{"id":571,"date":"2015-01-02T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T11:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2019-05-27T09:36:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T08:36:05","slug":"lexus-rc-f-2015-one-engine-plenty-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/lexus-rc-f-2015-one-engine-plenty-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexus RC-F 2015, One Engine \u2013 Plenty of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lexus utilizes the mighty naturally aspirated V8 engine in its 2015 RC-F<\/h1>\n

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If you think of performance cars<\/strong><\/a> then you might notice one thing very common in all of them; the use of forced induction systems to crank power from engines. But Lexus is still sticking with a naturally aspirated technology to produce power. It uses the naturally aspirated 5.0 litre v8 petrol engine.<\/p>\n

It is the most powerful v8 Lexus engine<\/strong><\/a> produced in the Lexus line-up and generates 471 bhp. It has acquired majority of its features from the Lexus IS F\u00a0but has also received a massive upgrade from Lexus to generate some extra power. It generates an extra 54 bhp extra from its predecessor. This engine also complies with Euro-6 compliance standards.<\/p>\n

It offers better performance and increased efficiency and CO2 emissions of 252 g\/km. It has an official fuel economy of 26.2 miles per gallon stated by Lexus, but in the real world it might be near to 20 miles per gallon.<\/p>\n

The stats suggest the performance is not as good as it should be; the RC F managed the 0-62mph dash in 4.5 seconds with an electronically controlled top speed of 168mph. It is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission so that you can enjoy all the power from the 5.0 litre v8 engine. This eight-speed auto box is also a bit slower in shifting and even less efficient under full throttle conditions. It makes a noise when you shift at lower speeds and is not smooth at higher speeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lexus utilizes the mighty naturally aspirated V8 engine in its 2015 RC-F   If you think of performance cars then you might notice one thing very common in all of them; the use of forced induction systems to crank power from engines. But Lexus is still sticking with a naturally aspirated technology to produce power. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,88],"tags":[89],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2183,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions\/2183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}