat more in the grand tourer camp than as a pure sports car. That said, in range-topping BMW M8 Competition form, it could deliver performance capable of making even some supercars work hard to stay ahead.The modern 8 Series was first previewed as a thinly veiled concept at the 2017 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este and arrived on the market the following year as a 2019 model. The car revived a familiar badge and replaced the previous 6 Series range, but in reality it didn’t feel like a huge step forward beyond the larger number on the trunklid. Many had been expecting a return to the idea of a sharply styled V12 grand coupe bordering on exotica, yet the modern 8 Series blended into the wider BMW lineup and also shared inline-six and V8 engines with other models.BMW Sales never really took off as a result, with 2021’s total of 7,760 units in the US marking the 8 Series’ best year here, though the pandemic also played a role in suppressing demand. After peaking, sales declined quickly, and BMW eventually wound down production of the M8 in 2025 before ending the rest of the range in April without a successor in sight. BMW Z4 Suffered From Dismally Low Sales 2026 BMW Z4 M40iIt’s not just the 8 Series disappearing from BMW showrooms. This month also marked the end of production for the slinky BMW Z4 roadster, which Magna Steyr assembled under contract at its Graz, Austria, plant. The current car was the third generation of the Z4 line, following the original early-2000s model that replaced the Z3, i.e. the roadster immortalized by its appearance in the 1995 film GoldenEye.The latest Z4 arrived for the 2019 model year and ran up to 2026. It quietly carried the torch for BMW’s shrinking sports car portfolio, offering inline-four and inline-six engines. The Z4 was developed alongside the Toyota Supra, which is also headed for retirement, with Magna Steyr also building the Toyota in Austria. Low sports car volumes meant neither BMW nor Toyota appeared willing to go it alone on a dedicated platform. Toyota is expected to keep the Supra alive in some form by pairing its successor with a future Lexus coupe platform, potentially tied to a replacement for the RC.BMW BMW’s roadster future looks far less certain. Sales never gave BMW much reason to invest heavily in the Z4. With the last Z4, its best year in the US was its launch year, when it registered just under 3,000 sales, and every year afterward trended downward, even as BMW posted record growth overall in America. Updates throughout the life cycle were minimal, with the biggest news arriving late in the game when BMW finally added a manual transmission enthusiasts had been asking for since day one. Lexus LC Concept Car Looks Couldn't Save It Lexus LC 500 Pinnacle Edition-3There hasn’t been a formal announcement of the death of the Lexus LC, but the writing is clearly on the wall. The hybrid LC 500h already exited the US lineup last year, and Lexus has strongly hinted the V8-powered LC 500 will follow after 2026. The recent launch of the Japan-market LC 500 Pinnacle Edition is widely believed to preview the car’s final chapter. When it finally bows out, America will lose not only one of the most beautiful coupes of the modern era, but also another naturally aspirated V8 performance car in a market rapidly running out of them.The LC first appeared as the jaw-dropping LF-LC concept at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, and few expected conservative Lexus to put something so dramatic into production largely unchanged. Yet that’s almost exactly what happened when the LC arrived for the 2018 model year, bringing concept car styling and a glorious 5.0-liter V8 along with it. The problem was that Lexus never meaningfully evolved the car afterward. Talk of a harder-core LC F circulated for years, but the project was eventually shelved as Toyota shifted attention toward its upcoming GR GT program.Toyota A lack of updates, soaring pricing, and the perception that the LC was more grand tourer than true sports car meant sales never really caught fire in the US. Total sales through the end of 2025 sit only slightly above 15,000 units. For comparison, Porsche sold more than 13,500 examples of the 911 in the US during 2025 alone. Lexus plans to now fill the void of the LC with an electric supercar reviving the LFA name, though it's hard to see that selling any better. Lexus RC A Handsome Coupe That Never Took Off 2025 Lexus RC The Lexus RC is a stylish coupe that brought a dose of excitement to the brand’s lineup, yet never really took off in terms of sales. Launched for the 