Lexus 200t is a familiar coupe story with a modern twist

CALL me an uncomplicated soul if you must, but there are times in this techno-driven world of ours where I yearn for the simplicity of yore when sports coupes usually combined a fine blend of stylish beauty with a mechanical beefiness that allowed it perform to a hair-raising degree yet still managing to look raffishly composed.

Ah yes, before the days of hybrid energy powerplants, electronic trickery, and intrusive safety systems those seemed simple times, full of simple pleasures.

This, I know, is a rose-tinted reverie because times were never that simple as the nature of the motor industry is that it is in a state of constant evolution and change has always been the order of the day, but I was particularly pleased recently to make acquaintance with the new Lexus RC 200t sports coupe, mainly because it seemed to me to be something of a throwback.