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Lexus Trademarks RC F Name, Sportscar Likely

Lexus LF-LC Concept 1 photo
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As you would expect, a sportscar or hot coupe is the sort of car any manufacturer working on a revival would play pretty close to the chest.
However, news of Lexus' pet project is leaking out. According to clublexus.com, the Japanese luxury automaker has trademarked the name RC F in the United States.

This comes after they registered the name RS 350 in Australia last year and proves their efforts are much more than a routine exercise in office work.

We have two Lexus concepts to take into consideration when trying to figure out what the RC F is. First, there's the LF-LC which is a concept for a big GT coupe. It's one of our favourite concepts of all time and company officials have said there's a 50/50 chance of it going into production. Hopefully, it's more like 90/10 now.

Secondly, there's the LF-CC concept shown in Paris last year. This clearly previewed the IS sedan but could itself become a production coupe in the future.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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