Lexus RC

Lexus

MarqueLexus

Production2014–2025

Power180 kW (RC 200t/300) / 131 kW (RC 300h, petrol engine only) / 234 kW (RC 350) / 341 – (RC F)

Engine2.0 L Toyota AR engine#8AR-FTS / 8AR-FTS Straight-four engine / I4-Turbocharger / T (Petrol engine / petrol, RC 200t/300) / 2.5 L Toyota AR engine#2AR-FSE / 2AR-FSE I4 (petrol Hybr

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Ownership costs 2 model years scored All Lexus models

Ownership costs across indexed model years

Model-year estimates from the same NHTSA, EPA and published cost model used on the detailed verdict pages. The wide range reflects different years and trims; choose a year for the precise breakdown.

Typical used-price range$20,200–$32,100

Five-year depreciation$8,400–$9,400

Insurance per year$1,730–$2,620

Annual fuel / energy$2,900–$2,900

Annual maintenance band$1,115–$2,370

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The Lexus RC is the Lexus that answered a simple question — how much car can this badge carry? — with 180 kW from 2.0 L Toyota AR engine#8AR-FTS. It was built from 2014 to 2025, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. The shape is credited to Pansoo Kwon (2012).

How it came about

The Lexus RC (Japanese: レクサス・RC, Hepburn: Rekusasu RC) is a compact executive two-door coupé manufactured by Lexus, Toyota's luxury division. The RC which according to Lexus stands for "Radical Coupe" is a two-door coupé version of the Lexus IS (XE30). The RC is designated as the XC10 series. The RC borrowed styling from the LF-LC concept and was previewed by the LF-CC concept, being designed as a proposal by Pansoo Kwon from 2010 to early 2012 and approved by supervising designers Yasuo Kajino and Tatsuya Takei.

The hardware

The engine is 2.0 L Toyota AR engine#8AR-FTS; the output is 180 kW; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1680 –. That is roughly 107 horsepower per tonne: brisk everyday performance. Drive goes through a 8-speed Automatic transmission / automatic (petrol, RWD) / 6-speed automatic (petrol, AWD) / eCVT (hybrid). The wheelbase is 2730 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Family and rivals

In the Lexus line-up the Lexus RC has a clear place: it replaced the Lexus IS C (XE20); the factory was Tahara, Aichi (Tahara plant), Japan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Hyundai Aslan, the Subaru Levorg, the BYD M3 DM. Its Lexus stablemates include the Lexus ES (V20) and the Lexus GS 450h.

Owning one today

Buying one now means $20,200–$32,100 for a typical example, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $4,015–$5,270 a year. Insurance sits around $1,730–$2,620 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.