Five-Point Inspection: 2015 Lexus RC 350 F-Sport

5. Should You Buy One?

Lexus executives are keen to reinvent the brand. Toyota’s platinum-clad luxury division has earned a well-deserved reputation for quality and reliability, but the car-buying public at large also perceives it as being pretty dull.

In an effort to “youth-inize” its somewhat geriatric image, product planners are working to make the lineup more exciting. And one way they’re trying to do that is with stylish new products including an aggressive-looking two-door, the RC.

This model lineup includes the basic RC 350 and the fire-breathing, V8-powered RC F. There’s no shortage of excitement with the latter, but bridging the colossal chasm between these two cars is the RC 350 F-Sport.