Friday 13th February 2015

Lexus RC F vs BMW M4: Pic Of The Week

Japan versus Germany, captured earlier in the week in our RC F/M4 showdown

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Credit to Lexus. From a PH perspective much of the range may be Toyota white goods motoring with added chrome trim but when it puts its mind to building a performance car it does it properly. The LFA remains a stand-out supercar and the IS F was an impressive first crack at taking on the German performance elite. Now we've got the RC F, squaring up to some pretty formidable Teutonic rivals from AMG, M and Quattro at the top of their respective games.

Having secured a booking with an RC F the next call - inevitably - was to BMW to see if we could bag an M4 to test it against. And as our Pic Of The Week reveals we were successful and drove and photographed the cars together earlier in the week. Full story on that to follow but it involved a drag race or two, quite a lot of sideways action and some impressively glowing brake discs on the BMW.

To whet your appetite here's a nice shot of the pair for your desktop delight. The Lexus may not be exactly pretty but it is an impressive piece of kit and the fight was a closer one than you might have expected. Stay tuned for more!

Traditional (4:3)
Computer widescreen (16:10)
TV widescreen (16:9)
Portrait (smartphone, etc)

Photo: Anthony Fraser

[GTEYE]

I suppose we have to blame Audi for starting the big grille trend...

Whilst the Lexus is certainly distinctive, it does look rather angry. Oh for the days of good looking cars.