LFA: $400,000 Japanese Supercar
By Barry Ritholtz - October 30th, 2009, 12:01PM
Why anyone would pay that type of wood for a V10 powered Lexus is beyond me — but it does look cool:
Lexus LFA
Price: Estimated $400,000
On sale: 2010
Engine: 4.8-litre V10
Power: 412kW/8700 revs
Torque: 480Nm/6800 revs
Transmission: Six-speed automated manual, rear-wheel drive
Performance: 0-100km/h, 3.7s; top speed, 317km/h
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See also:
2011 Lexus LFA: First Drive
Wes Siler
Jalopnik Oct 23, 2009 12:00 PM
http://jalopnik.com/5388538/2011-lexus-lfa-first-drive
October 30th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Doesn’t do it for me. Looks like somebody tacked on a bunch of fiberglass to a mid-90s SC400:
http://www.modifiedcars.com/pix/cars_large/13289_3695.jpg
October 30th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
And it’s fairly easy to drop a twin-turbo Toyota Supra engine (among other parts) into a mid-90s (Toyota) Lexus SC for a cheap, classy and undercover 500+hp touring coupe.
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BR: Better yet, drop that engine into a Lexus SC430 for a 500 HP roadster — I’ll take one
October 30th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Not my dream car. Personally, hard to beat a mid-1970’s Ferrari 308gts as far as supercars go…
October 30th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I agree I like the Audi supercar better and i don’t think it costs as much…
did you see the Corvette Concept in transformers? I really liked it from the side.
http://jalopnik.com/5034285/
October 30th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
The Jalops did note that everything about this car was engineered and built from scratch – this sucker wasn’t manufactured, it was coach-built. I’m not saying that makes it any more appealing or worth the scratch, but it is unique. Even the handful of other authentic coachbuilders in the world routinely draw from large manufacturers’ parts bins.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
It looks like something out of a Japanese comic book!
October 30th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
There is a really cool video of the CF weaving machine (1 of 2 in the world) weaving an A-pillar.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/29/video-weaving-the-lexus-lfas-carbon-fiber-a-pillar/
Impressive engineering, no doubt.
October 30th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
ashpelham2 Says:
Not my dream car. Personally, hard to beat a mid-1970’s Ferrari 308gts as far as supercars go…
To each his own, but a 308gts? You could probably get a Ford Focus to outrun just about anything from the mid 70’s. Those were seriously ugly times in the car biz (except, perhaps, for the introduction of the Porsche 911 TurboCarrera in 1975.
October 30th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
I think the Japanese should just give up on sports cars. They simply don’t get it. And although I have always been a hardcore Porsche 911 person, when thinking about great sports cars, only English or Italian examples need apply.