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With a price that'd almost buy you any two Italian supercars, the Lexus LFA was expected by many to be a tough sell--including us. But it turns out there are at least 500 people in the world with the money to step up to the table, as the entirety of the 500-unit production planned is already spoken for.
We're not exactly sure why the $375,000 lease-only (in the U.S., anyway) car has taken off so well, but it must have something to do with the unique status of the car. While Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche make several models of their sports and touring cars, the Lexus LFA stands alone--and given the cost of the venture, is likely to remain alone for the foreseeable future. That breeds a sort of inherent collectibility, regardless of the car's merits.
Not that the LFA isn't meritorious. It's a capable, sweet-sounding vehicle packed with enough technolgy to make the Nissan GT-R look like an early-90s Kia. But at the same time, it's not twice as good as the Ferrari 458 Italia or even the Porsche 911 GT3--though it costs about twice as much as the former and more than three times as much as the latter.
Whatever the reason behind it, you've missed your chance if you were looking to get one. And with a mandatory, non-transferable 2-year lease in the U.S. to circumvent price-fixing regulations, you won't even be able to pick one up on the Stateside used market until at least 2013, as the first examples won't be delivered until sometime next year.
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By Kickass Posted: 6/2/2010 4:52pm PDT
By Not So Fast Slugger Posted: 6/2/2010 5:53pm PDT
As the for LFA it just goes to show that the same people who convince folks to buy Toyota's badged as luxo barges have now convinced the super car community as well...... A+ on marketing skills but thats it.
I'm with the Hamster of Top Gear "yes its a "supercar" but its still just a Lexus" i.e. a Toyota
AWD and a dual clutch transmission easily outweigh all of that...
As for Nurburgring lap times, the LFA runs the Nordschleife about 14 seconds faster.
I'm not a fan of the car personally (price aside, even)--10 cylinders into 3 tailpipes just doesn't make sense. But it is a technological tour de force.
By Saabaru5 Posted: 6/3/2010 8:31am PDT
I get your point about the F1 tech that made it's way into the LFA for production, but your analogy regarding the GT-R and a 90's KIA is absolutely ridiculous. Even before I read the other fella's comments I was ready to state what a stupid thing that is to say. No one is perfect, but you are a professional journalist, yet you consistantly leave out words in your sentences, in your article headlines, and misspell words. You often have interesting articles, but if you can't even spell or type a proper sentence, your article get's one star from me. All BS aside, even if I was a millionaire and could have made the list for an LFA, I would still rather have 4 GT-R's for the money, or start a small auto collection..
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