Video: Take A Thrill Ride With A 500HP 2 Liter Lexus RC F

The Japanese Super GT series are due to start this April and until then, all teams are rushing out testing their new cars, as the championship’s rules have changed to align more with the touring car series regulations.

 Along with the new regulations, new cars have been chosen for the job and Lexus is among the automakers to provide a racing version of the new RC F model to some of the teams.

 The RC F GT500 will replace every Lexus SC model previously used throughout the series and it will be powered by a turbocharged 2-liter four-cylinder engine according to the new regulations. However, don’t get sad because this machine here will certainly feel a lot better than your average Golf GTI - just because the regulation don’t allow big V8s anymore doesn’t mean they ban power and 500 hp is a round number to achieve.
 

DTMFan - 3/25/2014 5:34:37 AM

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Looking good. Can't wait for next year when we might start to see these SuperGT cars line up on the grid against the M4, RS5 and C class DTM cars. :D

Tilps5 - 3/25/2014 11:14:59 AM

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This car was only 2 sec slower in fuji than lmp1 car lol

dlin - 3/25/2014 3:36:10 PM

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Looks great in race car form. Not so much in road car form though...

dlin - 3/25/2014 3:37:37 PM

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Kinda wonder what's the redline for this turbo I4.