2018 Lexus LC 500 GT3 VS 2018 Audi RS5

2018 Lexus LC 500 GT3
FAST IS RELATIVE: Just look at them. With their show-car sheet metal (in truth it’s an aluminum hood, front fenders, doors, and the trunk is made from carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CRFP) and classic long-hood short-deck grand touring proportions (front mid-engine actually), the LC 500 and the hybrid-powered LC 500h are indisputably gorgeous and look ridiculously fast without turning a wheel. They are those things, but just not as fast as they appear. Comparisons are inevitable, so let’s get them out of the way first. If you had hopes of the LC 500 matching the performance of either the similarly positioned Mercedes-Benz SL550 or the similarly proportioned V-12 powered Aston Martin V12 Vantage S, you’d be similarly let down. Furthermore if you imagined the LC 500h hybrid chasing down a BMW i8 hybrid with its similar output, you’ll be disappointed again. It lacks a dedicated launch program (which ordinarily enhances the transmission’s torque converter effectiveness, but here triggers a limp mode), so the 0-60 mph arrives in a stomp-and-go 4.8 seconds in the LC 500, and the quarter mile arrives in 13.2-second at 110.2-mph. Wheelspin is very slight with traction-control disabled. Anything under 5 seconds to 60 mph is “quick” in our book, but not what we’d call sports car quick. (Test driver’s notes reveal that the best run was achieved in Normal mode with the transmission in Drive, rather than Sport+ mode or manual shifting.) These performance results put the Lexus about a half-second behind the Aston Martin V-12 Vantage S. What’s worse is that the LC 500 is almost a second astern of a 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL 550 from four years ago. Curiously, the LC 500 is also slower than the quickest Lexus GS F sedan (by 0.4 sec) and RC F coupe (by 0.5 sec), both with an earlier 467-hp version of the same 2UR-GSE V-8.

2018 Audi RS5
2018 Audi RS5: Two Turbos, Much Power, Available Hatchback: What It Is: Audi’s monster version of the new A5 coupe. It’s powered by a furious twin-turbocharged V-6, fitted with a rear-biased all-wheel-drive system, and comes wearing a wide body that evokes, for some of us, the original Sport Quattro rally cars. For the first time, there will be a four-door RS5 Sportback; the RS5 cabriolet is gone. Europe gets an RS4 Avant with the same powertrain, but due to the U.S. market’s aversion to wagons, don’t expect it to appear on these shores. Why It Matters: The Audi brand has been suffering from two things: safe, evolutionary styling and the diesel scandal that engulfed the entire Volks­wagen Group. It needs nothing more than sexy new product, and the RS5 should prove that the brand hasn’t lost its touch. Platform: The RS5 is based on the modular, longitudinal-­engine MLB Evo platform, shared with the A4, the Q5/Q7, the next-gen A6/A7/A8, and a number of VW Group models such as the China-market VW Phideon sedan. Powertrain: A 444-hp version of the twin-turbo 2.9-liter V-6 that also powers the Porsche Panamera 4S. Peak torque is rated at 443 pound-feet, and the output routes to all four wheels through a ZF-supplied eight-speed automatic.Competition: BMW M4, Cadillac ATS-V coupe, Lexus RC F, Mercedes-AMG C63. What Might Go Wrong: The RS5’s exterior design might fail to push Audi’s design language forward. Estimated Arrival and Price: Late this year as a 2018 model with a starting price just over $70K; the Sportback will come a half-year later.

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