Anecdotes From A Luxury Sports Coupe
The Lexus RC debuted for the 2015 model year. That’s years after I made a pivot away from a semi-comfortable subcultural lifestyle towards this life.

The Lexus RC debuted for the 2015 model year. That’s years after I made a pivot away from a semi-comfortable subcultural lifestyle towards this life.
The vehicles I want to go over were mentioned in passing on some articles – or, not at all. These represent vehicles that I drove for a very short stint at some event or another. Yet, they yield some headline because of their significance. Or, because you asked me privately whether I have driven it or not.
Remember that the first automobiles were built without a roof over the driver’s head. While closed roof vehicles were emerging, there were an equal – if not more – numbers of folding roof cars roaming the newly formed highways and byways of our globe.
The brief overview of this car goes like this: Lexus revamped the IS for 2021. They concentrated on revising basically everything, while retaining the same platform this third generation model rode on since 2013. Their revisions go beyond cosmetic. Lexus claims that the IS has greater rigidity and a more concentrated suspension.
Let me start by setting things up for you. Lexus is still selling the fourth-generation RX that was introduced in late 2015 as a 2016 model. I should know since I was there for the media drive when the vehicle reached showrooms. Since then, I had four RXs, including a three-row L model.
To answer that, let me talk about the Victory & Reseda X Lexus project before you start calling me a “sell-out” and stop reading this website.
Think about how we have been trying to achieve a sustainable lifestyle free of overconsumption of resources. To live with eating healthier foods produced without chemicals and consume goods that are made of more natural and organic materials.
As a writer that focuses on the automobile, this is the question I hate being asked. First of all, it may expose a bias or preference of one brand over another. I’d like to keep biases out of my work as much as possible, unless something rubbed me the wrong way. It also frees up any brand loyalty that would spark major debates with other motorheads as to defend said brand even though I know the arguments against them.
You can imagine how many contenders were for each year. Selecting one was tough, but I also did not want to repeat myself year-after-year with the same vehicle or brand. That was how the last list was set up.
The good news is that it is still with us. It’s debut in 2014 helped put Lexus at par with other luxury compact SUVs at the time. Although it is due for an all-new model soon, the current NX is familiar enough to warrant another look.