What Will Jeremy Clarkson Think of the RC F?
“Richard Hammond is air-lifted onto a mountain in the wilderness of Canada with a watch that he can send a distress signal from. Unfortunately for Hammond, in his case, the signal is to be received and acted upon by none other than Clarkson and May. Reluctantly, the pair set off on an epic quest to rescue their colleague using two pickup trucks: a Hennessy Velociraptor and a Chevrolet Silverado.
Clarkson hits the test track, for the first time this season, in the all-new Lexus RC F coupe. Gillian Anderson will be the seventh celebrity in series twenty-two to take to the Top Gear test track in the reasonably priced car.”
Putting Hammond in danger made for spectacular entertainment in the Land Rover winching stunt—“I’m fucking scared and I really mean it.”—and it sounds like this episode should be a hoot. But the real question is what will Clarkson think of the RC F? While some of the American press has been pretty harsh in critiquing the exterior, fans of the show know that Clarkson has already paid the sheetmetal complements, so it’ll come down to performance.
Fellow Brit Chris Harris has stated an opinion that the RC F is a good road car that doesn’t belong on the track, but in its Head 2 Head shootout, Motor Trend found only 3/10th of a second separating it from BMW’s M4. And since it makes a great noise, and will go sideways, I think Lexus fans have might have reason to expect some love from the LFA-loving Jezza, even if he’s not always complimentary in regards to the company’s products.
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