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"We weighed the RC F and it clocks in at a lardy 4040 pounds. For some comparison, the similarly sized and totally targeted BMW M4 weighs 3604 pounds, a 436-pound difference. Before you mount an angry letter-writing campaign against Lexus, know that the AWD Audi RS 5 is just 13 pounds lighter than the RC F, 4027 pounds. Still, why’s a brand-new car so heavy?"
i personally can care less about curb weight, i care more about actual equipped cars
and your statement on porsche (especially the 911) pretty much just discredited most things you say / said like that
4,040lbs? But this was just a prototype. Once they update the software it'll reduce the weight by about 100lbs.
4,040lbs? But this was just a prototype. Once they update the software it'll reduce the weight by about 100lbs.
Jat,
Like it or not, stock for stock, the new RCF will eat our ISFs up on the road and track. Our cars do not corner like this new beast, with or without the extra pounds. Just watch the Nurburgring videos on YouTube with pro drivers. The car eats up the asphalt.
Sure, slide cornering is lots of fun, but it is also slow. If our cars did not slide, we'd be in trouble.
I love my 2012 ISF, but this is a leap forward for Lexus. I stopped for a pop on the way home. Someone just bought the IS F-sport. The owner was thrilled with the car. Why? The driver has bought into the spirit of the F brand and was praising the new RCF. I met another last week. They are excited by the feel of the trickle down technology. They are getting a piece of the pie, and this is why the Fs exist.
The new generation of buyer is looking for accessible power versus obscene power that will rarely if ever be tapped. What good is a car that packs excessive punch that is never tapped?
I thought hard about a Porsche turbo and came to the conclusion that it would die a slow death from inadequate use.
Hey, if you want a road rocket, there are plenty of exotics that will shake your joints. I want power that I can use and a car that inspires confidence.
To each his own...this beast performs at a level that is well above my skill set. I am not a pro driver.
Like it or not, stock for stock, the new RCF will eat our ISFs up on the road and track. Our cars do not corner like this new beast, with or without the extra pounds. Just watch the Nurburgring videos on YouTube with pro drivers. The car eats up the asphalt.
Sure, slide cornering is lots of fun, but it is also slow. If our cars did not slide, we'd be in trouble.
I love my 2012 ISF, but this is a leap forward for Lexus. I stopped for a pop on the way home. Someone just bought the IS F-sport. The owner was thrilled with the car. Why? The driver has bought into the spirit of the F brand and was praising the new RCF. I met another last week. They are excited by the feel of the trickle down technology. They are getting a piece of the pie, and this is why the Fs exist.
The new generation of buyer is looking for accessible power versus obscene power that will rarely if ever be tapped. What good is a car that packs excessive punch that is never tapped?
I thought hard about a Porsche turbo and came to the conclusion that it would die a slow death from inadequate use.
Hey, if you want a road rocket, there are plenty of exotics that will shake your joints. I want power that I can use and a car that inspires confidence.
To each his own...this beast performs at a level that is well above my skill set. I am not a pro driver.
Only IS F's that can truly hang are the IS F CCSR's which bore the RC F
I stopped for a pop on the way home. Someone just bought the IS F-sport. The owner was thrilled with the car. Why? The driver has bought into the spirit of the F brand and was praising the new RCF. I met another last week. They are excited by the feel of the trickle down technology.
my friend just bought a used kia optima. he was thrilled with the car as well, lol, that proves nothing. any new car, a person would be thrilled.
Only IS F's that can truly hang are the IS F CCSR's which bore the RC F
So true...it ran with the RCF breakthrough engine. It was in the ISF CCSR that took the Pike's Peak Hill Climb.
"Lexus USA marketer Jim Lee announced on Instagram today that the IS F CCS-R that raced at Pikes Peak and the 25 Hours of Thunderhill was actually equipped with the new 5.0L V8 engine found in the RC F– he even posted a photo of the engine swap."
09-18-14, 02:26 PM
