The Lexus RC 350 is a car that seems to be a bit confused about what it wants to be. The looks suggest full-on sports coupe. There is an aggressive grille, massive vents in the bumper, sharp side sills that jut from the body, and at the rear are faux diffusers for fake bumper vents. The colour is a retina-searing creamsicle orange that has garnered

A new annual tradition is forming for me, and it’s one I can get behind. This 5.0-litre V8 makes 467 horsepower at 7,100 rpm and 389 lb-ft of torque at 4,800 rpm. You’ll almost never hit those figures within the constraints of the law, but hey, it sounds fabulous . The deal: my best friend’s boyfriend sends her and me on an indulgent o

It has often been said that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Nowhere is that statement truer than the revised-for- 2019 Lexus RC 350 F Sport . Reading through the hyperbolic marketing material online, I was prepared for “athletic and responsive” capabilities that promised an “emotional driving experience”. Particularly eye-catching in Flare (ak

The accountants at Lexus should take just as much credit for the super sleek design of the RC Coupes as the artists who crafted its postmodern yet elegant silhouette. Because it’s those typically cost-conscious management types that approved the expensive tooling changes required for those unique looks, with lines that resemble little else in the L

Story and photography by Dan Heyman and Brendan McAleer Brendan says: Welcome to the first annual meeting of the “I’m Not Buying a BMW 3 Series” Club. Oh right, I guess it’d be 4 Series these days. At any rate, here we have two Japanese sport-coupe alternatives to the obvious choice of just buying German. It’s wasabi hot dogs versus currywur

We at autoTRADER.ca never come between Jacob and his sour keys... I have been known to eat an entire Costco tub of sour key lollies over the course of a single day. So when I tell you that I am prone to excesses, I mean that I if I was a rock star I’d have died in a powder-shower so intense it was a hotel-room blizzard. And when I tell you th

Bland. Bland is non-threatening, inoffensive and uncontroversial. Sure, some people may find it dull or unattractive, but not in a disturbing way. It's just bland. Boring. Lexus apparently brought in all the designers involved with the GS sedan, the IS C convertible and the IS sedan, and told each of them to come up with an aggressive or fast

Review and Photos by Jeff Wilson Generally speaking, the thought of spending a handsome sum of money on a new car and then being expected to pay for the paint additionally annoys the heck out of me.  It takes the art of nickel-and-diming someone to a whole new level and the German car companies do it better than anyone.   They’ll offer one, or m

Lexus today announced a price cut of nearly $2,000 for the 2019 RC coupe, taking the car well below the $50,000 mark with a newly named entry-level trim, styling revisions, better aerodynamics and a revised chassis promising better handling as well as comfort. Following its debut at the Paris auto show , the new RC 300 AWD Signature carries an

Review and photos by Dan Heyman and Brendan McAleer Both represent relatively uncharted territory for their manufacturers. Dan says: What we have here are two cars that are similar on many fronts, but the main thing about their resemblance is the fact that they both represent relatively uncharted territory for their manufacturers

DETROIT, Michigan – “Thirty years ago, almost to the day, we came to Detroit to tell the world about the creation of Lexus,” said Lexus General Manager Dave Christ. While their newly improved RC F was under the spotlights at the Lexus stand, the automaker used the adjacent hall for the debut of two new vehicles. First up was a more hardcore perf

Lexus today revealed initial details of the refreshed RC coupe that will make its global debut at the Paris auto show in October. Toyota's upscale brand calls this a "new version" of its entry-level two-door, but this is a mid-cycle refresh exercise for the 2019 model, rather than a full redesign. The effort includes a new front bumper that i

With the Pokemon Go sensation sweeping the US and spreading into Canada even before its official Canadian release, players are inevitably hopping into their cars to search for rare and distant Pokemon. And while the crew at autoTRADER.ca fully supports police departments and traffic safety experts across the nation in warning that you should n

It’s not every day that a manufacturer – a luxury manufacturer, at that – delivers a Canada-only special edition of one of their models. The 2019 Infiniti Q60 I-Line Red Sport 400 , meanwhile, is not just any model, but a halo car of the Infiniti brand. It is bonkers-fast, this car, and if ever there was an argument for the benefits of force

The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), better known as the folks who do most of the crash testing videos you see online, have announced their 2017 Top Safety Picks. Around 200 cars, trucks, and SUVs were evaluated, and there were 82 Top Safety Pick Winners.  Of those, only 38 model year 2017 vehicles earned the recently revised an