Lexus RC F (USA) review

You can’t mistake the RC F’s interior for anything other than a Lexus. There’s the electronic scratch pad, a CD Player and a host of other touches that remind you you’re in a Japanese sports car.  You can love or loathe them, but you can’t argue with the other-worldly quality of their execution. It’s way above anything most of the Germans or Brits can offer.

And there won’t be any mistaking that you are in an RC F TE. Instead of the usual blacks, browns and grays of the range, the cabin is covered in Flare Red leather and Alcantara, the floor in a matching red carpet. The seats in the TE, which are dished enough to keep you located on the track but comfortable enough for a long road trip, are not heated and cooled, to save weight. But otherwise there is every luxury you’d expect in a Lexus – including a 17-speaker sound system.

The rear seats should probably have been a delete option on the TE – and the standard RC F. They really are not designed to carry anything human. Much better to just admit it’s extra space for gear and shopping and have done with it.