View Offers View 01. F LINE HERITAGE 02. BRAVE DESIGN 03. EXHILARATING 04. TAKUMI PERFORMANCE CRAFTSMANSHIP Discover the heritage that brought Pushing the limits of bold and Enjoy exhilarating performance Meet the Lexus master craftspeople the extraordinary RC F to the world. iconic design. developed on racetracks such as the who oversee the world-class quality Fuji Speedway and the Nürburgring of the RC F coupé. Nordschleife. Pages 04–05 Pages 06–09 Pages 10–13 Page 14–21 Build Your RCF RCF Build Your “Benefiting greatly from our experience with the Lexus RC F GT3 race cars, we’ve improved the RC F in every single area and for the first time 05. IMAGINATIVE 06. V8 POWERTRAIN 07. GRADE LINE-UP 08. FEATURES, offer a Track Edition.” TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY AND RC F CHIEF ENGINEER ACCESSORIES YUUICHI TSURUMOTO Discover pioneering technologies Discover more about the V8 Time to decide between the RC F, Read about the amazing level of such as the RC F’s Optitron powertrain behind the RC F that Carbon or Track Edition grades. features and technology available central meter and Lexus delivers its exhilarating performance. for your RC F. Safety System+. Page 22–25 Pages 26–27 Pages 28–29 Pages 30–37 Find a Centre 09. COLOURS AND 10. EQUIPMENT AND 11. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS 12. THE LEXUS EXPERIENCE INTERIOR TRIMS TECHNICAL DATA Customise your vehicle by Study the level of equipment available Find out about the three years’ free Learn how we aim to treat every selecting your favourite interior and alongside the key technical data Lexus Roadside Assistance that customer as if they were a guest in Book a Test Drive Book a Test exterior colour. before ordering your RC F. comes free with the purchase of a our home. new Lexus. Pages 38–41 Pages 42–47 Pages 48–49 Pages 50–51 02 RC F RC F 03 F LINE HERITAGE F LINE HERITAGE A DREAM CALLED ‘F’ View Offers View 01 02 Build Your RCF RCF Build Your It began in 2004 when, inspired by their shared car remains true to this high-performance heritage, Hand-built in carbon fibre and fitted with a love of cars and motorsport, a small group of Lexus delivering extreme driver engagement through V10 engine delivering a Formula One soundtrack, engineers led by Chief Engineer Yukihiko Yaguchi immense responsiveness and seemingly limitless this first Lexus supercar was extensively developed 03 dreamt of creating a new, high-performance Lexus acceleration, with a sound to raise any heartbeat. and tuned on the racetrack – initially by legendary saloon. Working after hours, outside all corporate test driver Hiromu Naruse – and later proven at structures, they developed a car that could push Many car enthusiasts see the F line as a wonderful multiple Nürburgring 24-hour races to perfect back frontiers on the racetrack yet offer Lexus “mad streak” in the Lexus psyche. Nothing illustrates reliability, aerodynamics and handling. LFA refinement on public roads. this more vividly than the extraordinary LFA production was limited to just 500 units. To say supercar, which made its debut in 2010 – the fullest that the owners of these cars are lucky is something expression yet of a determination to create the of an understatement, given that the LFA was lauded ultimate connection between car and driver. by one leading motoring journalist as “the best car “Lexus F line models are engineered to be I have ever driven”. Find a Centre enjoyed by all car enthusiasts, whatever Taking a decade to bring to fruition – and requiring their degree of expertise.” enormous resources to develop, with pioneering The cars which followed in the slipstream of the CHIEF ENGINEER engineering technologies that had to be created for LFA have had an immense amount to live up to. YUKIHIKO YAGUCHI it alone – the LFA seems to defy all corporate logic. Expectations were high, pushing engineers to deliver Even today, the final cost of the LFA project remains the next amazing Lexus. The RC F, launched in 2014, 04 a closely guarded secret. That it exists is a tribute has been described as one of the most exhilarating After hundreds of hours testing on the Fuji to the persistence of one man – Akio Toyoda – and sports coupés ever created. Its performance was Speedway in Japan, they were ready to share his personal passion for performance. Although a then injected into the GS F saloon in 2015. The their “skunk works” project with senior Lexus member of the influential Toyoda family (and the craftsman-tuned V8 engine in both these F line executives. The car’s hand-built V8 engine and only board member with a racing driver’s licence), cars