2015 model year, the RC represented Lexus’s ambitious push into the entry-level luxury sports-coupe segment. After more than a decade on the market, production wrapped up at the conclusion of 2025, with the 2025 model year being the last.In its prime, the RC offered a compelling mix of sharp styling, available all-wheel drive, and a choice of powertrains that ranged from a peppy turbocharged four-cylinder to a potent V6 and, in flagship RC F form, a glorious 5.0-liter V8. The car delivered refined grand-touring manners with just enough sporting edge for enthusiastic drivers, wrapped in one of the most distinctive designs in the Lexus portfolio.Lexus Despite never becoming a huge seller in the US, moving close to 15,000 units in the US in its first year but declining to fewer than 2,000 units in its final years, we may still see a successor. While Lexus has not officially confirmed a direct successor, as mentioned above, rumors suggest the brand may launch a new coupe developed jointly with a future Toyota Supra. That collaboration could finally deliver the more focused sports car many hoped the RC would become. Porsche 718 A Successor Is Coming, And Not Only As An EV 2025-2026 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RSThe Porsche 718 Cayman and open-top Porsche 718 Boxster don’t always get the spotlight that follows the 911, but among enthusiasts they’ve long punched above their weight. The mid-engine duo deliver some of the sharpest steering and most balanced chassis tuning in the sports car world, so much so that many argue they feel even more precise and exploitable on a back road than their rear-engine big brother.The current fourth generation has been on sale since the 2017 model year, though its basic platform and mechanical architecture trace back even further, to the early 2010s. For the US market, 2025 is effectively the final model year, with Porsche having already closed order books and ceased production in October 2025. The brand began telegraphing the end of the current car as early as 2022, when it announced a fully electric successor was in the pipeline, signaling a clean break from combustion power for its entry-level sports cars.PorscheThat electric 718 has been spotted testing for some time, and Porsche still intends to bring it to market. However, the landscape has shifted since those early plans were drawn up. With EV demand cooling, especially in the performance segment, Porsche has adjusted its strategy to now include internal-combustion versions of the new 718 as well. However, the traditional power is expected to survive only in high-end versions like the Cayman GT4 and Boxster Spyder, rather than the full mainstream range. Toyota GR Supra Down But Not Out 2026 Toyota GR Supra frontToyota GR Supra fans had been clamoring for the return of the nameplate almost immediately after the much-loved MkIV Supra, or A80 generation, faded out in the early 2000s, and even earlier in the US. Toyota finally delivered a new Supra after a 17-year hiatus, and given the long wait you can bet expectations were sky-high. In reality, though, the MkV Supra, or A90, landed to mixed feelings. It was less a clean-sheet Toyota halo car and more a BMW sports car wearing a different badge, even if it was objectively quicker, sharper, and more capable than its predecessors in almost every measurable way.The fifth-generation Supra was jointly developed with the latest BMW Z4, sharing its platform, interior, inline-four and inline-six engines, and even its production line at Magna Steyr’s plant in Austria. That partnership also means both cars are now approaching the end of the road together, with the Z4 ending production this month and the Supra expected to follow shortly, with the 2026 model year being its last. While BMW has stayed tight-lipped about any direct successor to the Z4, Toyota has already confirmed that the Supra name will return again, and crucially, fans won’t be left waiting nearly as long this time around.Toyota Current thinking suggests Toyota will develop the next Supra alongside a future Lexus sports coupe, possibly tied to a successor for the RC. To better separate the two, rumors point to the Supra remaining a strict two-seater, while the Lexus adopts a more practical 2+2 layout. Powertrain speculation includes a hybrid powertrain based on Toyota’s new performance-oriented turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four currently being developed, though some reports also float the possibility of a Mazda-sourced inline-six keeping the straight-six tradition alive.Sources: Audi, BMW, Lexus, Porsche, Toyota