Production Lexus LF-A

[AG3]

Production Lexus LF-A





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[Olds88]

Where have I seen that front end look before...

[mbukukanyau]

Toyota lacks designers who can design a good car. Then they build it and it looks just like another camry wanna be.
500 only to be built. Aii..
I dislike the GTR but it does look like a better design than this. Its a front Engined car, why does it have all those fake rambo plastics in the back?

I dislike it.

Give me a ZR-1 Corvette.

[Suziebob]

I wonder how much money they spent making sure it didn't sound like a lawnmower.

[AG3]

Originally Posted by mbukukanyau

Toyota lacks designers who can design a good car. Then they build it and it looks just like another camry wanna be.
500 only to be built. Aii..
I dislike the GTR but it does look like a better design than this. Its a front Engined car, why does it have all those fake rambo plastics in the back?

I believe that feature was carried over from the LF-A Concept which has two radiators located at the back, has something to do with aerodynamics and keeping the nose low...

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Originally Posted by Suziebob

I wonder how much money they spent making sure it didn't sound like a lawnmower.

Its high-revving 552hp 4.8 liter V10 (with a 9,000 rpm redline) sounds almost like a racecar engine at full throttle.

[Michael_S]

The Edmunds review was pretty enthusiastic so far.

But how many people are going to pay $400,000 for a Lexus when they can't build a credible competitor to the M3 or Corvette Z06 in the sub $100,000 range? I genuinely like the cartoonishly aggressive look of the Lexus IS-F, but the reviews have been pretty uniformly bad.

I'd be curious to see how this thing ranks against a Corvette ZR-1. I'm betting the fancy interior, the weight distribution, and the high-revving engine give the LF-A all of the intangible advantages but the raw performance numbers give the ZR-1 the win.

[igor]

^^THE fact that it is front engined kills it in my eyes.

But I am not in the market .. so whoever wants to pony up for a $400k sport coupe (it ain't a super car without engine behind the seats) go right ahead.

For that kind of money I would have different priorities

The big draw for this will be the flying T - people will feel they can finally buy a worry free, reliable, "supercar" that will simply be a super fast daily driver ... and those people can go right ahead.

Igor

[Michael_S]

If I remember right, the Aston Martin models are front engine.

But Lexus has a hell of a long way to go before people will group it with Aston Martin.

[CACressida]

Uh, this thing just flat out looks weird. How hard would it be to simply style the front end of this thing? Seriously, they ****ed up and they refuse to admit it. Looks like garbage. Disappointed in the styling department seriously.

The performance numbers are cool though, but the Edmunds review said that the electronic power steering sucks. Why the heck would they have a vague power steering in their iconic super car? I don't get it. That just sounds plain weird to me.

By the way, do the headlights seem like they're inside a magnified glass housing?

[mbukukanyau]

Man for that cash, you could pick two of these

[RatPackCadillac]

I don't know about you guys but the first thing that came into my mind when I saw this shot was F-Zero.

[Uzzy]

Originally Posted by AG3

I believe that feature was carried over from the LF-A Concept which has two radiators located at the back, has something to do with aerodynamics and keeping the nose low...

So are you saying this thing has radiators in the back? Wouldn't the fact that the big heavy engine is in the front help keep it down some? It looks like they just ripped off the R8 with the rear. And I Don't like the hood that looks like it's open. WTF?

Originally Posted by igor

^^THE fact that it is front engined kills it in my eyes.

But I am not in the market .. so whoever wants to pony up for a $400k sport coupe (it ain't a super car without engine behind the seats) go right ahead.

For that kind of money I would have different priorities

The big draw for this will be the flying T - people will feel they can finally buy a worry free, reliable, "supercar" that will simply be a super fast daily driver ... and those people can go right ahead.

Igor

Right. Making it look rear-engined but actually having it up front in the "supercar" segment is a big fail IMO. They're starting with a clean sheet, it's not like they have some sort of heritage to keep up with an engine in the front.

[MCGARRETT]

For $400K it better have a F and an "errari" after it, sorry....

[RatPackCadillac]

That F-Zero/Ridge Racer looking monstrosity is $400,000? Fuget-about-et.
I'd rather pick up all three cars in PistonFan's sig for that much and still have the cash leftover.

[Michael_S]

I do give Toyota credit for this: the CEO seems to realize that Toyota models are viewed as soulless and boring by most Americans and Europeans, and he's trying to fix it. This may be a disappointing attempt, but it's probably good for the long term health of the company that he's trying to do it at all.

Originally Posted by Uzzy

So are you saying this thing has radiators in the back? Wouldn't the fact that the big heavy engine is in the front help keep it down some? It looks like they just ripped off the R8 with the rear. And I Don't like the hood that looks like it's open. WTF?



Right. Making it look rear-engined but actually having it up front in the "supercar" segment is a big fail IMO. They're starting with a clean sheet, it's not like they have some sort of heritage to keep up with an engine in the front.

Well, isn't a 50/50 weight distribution the reason supercars put the engine in the middle? If sticking the engine in the front (but behind the front axle) and the radiators in the back gives the LF-A a 52 rear/48 front weight distribution, it doesn't carry the prestige of an MR layout but the effect on handling should be the same.