Lexus RC F 2020 Long-Term Test #1

Fast, loud and arrogant but far from perfect – if this car were an athlete it’d be Nick Kyrgios

The Lexus RC F is not new. In fact, it’s positively geriatric in car years and looking down the barrel of its seventh birthday, which probably makes it 70 in human terms. It’s also overweight and in dire need of advanced driving technologies like those offered by its rivals. But it does have several redeeming qualities, such as a lusty naturally-aspirated V8, sublime seats and plush overall comfort and refinement levels. Let’s see what it’s like to live with for three months.

Price and equipment

First launched in Australia in 2014, the Lexus RC F is an intriguing machine. The most potent Lexus this side of the V10-powered, $700K Lexus LFA supercar, the RC F was given a boost with the lightweight but pricey ($165,117) RC F ‘Track Edition’ in 2019.

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