Japan's enigmatic sports coupe is a far more serious proposition than you may think 🤔
It can’t be easy being in charge of Lexus’ performance arm. Over the past couple of decades, the company’s line-up of non-F pedestrian mobiles has consisted of wafty saloons, wafty SUVs and, more recently, wafty coupes. But it’s clear that those in charge at the almighty F are proper petrolheads, fitting massive V8s to barges of all shapes and sizes, and giving them a damn good spanking on the Nurburgring for the performance car seal of the approval.
And yet, those adorned with the big F aren’t exactly BMW M beaters, nor are they intended to be. It’s all about effortless performance while retaining the key features you come to expect from Lexus, such as a pillowy ride and good old Japanese refinement. All makes sense, right? Well, sometimes Lexus serves something up that has us scratching our heads. A bit like the RC F Carbon.
At first blush, the Carbon seems like a four-wheeled contradiction. Take a two-door coupe known for its cruising capabilities and slap on a carbon fibre bonnet, roof and boot spoiler for the ultimate road-racer look. Admittedly, it didn’t save a huge amount of weight. The Carbon is only 15kg lighter than a standard RC F, which itself is a tad on the portly side at 1,780kg – minus the driver.
Let’s not forget that the RC F was actually a far more serious car than Clarkson’s rather blunt TG review suggested. The regular RC F came bundled in with Sachs dampers and Brembo brakes, while the Carbon edition was equipped with a torque vectoring differential with a trio of settings at no additional cost.
Prices have remained rock solid since its launch six years ago. Values for hot Lexuses typically plummet during the first 12 months of ownership and then, somehow, level off for all eternity. The car we have here comes in at £41,995, a mighty drop on the original £67,995 sticker price but still a fair chunk more than a non-Comp
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