Heavy Lexus RC F Is A Bit "Out Of Its Depth" On The Track - Car Scoops

Mohammed Taha · Aug 25, 2015

Carbuyer’s Mat Watson took the Lexus RC F for a spin and while he described it as fun to drive on the road, he reckoned the Japanese coupe feels a little bit out of its depth on the circuit. The reason for this is the weight – the Lexus RC F tips the scales at 1,840kg (4,056lbs), which means it’s almost 300kg (661.4lbs) heavier than a BMW M4.

Gecko · Aug 25, 2015

Hopefully Lexus learns from this mistake and a second generation RC, if we get one, will be much lighter.

mikeavelli · Aug 25, 2015

Beating a dead horse at this point...

Mohammed Taha · Aug 26, 2015

LexFather said:
Beating a dead horse at this point...

True and unfortunate.

Gecko · Aug 26, 2015

^yeeeep

spwolf · Aug 26, 2015

RC-F got pretty nice 4 stars from EVO, which was surprising as EVO is usually hard on cars:
http://www.evo.co.uk/lexus/16523/lexus-rc-f-carbon-review-is-lighter-coupe-light-enough

mikeavelli · Aug 30, 2015

spwolf said:
RC-F got pretty nice 4 stars from EVO, which was surprising as EVO is usually hard on cars:
http://www.evo.co.uk/lexus/16523/lexus-rc-f-carbon-review-is-lighter-coupe-light-enough

Nice.

The fact of the matter is, the RC F at the track seems to be as fast as a M4..with Carbon Ceramics....but all we hear about is "weight"....

And no IS F at this point is just perplexing considering we have a M3 and C63 sedan, ATS-V sedan etc.... Lexus putting this engine in the GS instead really is kind of mind-boggling.

Car enthusiast · Aug 30, 2015

In order to compete with the m4 and c63, it has to lose like 300kg.

Heavy Lexus RC F Is A Bit "Out Of Its Depth" On The Track - Car Scoops

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