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How to start it
Step on the brake, press POWER (silver button on the dash). Hybrids stay silent in EV mode until you accelerate.
RC F Final Edition
CuratedDerived trims
5.0L V8 (naturally aspirated) supplies 472 hp through RWD. The RC F Final Edition weighs 3,902 lb, starts around $94K, and is listed at 2025 model-year specification. The catalog lists 0–60 mph in 4.2 seconds and a 168 mph top speed.
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Trims
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Features
What this car offers
Safety & driver assistance
- Automatic emergency braking
- Blind-spot monitoring
- Lane-keeping assist
- Adaptive cruise control
- Front, side and curtain airbags
Performance hardware
- Performance brake package
- Launch control
- Adaptive / magnetorheological dampers
- Electronic limited-slip differential
- Multiple drive modes (Comfort / Sport / Track)
Cabin & technology
- Digital instrument cluster
- Sport upholstery
- Wireless Apple CarPlay & Android Auto
- Bluetooth + smartphone integration
- Premium audio system
- Heated and cooled seats
Safety rating
4/ 5
Value score
9.5/ 10
Performance, build, and ownership-cost composite.
Overview
About the Lexus RC F Final Edition
Look past the badge and the Lexus RC F Final Edition is a study in trade-offs — every performance car is, and this one wears its choices openly. 5.0L V8 (naturally aspirated) supplies 472 hp through RWD. The RC F Final Edition weighs 3,902 lb, starts around $94K, and is listed at 2025 model-year specification. The catalog lists 0–60 mph in 4.2 seconds and a 168 mph top speed.
Under the bonnet sits a 5.0L V8 (naturally aspirated), sending 472 hp to a RWD driveline. That's enough for 4.2 seconds to 60 mph and a 168 mph maximum — figures that say as much about the gearing and aerodynamics as they do about the engine. At roughly 3,902 lb it carries about 8.3 lb per horsepower, which is the number that actually predicts how it feels on a road rather than on a spec sheet.
Mechanically it's a conventional, well-understood package rather than an experiment, which is a large part of why it works as an everyday car.
Sports cars live or die on feel. Grip, steering weight, gearshift quality and how progressively the chassis lets go matter far more here than a headline power figure. At around $94,000, the RC F Final Edition is priced as a car people genuinely use, and our value score of 9.5/10 reflects what you get for that against its direct rivals rather than against the market as a whole.
What keeps it interesting is the coherence of the whole package rather than any single specification.
How to use
Owner's walkthrough
Practical guide for everything a new owner asks on day one — starting the car, finding the gear selector, drive modes, infotainment, driver aids, and easy-to-miss features.
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Where the gear selector is (and how to use it)
Console-mounted shifter, gated like a tennis-shoe sole — tap right out of D for Sport (S) mode and the +/- paddle gate; new EVs use a click-style toggle.
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Drive modes
Drive modes are accessed via the drive-mode toggle on the instrument hood. Available modes typically include Eco, Normal, Sport S, Sport S+, Custom. Each mode reshuffles throttle mapping, steering weight, adaptive dampers (if equipped), exhaust valves, and stability-control thresholds. On performance trims, an 'Individual' or 'Custom' slot lets you save your favorite combination so you can recall it with one click instead of nesting through menus.
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Cluster & head-up display
The driver display is a 12.3-inch digital cluster. Use the steering-wheel left thumb-pad to cycle layouts (Classic, Sport, Navigation, Minimal). When in Sport / Track mode the cluster automatically swaps to a wide tach with gear indicator and tire-temperature readout. The head-up display brightness, height, and content are configured from Settings → Displays → HUD.
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Infotainment & voice control
Infotainment runs on Lexus Interface (14-inch on most new models). Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard; pair from Settings → Connections the first time, then it auto-connects whenever your phone is in range. "Hey Lexus" wakes the in-car assistant for nav, climate, calls, and messaging without touching the screen. The main display also hosts vehicle-specific apps: tire pressures, performance data recorder (where fitted), drive-mode customizer, and the camera views.
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Driver assistance
Standard driver aids include adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alert. Toggle each system individually from the driver-assist menu (steering-wheel left-pad → Assistance). Highway-driving assist (hands-off in marked lanes on supported roads), automatic lane-change on indicator tap, traffic-jam assist for stop-and-go, and a 360° surround camera with transparent-hood mode are all available and worth enabling for the first time before driving in heavy traffic.
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Fueling
Premium unleaded (91 or 93 octane) is required on Lexus performance models — the engine timing is set for it and lower octane causes audible knock and reduced power. Fuel-cap release is a button on the driver door panel; the cap is capless (just push the nozzle in).
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Keys & phone-as-key
Beyond the physical key, this car supports Lexus Digital Key. Set up phone-as-key from the Lexus app app: it provisions a secure credential to your phone's wallet so a tap on the door handle unlocks the car and placing the phone on the wireless charging pad authorizes ignition. You can also share temporary keys to family members (with optional speed and area limits on performance trims) directly from the app.
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First-week tips & easy-to-miss features
A few things every new owner tells us they wish they'd known on day one:
- Set up the head-up display brightness and content (speed + nav arrows + assist status) the first day — once it's tuned to you it's the most useful screen in the car.
- Download the brand app (Lexus app) and pair it with your VIN before your first long trip — remote climate, charging/fuel-level checks, and remote lock-status save you walking back to the garage in winter.