is nothing short of audacious, yet inside they amazing handling, generated so much excitement Toyoda-san was initially unable to persuade top embody the sophisticated refinement, finish and 01 The iconic Lexus LFA supercar took that the project was quickly given the green light. management of the project’s importance. luxury you expect from a Lexus. Whether on a And so the Lexus IS F, and with it the F line, were thrilling country road or on a routine business trip, 10 years to develop 02 The V8-powered GS F high- born. The team went on to test and tune the IS F at “Everyone argued against the LFA proposal,” Akio they deliver a driving pleasure that is extraordinary. performance saloon the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife, Circuit Toyoda recalls. “By supporting the LFA, I became 03 The F line badge depicts Fuji Paul Ricard, Zolder and Laguna Seca, before it was isolated in my own company. Today they give me Now, the Lexus F line story begins a new chapter. Speedway’s most demanding launched at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show. credit, but back then they said ‘Are you crazy?’” Stories are told in words, but no words will prepare Book a Test Drive Book a Test corners you for the enthralling experience that awaits at the 04 Forged IS F alloy wheels inspired by Look closely at the F line badge and you can trace In time, Toyoda-san won people over with his belief wheel of the new RC F. the Japanse ‘Katana’ sword the racetrack origin in its shape, which mirrors Fuji that the LFA could be “the secret sauce” that would 05 The RC F is now available in Track Speedway’s most demanding curves. Every F line add extra spice to every new Lexus. Edition 05 04 RC F RC F 05 BRAVE DESIGN BRAVE DESIGN SHAPED FOR THE View Offers View RACETRACK 01 Opened in 2013, the Lexus wind tunnel is one of the most advanced of its kind Build Your RCF RCF Build Your 02 Full-size Lexus cars are tested in the 22-metre high, 260-metre long loop 03 Front and side aerodynamic refinements on the new Lexus RC F 01 03 The first thing that strikes you about the Lexus steady flow of air towards the car so we can A thick, fast-moving stream of smoke is released to aerodynamic laboratory is its size. Situated in understand precisely how air travels around it,” reveal how air travels around the RC F. Next, the Japan’s Aichi prefecture, close to the Lexus Design says Murayama-san. To maintain this airflow, wind turbine is put into action, unleashing winds Centre, the lab’s custom-built wind tunnel is a the tunnel’s loop is punctuated by metal slats, that can reach hurricane speeds of up to 150 mph. cavernous, 22-metre high, 260-metre long loop. If which are slanted at a precise angle to guide All the time, a team of engineers monitor each it were stretched out and tipped on its end, it would the air through smoothly. How the air flows minute aspect of the RC F’s behaviour, tweaking, be as tall as many of Tokyo’s highest skyscrapers. around a vehicle is key to measuring the drag and reacting, adjusting and fine-tuning. downforce – the less drag and more downforce Its opening in 2013 was a significant moment for there is, the better a car will perform on the road Chief Engineer Yuuichi Tsurumoto describes Lexus. It set the signal for the brand as a global or racetrack. the RC F as “honed to perfection in the wind automotive leader in the field of aerodynamics, tunnel”. By simulating racetrack conditions in focusing on the science of how airflow affects a “When a normal car is cruising at 60 mph, drag the laboratory, Lexus could bank on immediate car’s performance. The perfect place, therefore, accounts for as much as 70 percent of the forces feedback without having to leave the premises. to develop the aerodynamic package for the affecting driving performance,” says Murayama- What’s more, innovative prototype parts, such as Find a Centre Lexus RC F. san. “With a high-performance Lexus like the small stabiliser fins made with on-site 3D printers, RC F GT3 race car, aerodynamics can make the could be quickly and easily put to the test. “Right from the first super-refined LS 400 flagship difference between victory or failure.” saloon, through to the LS 430 (developed in the “Each part of the RC F aero package is designed same wind tunnel as the Shinkansen Bullet Train), So what goes on inside the lab? First, the car is to within a millimetre. We go through every Lexus has always considered aerodynamics one wheeled onto a turntable weighing scale in the possible layout of the ducts and the sizing of the of the most important areas of research,” says central testing room.