{"id":3778,"date":"2017-04-18T14:56:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luxurycarmagazine.com\/en\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2017-07-07T17:52:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T17:52:07","slug":"brief-2017-lexus-rc-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxurycarmagazine.com\/en\/brief-2017-lexus-rc-f\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brief: 2017 Lexus RC F"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stockholm syndrome<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a whole week, I was held captive, tortured into driving a car that manipulated my senses. At once, I was smitten and terrorized; it was pure blissful hell.<\/p>\n

\"2017<\/a><\/p>\n

I was lustfully drawn to it by its looks, at least from afar. Its size and curves oozed power, performance and something about being special. From closer up, I wondered what the heck was wrong with its forehead? The bump in front-most part of the hood reminded me of a Neanderthal\u2019s head\u2019s profile.<\/p>\n

Inside, a fat grippy steering and some lovely large gauges always greeted me, as did sporty seats. Before I\u2019d set off however, I was harassed and tortured by Lexus\u2019 terrible Remote Touch Interface\u2019s wholly annoying and anti-intuitive touchpad.<\/p>\n

As I recovered from the terror, the sound of the sweet easy revving normally aspirated 467-horsepower 5.0-litre V8 nursed me back to mental health. Only to then be repeatedly stabbed by the 8-speed automatic transmission. Its programming in Drive and Normal modes were designed to render the driver unconscious and unfortunately, in Manual and Sport modes, to finish the job.<\/p>\n

The glimmer of hope came when Manual and Sport+ were combined and I worked feverously at trying to escape the clutches of Lexus\u2019 misguided one-car-for-all approach. Only when driven hard, harder than anyone should on a road, did I manage to free myself from captivity; only when I abused the RC F did I fall in love and never want to leave its side.<\/p>\n

But then, I\u2019d back off and be pummelled by a transmission that refused to rev-match and be made sick by a floaty-fatty ride that every time reminded me that this is an 1,800 kg (3,975 lbs.) car.<\/p>\n

Now that it\u2019s gone, oh how I miss it, but should I ever see it again, I may set it on fire.<\/p>\n\tThe Brief: 2017 Lexus RC F<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\r\n\t

Stockholm syndrome For a whole week, I was held captive, tortured into driving a car that manipulated my senses. At once, I was smitten and terrorized; it was pure blissful hell. I was lustfully drawn to it by its looks, at least from afar. Its size and curves oozed power, performance and something about being …<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t

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Performance - 85%<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Driving Experience - 85%<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Comfort - 85%<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Interior Design - 80%<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Prestige - 80%<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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83%<\/span><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0112<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0113<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0114<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0115<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0117<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0118<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0120<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0121<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0122<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0123<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0124<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0125<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0126<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0127<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0128<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0129<\/a>\n
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\n 2017 Lexus RC F_0130<\/a>\n
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