Lexus RC Rear Wooshies and Thinkings

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
12/16/2016 at 08:26 • Filed to: Lexus

The brake lights make a stylized “L” that matches the “Nike Swooshes” up front.

Since the Lexus RC came out those real-life cartoon “whoosh” marks have always rattled my birdcage. Especially because the RC F doesn’t have anything at all in that panel.

Now there is a little bit of “F” badging to the rear wooshies but...eh, that’s a preeeetty looooong design stretch.

Seriously though, this has been jiggling my jello for years now! Maybe they are aero bits? Match the tail light spoilers perhappenings? Lexus puts tail light spoilers on all the hot new cars!

One other thing that’s starting to foam my frap is that I cant readily tell when the trunk lid receives a “Lexus” badge on the driver side. Was it just lower trims for one model year, all model years? Do really want to “research” that one bit of information and keep it for the rest of my life?!!

* Probably. I’ll figure it out when I go to lunch.

Well as much as these things tumble dry my delicates I bet Lexus really had its smores pinched when !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The entire point was for the RC to be competitive with the 4-Series Convertible (including the M4 ‘Vert) while replacing the IS C and continuing the Lexus convertible legacy that survived the SC430. For the record, I’m fine with the SC430 because Regina George had one in Mean Girls.

* Probably shouldn’t have put that on the record.

Still worked out fine however. The RC ended up with lukewarm reviews as a performance coupe for the BBW curious. It would have cleaned up as the convertible it was intended to be though. Oh well, no matter how much life jams your toaster there are other ways to have your cereal. Life is cold poptarts in the end so you might as well grab a juice box on the way out.

DISCUSSION (10)

MLGCarGuy > Wobbles the Mind
12/16/2016 at 08:49

Those “wooshies” bother me so much. They add nothing visually to the car.

Also Lexus removed the driver’s side name badge starting model year 2011. They felt that Lexus already was well known in the US, so they didn’t need the extra badging. In other markets, they still might leave the badge on (e.g. Japan).

Your boy, BJR > Wobbles the Mind
12/16/2016 at 08:50

We’re getting an LC 500 convertible spring of 2018.

PS9 > Wobbles the Mind
12/16/2016 at 08:58

Well the F doesn’t need ‘whooshies’ because unlike the base model it’s actually fast.

Almostthe4th > PS9
12/16/2016 at 09:11

Maybe not the 200t, but the 350 is still reasonably quick by most people’s standards.

TysMagic > Wobbles the Mind
12/16/2016 at 09:38

I need one more food based life comparison for my day to be complete please

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > Wobbles the Mind
12/16/2016 at 10:17

I don’t mind fakery, but it has to be done with conviction . Also thank you for your food-based expressions of frustration. Didn’t know I needed them until I read them.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Wobbles the Mind
12/16/2016 at 11:02

Terrible looking cars imo. The IS-F was the last good looking Lexus.

Wobbles the Mind > TysMagic
12/16/2016 at 11:11

Life is like a grape , it doesn’t matter what you’re pitted against when you’re found appealing .

You’re welcome!

Michael Woyahn > Wobbles the Mind
12/16/2016 at 13:14

I can’t get over the food references. “Foams my frap” is my favorite, perfect for a piece on Lexus haha! I agree on the wooshies though. The RC F looks so much better without them. I also wish they kept the Lexus name badge on the cars. I feel like their cars look more symmetrical that way.

Excellent write up!

TysMagic > Wobbles the Mind
12/16/2016 at 13:59

i really needed that