Tokyo Motor Show: Lexus RC Coupe

JAPANESE car maker Lexus has unveiled a new two-door coupe at the Tokyo show. Designed to appeal to a broader range of customers than the usual Lexus buyer profile, the car has been shown with both petrol and petrol-electric hybrid power.

Based on the look of the LF-LC concept first shown at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show, this car boasts a long, low-slung profile but with seats for four. Lexus is keen to stress that, although sharing its underpinnings with the firm’s GS, the RC isn’t just a two-door variant of the bigger saloon.

The car’s cabin sports the latest in Lexus design, with elements that should be familiar to current IS and GS owners, including a development of its new Remote Touch Interface control system.

UK buyers will have to wait until next year before the exact details of the car’s specification will be announced.

By By Press Association reporters