The new Lexus RC F has more focus but less power

Much has happened since Lexus first launched the RC F. Countless iterations of the BMW M4. A new, quite bombastic Mercedes-AMG C63 and a new, slightly less bombastic Audi RS5. Then there’s the Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio, possessing four doors but still very much a rival to Lexus’s hard-edged coupe.

Time for a wee bit of a freshen up, then, to keep the RC F in our conscience. Unveiled at the Detroit motor show, the RC F gets not only new styling, tweaked suspension and better aero, but a new, harder cored Track Edition.

The Track Edition is more focused yet, as its carbon fibre body panels and huge wing suggest. While it keeps the same power output as standard RC F’s, it cuts weight further by using carbon ceramic brakes, lightweight BBS alloys, a titanium exhaust (imagine the noise) and that carbon roof and bonnet. The latter are crafted on the same production line as the Lexus LFA’s carbon bits, for extra nerd points.

 

Surface Transforms plc (LON:SCE) are experts in the development and production of carbon-ceramic materials and the UK’s only manufacturer of carbon-ceramic brakes for automotive use. 

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