VIDEO: Lexus shows the LF-A's heart in London
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lexus LF-A concept.
The Lexus LF-A has taken the crown from the Chevy Camaro as the perpetual show queen that we're tired of seeing in concept form. Granted, it's already run the Nurburging 24 Hour enduro and has been spied enough times that we've almost stopped caring, but aside from an astronomical price, details are still scarce on Lexus' first attempt at joining the hyper car fray.
Thankfully, the automaker brought sometime else to the London Motor Show to compliment the two LF-A concepts on stage. Enclosed in a Plexiglas case is the 5.0-liter V10 that's slated to power the coupe, and although there's no accompanying spec sheet to give exact horsepower and torque figures (expect around 500 hp and 400 lb.-ft.), CAR shot a brief video showing some beautifully crafted exhaust manifolds and a gorgeous set of ITB trumpets. It's not much, but its small size is telling, providing further proof that the bent-ten will be mounted close to the firewall for a front-midship placement.
Check the video below the fold.
Gallery: Lexus LF-A Concept
Gallery: Lexus LF-A Roadster
[Source: CAR]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
inteller 9:00AM (7/25/2008)
oh look, they figured out how to make a 370Z. Yawn.
Lexus, you get WAY too much credit for your designs.
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MajorGeek 9:50AM (7/25/2008)
Exactly, +1. I always found the 350z a tad clean and uninspired. This, however is what it should be and hopefully the 370 will take cues from it.
dwightB 1:53PM (7/25/2008)
Having walked all around the car in person... yea... Nissan can only DREAM of making something this beautiful out of a Z car.
Torrent 9:03AM (7/25/2008)
Now let Lexus show us the LF-A's production.
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nastinupe 9:13AM (7/25/2008)
Such a beautiful car. It looks better than the R8 IMHO.
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Lee Gibson 11:54AM (7/25/2008)
seriously? I must be looking at different pictures than you are.
Glad somebody likes it!
Brad 9:29AM (7/25/2008)
The wheels on it look remarkably like the stock wheels on an e46 330xi.
If I were buying a $200k supercar, I'd expect wheels that were a little better looking.
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sw 9:41AM (7/25/2008)
I agree, it'd look better with the FT-HS wheels
marian 12:20PM (7/25/2008)
Put Dotz Hanzo on it. ;)
Jonathan 9:29AM (7/25/2008)
Something tells me that they haven't released it yet because they are tuning it. It would be a huge suprise for a Lexus to be the world's best handling car. Who knows, it might beat the GT-R and Corvette.
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Mobius_1 9:59AM (7/25/2008)
"Supercars are designed to mess with G-forces and hypercars with G-strings." -Jeremy Clarkson
I'm not sure about this car being a hypercar then, let's hope it at least is a good supercar.
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mk 10:40AM (7/25/2008)
200k for a lexus that looks like that...
About the same as 200k for a Porsche Panamera.
Should be good in theory, but for that price, should be a heck of a lot better that this in execution.
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CORVETTE ZR1 10:44AM (7/25/2008)
That car is crazy Cool... i Love it !!!! 500hp. Nice !!!
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Tai 11:38AM (7/25/2008)
This car could have been sold as the next gen supra with V6 twin turbo for 40-50k. Since you are using the Lexus emblem you can mark it up an extra 20k. I just don't see how this is going to be a hit for 200k.
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thehype2049 12:02PM (7/25/2008)
Its a beautiful car and it's a first for Lexus so give them some cred. Its been spotted @ the run getting an unofficial time of low 7:20 so far.
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Joe Smith 1:05PM (7/25/2008)
Are you kidding me? That is the exact same engine mockup that they have been showing for YEARS! Here is the picture that I took of it back at the Chicago 2007 Auto Show:
http://www.orsomething.info/os/07autoshow/image.php?24
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Brent Worrell 1:53PM (7/25/2008)
taking a wild guess here: those black circular things in front of the ITB's are the vvt devices and the exhaust's are behind the valve cover
Naveed 2:41PM (7/25/2008)
thanks, that was much better than the video
N21 7:03AM (7/27/2008)
If this car is the result of Toyota's F1 development, I'll not pay more than $20000.
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ken_aisin 3:26PM (7/25/2008)
Definitely one of the worst looking designs of the decade.
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