Lexus RC

The 2025 RC in brief

The 2025 Lexus RC is a subcompact car offered with 3 engines (2.0L 4-cyl turbo, 3.5L 6-cyl and 5.0L 8-cyl) and rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive.

It measures about 185 inches long and 72 inches wide on a 108-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 3,891 lb.

EPA rates its most efficient version at 25 MPG combined (21 city / 31 highway), 8% better than the 2025 subcompact car average of 23.1 MPG, for an estimated $3,300 a year in fuel.

NHTSA has not published a 5-Star overall rating for this model year.

It has 0 recall campaigns on file and owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA since 2015, most often about the visibility/wiper.

The Lexus RC has 11 model years in our data, from 2015 to 2025.

Its most efficient year was 2018 at 26 MPG combined; across all years the best version ranged from 22 to 26 MPG.

Owners most often report problems with the unknown or other (12), fuel/propulsion system (10), service brakes (4).

Buying used? 2024 has the fewest problems in our data, and 2017 is the year to avoid.

2019 has the most recalls (3); all years together count 3 campaigns and 37 owner complaints.

How the 2015 RC compares

The 2015 Lexus RC is a subcompact car offered with a 3.5L 6-cyl engine and rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive.

It measures about 185 inches long and 72 inches wide on a 108-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 3,748 lb (350 2dr Coupe RWD).

About the Lexus RC

The Lexus RC is a compact executive two-door coupé manufactured by Lexus, Toyota's luxury division. The RC which according to Lexus stands for "Radical Coupe" is a two-door coupé version of the Lexus IS (XE30). The RC is designated as the XC10 series. The RC borrowed styling from the LF-LC concept and was previewed by the LF-CC concept, being designed as a proposal by Pansoo Kwon from 2010 to early 2012 and approved by supervising designers Yasuo Kajino and Tatsuya Takei.

From the Wikipedia article "Lexus RC", licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.