10 Years of Lexus F Celebration at Goodwood Festival of Speed

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10 Years of Lexus F Celebration at Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Every F model in attendance.
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Cant wait to watch it. F cars and LFA are going to be the some of the best sounding and good to look at cars there.
 

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LFA terminated
ISF terminated
RCF to be deleted
GSF maybe not having next generation

RIP F Marque
 

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One of the hardest losses for Lexus and the GS is dropping the GS F. Even if they come up with a next gen IS F, the amount of dead space between a ~$65-70k IS F and a ~$120k LS F is too much. They can't do anything with a FWD ES, unless maybe the next gen TNGA FWD platform can accommodate a much higher performance AWD system with better balance and weight distribution. That's a decade away.

At this point, I think it would make more sense for Lexus to drop the RC than the GS, and reposition the GS as a four door coupe like we've all been saying. The GS is selling 2x+ RC numbers.

IS F
GS F
LS F
LC F
... is a decent lineup, but without GS F, the whole "F" concept really means very little. One "attainable" car with IS F and then two halo $120k models at the top? There's no continuity. No consistency.

Lexus' best bet is NX F and RX F, but again, I don't think TNGA has the capacity to support high performance AWD and high horsepower applications in FWD-biased cars like Audi does.
 

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Most of the recent reports pointed that there won't be a new RC may be just IS coupe as previous
 

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You know what's even worse than an incomplete and inconsistent F line-up? Lexus manages to sell a large number of F-Sport packages even without attractive F cars. The whole point of these low-volume performance cars is to increase the average selling price of regular models through additional packages. If the packages sell themselves it just gives Lexus a very convenient excuse to not pursue a strong F lineup.
 

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Of course. Ze Germans could end AMG and M tomorrow and the "_ Sport" packages would continue to fly off the shelves. It's as irrational as CUVs.
 

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Do you want to say that we will see a next generation RC?

@Ian Schmidt
It's totally rational and logic, the Germans worked so hard regarding this point of super saloons, they even now changed the definition of luxury from comfort to sport
 

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Yikes... this was timely based on our discussion here. Great review IMO.

The discussion above is all based on preconception some of us have instilled by opinions based on no-owners and inexperienced reviewers. Why does an enthusiast think that a car need to have 600+ HP to be desirable? I personally find that all F cars are very misjudged. They comparative have better power-train and interiors. Every reviews mention weight but all of the cars weigh about the same in real life. One more thing most of the F owners are very enthusiastic about the vehicle they own, after-all they looked at the segment, read the reviews and yet with all the negativity they still purchased the car.
 

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The discussion above is all based on preconception some of us have instilled by opinions based on no-owners and inexperienced reviewers. Why does an enthusiast think that a car need to have 600+ HP to be desirable? I personally find that all F cars are very misjudged. They comparative have better power-train and interiors. Every reviews mention weight but all of the cars weigh about the same in real life. One more thing most of the F owners are very enthusiastic about the vehicle they own, after-all they looked at the segment, read the reviews and yet with all the negativity they still purchased the car.

I agree. His review is garbage here. The RC F has fared well considering everything he has mentioned. I guess my glass is half full.

Let's be honest here, it could have 700hp and drive like a GT3 for 40k and people will still buy their German AMG, M etc...

For a first effort in a very tough market it is pretty damn good. Ironically my biggest gripe is not mentioned as much and that I wish it had a better interior and some of the camera features on even the RX...
 

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At least it wasn't the UX. And since it caught fire in the back, it's a fuel tank or fuel pump issue probably.