Lexus LFA News
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[Updated information on page 2] There's no denying the Lexus LFA is far and away the greatest combination of engineering feats achieved by Toyota outside of its Formula 1 ventures. In fact, it uses many of the lessons learned in the sport. But for all of its technological prowess, was the LFA a waste of time, money, and effort? The question was prompted by our observations of many LFAs present at track demonstrations and other events. This struck us as unusual because the LFA is an extremely limited-production vehicle. Just 500 examples were to be built from the outset, at a rate of only a...
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Scion FR-S: Live from the New York Auto Show
It's been in gestation for...well, forever, it seems. But today at the 2011 New York Auto Show, the rear-drive, Subaru-powered Toyota sports coupe took another step toward production as the Scion FR-S Concept. Scion president Jack Hollis says FR-S could stand for "friggin' really sweet," but in...
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2012 Lexus LFA Serves As Official Pace Car At Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach
We’ve seen plenty of pace cars in the past, including a Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG serving for duty. However, we’ve never seen a car this expensive doing the rounds before. We’re talking, of course, about the 2012 Lexus LFA supercar, a V-10 race car built for the road that retails for...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2012 Lexus LFA Dyno Results Revealed: Video
We’ve seen plenty of dyno runs before, most recently for the Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 Turbo and Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 supercar, however, there’s some very unnerving when the test involves a brand new $375,000 supercar called the Lexus LFA. We know all the official stats for its...
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Video: Scott Pruett Drives The 2012 Lexus LFA At Infineon
If you don't know who Scott Pruett is, you should. He's a legend in U.S. road racing, a dominant force in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series, and often steps in for NASCAR road course duty as one of the "ringers." Behind the wheel of the Lexus LFA, at breakneck pace, he's still completely...
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Video: One Small Reason The Lexus LFA Costs Twice As Much As It Should
We're still bewildered by the Lexus LFA. Sure, it's fast, it's pretty good-looking, and it has a banshee of a V-10 under the hood. But it's priced at about 1.5-2 times the price of cars that look just as good (or better), are just as quick (or faster) and are far more readily available. This video...
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We've been hearing about the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package since last year, and we've been graced with a few images of it along the way. As the Geneva Motor Show approaches, Lexus is gearing up for the full monty with this new gallery of images. Revealing the bright-orange Nurburgring Package car in detail, the new gallery will certainly whet the appetites of LFA fans around the world. If it's anything like the regular car, it will look even better in person--and we'll be on hand to bring you the live shots straight from the show floor. Only 50 Nurbugring Package LFAs will be built, so if you...
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Paris Hilton Gets Lexus LFA For 30th Birthday
File this in the "life just isn’t fair” pile--millionaire heiress and socialite Paris Hilton has received a brand new 2012 Lexus LFA for her upcoming 30th birthday from new boyfriend Cy Waits. Of course, this was on top of what was already an extravagant day of gifts on Monday’s...
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Video: 2012 Lexus LFA Meets Dutch Supermodel In Sports Illustrated Photo Shoot
The 2012 Lexus LFA is certainly one car that’s not hard to notice. However, combine it with a supermodel wearing nothing but a skimpy swimsuit and you’ll pretty much have everyone’s attention--well, maybe just half of everyone’s attention. That’s exactly what appears...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Lexus Launches LFA Driver Development Program
It’s safe to assume that a large majority of 2012 Lexus LFA buyers will have no idea how to extract the most from their highly refined and engineered supercar. With a mighty V-10 delivering 552 horsepower at a lofty 8,700 rpm, mostly carbon fiber construction and a quick-shifting sequential...
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2011 Geneva Motor Show Preview: 2012 Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package
If you thought the $375,000 asking price for the 2012 Lexus LFA was outrageous enough, you would certainly have been gobsmacked by the announcement of the LFA Nurburgring Package, which adds an extra $70,000 to the pricetag. We will finally get to see what all the fuss is about, with Lexus...
