Heavy Weight Shootout - Lexus RC F Versus BMW M4 And Audi RS5 - Which Is The Best All Around Uber Sedan?

There is something rather appealing about the way Lexus (or more specifically, its Toyota parent) appears to go about the business of building fast cars.

It’s not that they’re an afterthought or a profitable side line; rather, they’re a spasmodic and unpreventable release of the latent enthusiasm that builds up when you are forced, for very good reasons, to spend most of the year grinding out Avensises and Aurises.

The discontinued Lexus LFA, a money-losing masterpiece that could not perhaps have been built anywhere else, is the most obvious example of this cathartic approach (although the current Toyota GT86, an extraordinary attempt to hotwire a niche concern into a mainstream offering, must run it close).

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Car4Life - 2/9/2015 1:53:23 PM

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I think you meant coupe and for me its...

Overall performance
1)M4
2)RS5
3)RC-F

Luxury/Interior
1)RC-F
2)RS5
3)M4

Design
1)M4
2)RS5
3)RC-F

cidflekken - 2/9/2015 2:13:45 PM

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Choosing amongst these three is much more difficult than between the 435i/S5/RC350. The RC350 is so far behind its German competitors, it's almost not even in the running. But the RC-F does alot of things really, really well. At the end of the day, in this class, it's strictly a matter of personal choice.

Each car has at least one specific advantage. The RC-F is least expensive and has best handling/steering. The RS5 has quattro and an amazing V-8. The M4 is lightest and fastest.

Gotta admit, after seeing a black M4 on the road yesterday, I'd go that direction. It seriously was gorgeous and has tremendous road presence.

MDarringer - 2/9/2015 2:16:58 PM

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I'll take the Lexus because it has the performance of the Germans and more than likely the reliability of a Camry.

valhallakey - 2/9/2015 4:15:25 PM

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I have to say I have owned a number of BMWs over the years and for the most part they were all stone cold reliable. I have owned an early 70s 1802, 1973 3.0 CSL (both back in the 80s), a 1989 325ix, 1995 M3, 2000 M5, 2010 X5d and now a 2012 318d wagon and everyone of them has been stone cold reliable. The only 4 issues I have had was a failure of the front wheel hub on the 1802 which was already an old car when I bought it, a non retracting seatbelt on the M3 fixed under warranty, a couple of pixels died on the display of the M5 - replaced under warranty and a mass airflow sensor failure on the M5 that I paid out of my pocket post warranty period. I am overseas now for a few years driving a 2012 318d and this thing has been perfect so far and I have over 200,000 kilometers on it. I have also owned American cars, my favorite being a 1970 Z/28 a 2000 model Durango with the 4.7l motor and a Jeep Cherokee from like 1992?? and a 1970 454 Corvette (that I sold over here). I have also had a few Japanese cars including a 1977 Datsun 280Z - nice car, 1994 Nissan 240SX which was a good looking sweet handling car with a gravel truck motor in it, a 1984 Honda Accord (biggest POS I ever owned one problem after another). From my personal experience, German cars have been the most reliable followed by American with Japan last. I know that does not comport to many surveys but that is my experience. Also I always wonder about those surveys. I think sometimes an enthusiast buying a BMW is more like to notice any little nit that is wrong than some no nothing buying a Lexus because it is the thing to buy today. They are trilled with the gold package shining in the sun and could care less about little things an enthusiast might notice and take the car back to the dealer to get fixed. My 2 cents worth.

scenicbyway12 - 2/9/2015 3:40:07 PM

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Heavy Weight Shootout - Lexus RC F Versus BMW M4 And Audi RS5 - Which Is The Best All Around Uber Sedan?"

That would be the M3, since all above are coupes.