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I like how the driver's helmet matches the car color.
Lexus LF-A: The Long and Winding Road
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Well, dropping that amount of coin on a car, you'll get a more prestigious car if you go Ferrari or Lamborghini vs. Lexus. Only car guys will know or appreciate the LF-A, but everyone knows what a Ferrari is and is capable of. For what it's worth, I'd probably take the LF-A over the 599 (of course I can't really say without driving either), but I can see how people would be drawn to the Ferrari over a Lexus.
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Looks pretty cool with the matte-ish black trim and all but not really diggin' the exhaust relocation.
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LFA Proto spy videoLexus LFA AD-A
Credit: Worldcarfans
"The model is apparantly just a one-off prototype that is testing a number of new technical upgrades, but considering there is no successor in the pipeline, a question remains. Why are they testing upgrades on a model that is set to be axed?"
Time will tell if it's just a one-off production proto.
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Why do they insist on branding the NSX as an Acura in America. Similar to how Toyota ruined the GT-86 for some older buyers buy calling it a Scion! Forcing people to buy the Subaru. Not that GT-86 sails are slacking...but you gotta beleive they would sell even more of them had it been branded a Toyota GT-86 in America.
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Because the brand perceptions were/are different in America. Honda was seen as a purveyor of cheap, reasonably well made, but basic vehicles. Toyota had this reputation, but they also had the cheap work-vehicle image as well. Obviously, you can't sell your leather 'n' wood luxobarges with such proletarian badges on them, so you have to start with a fresh name. Hence Acura/Lexus. Scion exists for similar reasons; you can't use Lexus to sell cars with "youth" appeal, as traditionally Lexii are made for people who are 80, and these folk are only interested in playing golf, telling war stories and not peeing themselves in public.
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Blaze_409 (OT) -> I would think that the Toyota's version of the 86 deserves a proper name rather than a alphanumeric mess that Toyota did.
-> Heck, I wouldn't even bother for Toyota calling it the Celica (on which can be the closest name designation to be recognized Worldwide).
-> On the Scion, it should be the aE. It follows the traditional Scion naming structure. (ex. xA, xB, tC, xD, aE, iQ)
-> On the Subaru on the other hand, BRZ is fine. But within the JDM market Alcyone BRZ would be perfect, since the Alcyone name rarely comes out (and all of them are in the sport/sporty car segment.
86 / GT 86 = Celica
FR-S = aE
BRZ = BRZ (Global) / Alcyone BRZ (Japan)
BT -> Even with my ears melt everytime the LFA goes full wail, I'd still pick the NSX.
-> Heck, I wouldn't even bother for Toyota calling it the Celica (on which can be the closest name designation to be recognized Worldwide).
-> On the Scion, it should be the aE. It follows the traditional Scion naming structure. (ex. xA, xB, tC, xD, aE, iQ)
-> On the Subaru on the other hand, BRZ is fine. But within the JDM market Alcyone BRZ would be perfect, since the Alcyone name rarely comes out (and all of them are in the sport/sporty car segment.
86 / GT 86 = Celica
FR-S = aE
BRZ = BRZ (Global) / Alcyone BRZ (Japan)
BT -> Even with my ears melt everytime the LFA goes full wail, I'd still pick the NSX.
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Liking Leno's comments. "It's just so smooth!"
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Is that a Carbon Fiber roof, or just painted black?
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Sick.
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The 500th and final LFA has rolled off the production line.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/17/lexus-builds-final-lfa-supercar/
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/17/lexus-builds-final-lfa-supercar/
The Vanishing Boy
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-> An end of an awesome 2 year era! Thank you Toyota!
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I think a Supra successor was already confirmed by Toyota, but it seems to be unsure what kind of performance car this would be. There was this talk of it being a slot under the GT86, but that's impossible if it is to be a Supra successor.
Seeing the LFA and the GT86, I have all the confidence that whatever Toyota builds next, it's bound to be good.
Seeing the LFA and the GT86, I have all the confidence that whatever Toyota builds next, it's bound to be good.
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Supra successor has been in the pipeline in the while, and now with that BMW-Toyota technology partnership they entered in (I think BMW wants Toyota's hybrid tech), the next Supra may have some BMW M driving characteristics in it.
As for the next full-fledged super car, I think we may have to wait a few years before Lexus gets back to the drawing board. The super car bug is hard to get rid of.
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Considering the 335is is probably the closest thing on the road to a modern day Supra, mechanically, I'd be completely okay with some cross-pollination in that sense.
It was a good two year run with the LFA, and the GT86 is obviously doing well, so I look forward to whatever the next actual sports car project turns out to be. Though I wouldn't mind if they sprinkled at least a little bit of that magic into their current dishwater lineup.
It was a good two year run with the LFA, and the GT86 is obviously doing well, so I look forward to whatever the next actual sports car project turns out to be. Though I wouldn't mind if they sprinkled at least a little bit of that magic into their current dishwater lineup.
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Very sad to see Toyota closing the LFA run and not doing the convertible, but still the limited number of LFAs will help to make them more collectible and valuable, a deserved honor for an unsung hero. 
I just feel sad that the brilliant Yamaha engine will die with the car, it would be epic if they put it on the next Esprit. Or in a bike.
It will join the Carrera GT, Ferrari 288 and Alfa 8C in my 'wet dreams gallery'.
I just feel sad that the brilliant Yamaha engine will die with the car, it would be epic if they put it on the next Esprit. Or in a bike.
It will join the Carrera GT, Ferrari 288 and Alfa 8C in my 'wet dreams gallery'.
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-> I was wondering, while I was researching regarding the AD or any prototype versions of the LFA. Are they all the same car? Or they share the same plates? Just look at their Deutch licence plates...
AD-B
AD-X
Nurburgring Edition Prototype
...and Naruse Hiromu's final ride:
^ All these LFA's carry the same DAU.0679 license plate!!!
-> While the AD-A carries DAU.0680 license plate.
AD-A
AD-B
AD-X
Nurburgring Edition Prototype
...and Naruse Hiromu's final ride:
^ All these LFA's carry the same DAU.0679 license plate!!!
-> While the AD-A carries DAU.0680 license plate.
AD-A
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The plates are probably something like a mechanic's plate. Its probably registered to Hiromu, and the new test driver has a new plate.
