What is it" Range-topping coupe member of mainstream performance line-up.
Key features: 5-litre V8, bold styling, quality finish.
Our View: Think of Lexus and one does not necessarily immediately see a performance car. While the Toyota luxury brand?s cars are all reasonably potent and the LF A supercar certainly gained a lot of attention, in Europe at least Lexus is better known for its BMW and Mercedes-rivalling premium saloons and its hybrid powertrains.
As a result those buyers who want a performance coupe will not immediately think of the RC F, tending instead to look towards Jaguar?s F-Type, the BMW M4. This is a shame, as the RC F has many characteristics that make it worthy of consideration compared to its more familiar rivals.
It is indeed potent, thanks to the fact that its engine bay houses an updated and significantly more powerful version of the engine that debuted in the performance saloon, the IS F. Putting out 471bhp at 7,100rpm, 54 horses more than the IS F and with 391lbft of torque, this is the most powerful V8 production unit yet seen from Lexus, and it?s combined with such useful technology as a torque-vectoring differential to make most efficient use of that power. Styling

Many premium performance cars are restrained in their styling ? not so the Lexus. It is a riot of sharp angles and creases, dominated by the front end Toyota family signature with the Lexus-specific enormous grille.
The headlamps are tiny and triangular, and sweep like the grill...