It's crunch time at Lexus. Two minutes to the siren with a title on the line.
In earlier stanzas, Lexus has produced nice cars, good cars and classy cars. But not one of those had the heart and soul — the chutzpah — to make Lexus more than a bit player in the luxury car business.
Now, with the RC coupe — headlined by the V8-powered RC F — it's make-or-break for a brand that's still looking for the point of difference to get people to overlook an Audi, BMW or Benz in favour of a Lexus. So the RC must be the car you choose, not that one that's left at the end of a computer spreadsheet analysis.
Read the full Lexus RC F and RC 350 2015 Review.