We’ve known for some time now that Lexus would be gracing the streets with a new sports coupe to go after the likes of the BMW M4 and perhaps act as a placeholder amid the long-gone SC coupe.  This is all great news, but the auto world has been hungry for details, and now there are some delicious new bits.  Just as the LF-A’s screaming V10 is music to our ears, so is the fact that LF-A technology will be finding its way into the new RC, particularly the RC F.  The RC F’s hood, roof and trunk lid will all be carbon fiber and a hood scoop visible in spy photos is part of an aero package that routes air to the car’s underbody to improve high-speed downforce.  Why the need for high-speed optimization?  Well, the car is to be fitted with a 455 horsepower, 401 lb-ft of torque rendition on Lexus’s 5.0L V8.  The beefy V8 wasn’t always a ‘for sure’ due to European C02 regulations, but cylinder deactivation technology will help quell those concerns.  Word has it that the RC F will carry a price tag north of $100k which is an interesting proposition seeing as how its main competitor is as much as $40k less.  Expect the big RC reveal at this year’s Detroit Auto Show.

– Evan W.

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