Lexus RC interior
The Lexus RC interior looks unlike anything you get in most sports saloons, but it’s let down by an infuriating infotainment system
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The Lexus RC’s cabin is an odd mismatch of futuristic styling and old-school details. The sweeping, layered dashboard looks unlike anything you’ll find in the comparatively mundane BMW 4 Series, yet the analogue clock and old-fashioned gear lever feel like they’ve been borrowed from a car from the nineties.
Similarly, you don’t get a slick digital driver’s display like other more modern cars in the Lexus range, and the button-heavy centre console has more in common with a common-or-garden household stereo than a flashy sports coupe.
That being said, the RC’s cabin still feels a little bit special. All the materials you’ll regularly touch feel lovely and plush and nothing creaks or squeaks – no matter how hard you prod.
Unfortunately, you don’t get leather seats in entry-level cars and only F Sport models get shiny aluminium trim for the door sills and pedals.
The Lexus RC’s interior looks great and feels solid, but it comes with quite a few old-school features. You won’t find a CD player in any alternatives, for example…
- Used
- £20,450
Infotainment
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The Lexus RC’s infotainment system is the cabin’s biggest failing. Rather than a touchscreen or rotary dial, you control the 10.3-inch display using a trackpad on the centre console – rather like using a laptop. This is fine if you’re sitting in a Starbucks drive-through sipping a chai latte, but not when you’re driving. Trying to operate the Lexus RC’s system in anything other than gridlock is a serious test of your ability to multitask.
The system’s small icons aren’t particularly easy to read and the various sub-menus for the sat-nav and stereo aren’t laid out very intuitively. It doesn’t help that you have to carefully guide a cursor over the screen to select each item rather than scrolling through them one after the other.
You do get a few physical shortcut buttons to help you out, but these are split between the dashboard and the centre console. Thankfully, there’s a physical volume knob and a home button to rescue you should you get lost in the RC’s seemingly endless menus.
You get sat-nav as standard which delivers concise directions that are easy to follow, but it isn’t particularly easy to program. If you aren’t a fan of Lexus’ own system, you can connect your phone using Apple CarPlay and use your phone’s navigation apps instead.
You can also play music through the RC’s stereo – a 10-speaker Pioneer unit. Upgrade to a high-spec Takumi car and you get a beefier 17-speaker Mark Levinson system. Unusually for a modern car, both come with a DVD player as standard.
- Used
- £20,450