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Video: 2012 Lexus LFA Official Owners Welcome
It’s hard to beat that feeling of buying a brand new car, especially when it’s a car that promises the exclusivity and the performance of the new 2012 Lexus LFA. With only 500 examples ever to be produced and a pricetag that starts at $375,000, it’s safe to say that LFA owners...
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Lexus of North America has chosen Los Angeles-based tuner CEC (Claus Ettensberger Corporation) to create a trio of modified versions of its new 2012 LFA supercar, which will be delivered to three very lucky customers later this year. With the Lexus LFA being such a finely tuned machine in its natural state, improving on it would be extremely difficult--something CEC is well aware of. As such, the planned modifications to the cars will be mostly cosmetic though CEC has managed to increase output of the stock 552 horsepower V-10 by 10 horsepower and cut gearbox shift times down to just 0.15...
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First Details On 2012 Lexus LFA Launch Control System
We all know about the Nissan GT-R and its impressive launch control system, which in the latest 2012 model enables the car to accelerate from 0-60 mph in just 2.9 seconds. However, there are a handful of other supercars out there, each with their own extraordinary drivetrains and rapid acceleration...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
First Three 2012 Lexus LFAs Delivered To U.S.
The first three Lexus LFAs to roll off the production lines and cross the salty seas to our shores have arrived, and they're silver, black, and white. They're also packed like a nuclear missile. Test-driven and signed by an engineer before leaving their point of origin, each LFA is strapped to its...
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Video: Lexus LFA Carbon Fiber Loom In Action
In the latest episode of the Lexus ‘The Hard Way’ promo, a series that details the intricacies involved in manufacturing Lexus vehicles, the automaker shows off its advanced mechanical loom that’s used in creating carbon fiber pieces for its LFA supercar. Using a similar process...
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First Production 2012 Lexus LFA Rolls Off The Line
We’ve seen plenty of 2012 Lexus LFA supercars before, in all sorts of colors, and with each incarnation we saw it was evident that the cars were becoming more and more refined. However, up until now, these LFA examples were all pre-production prototypes, developed either for testing or...
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Video: Toyota Remembers, Pays Tribute To Chief Test Driver Hiromu Naruse
Though it happened in June, the sudden passing of Hiromu Naruse, Toyota's chief test driver, in a crash on German roads still feels fresh. Naruse's influence on Toyota's vehicles ran so deep the company decided to pay video tribute to his role in this short clip. Naruse worked for Toyota for over...
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We’ve seen it in white, we’ve seen in black, heck we’ve even seen it in a bright orange finish, but for some reason every time we see the 2012 Lexus LFA in a new color we just fall in love with it all over again. This time around the car is finished in a bright yellow paint scheme that we’re sure would make a few Lamborghini or Ferrari models look mundane. The yellow theme is also continued inside the cabin where we can see a new bronze finish for the center console. Sadly, designers chose a silver stitching for the Alcantara bucket seats instead of a contrasting yellow. It’s...
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Lexus LFA To Enter FIA GT1 Series?
During its gestation, Lexus fielded several prototypes for its new LFA supercar in the 2008 and 2009 Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance races as part of the development program for the final production version of the car. With its race-bred genes, there’s now a chance that the car will compete in the...
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Report: Lexus Allowing Purchase Instead Of Lease On LFA
The news comes from a purchase letter received by a potential LFA owner.
Nelson Ireson -
Toyota Working On Electric Supercar?
The news of the RAV4 EV's rebirth is followed by rumors of a possible electric supercar.
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Lexus LFA Wreck Leads To Death Of One Of Toyota's Top Drivers
It's a tragic and ironic story from Germany. Hiromu Naruse, the chief test driver for Lexus, was killed yesterday when he collided with a BMW sedan, which happened to be a production test vehicle. The company had been testing a prototype LFA Nürburgring Edition car on the German track, from which...
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Toyota Chief Test Driver Dies In Lexus LFA Crash In Germany
It’s official. Toyota’s chief test driver, Hiromu Naruse, has been killed in a crash while testing the company’s upcoming 2012 Lexus LFA supercar in Germany. While the exact circumstances of the accident are yet to be determined, Toyota has confirmed that 67-year old Naruse has been killed...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran