The New Lexus LFA Supercar Review

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Supercar reviews and tests. This auto video will focus on the Lexus' new LFA supercar.

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Are you ready for this? A Toyota. Well, Lexus actually expected to cost around 400 grand that goes on sales state side nearly in 2011. Yes, that's the price tag for the forthcoming Lexus LFA Supercar. By far the fastest automobile Toyota has ever build, and roughly $300,000 more than the next costliest Lexus in the lineup. A decade in development, the rear-drive LFA aims to storm such blue-blood sports car lead, it's Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin and more. The body work almost entirely carbon fiber- reinforced plastic, handcrafted in house by Toyota. The hand-built engine is a naturally aspirated 4.8 litre V10, making 552 horsepower and 354 pounds-feet of torque. Redline, a sizzling 9000 rpm. Shifter is a 6-speed auto-clutch manual, with the rear mounted transaxle. Toyota claims a 0-60 miles per hour time at just 3.7 seconds, and a top-speed of 204 miles per hour. The LFA is built to corner too. The aluminum suspension, dual-control arms up front and a multilink setup at the rear has been tested with hundreds of punishing laps around the ultimate proving ground, the Nürburgring Nordschleife, brakes are huge carbon ceramic discs inside 20 inch BBS alloy wheels. Only 500 Lexus LFAs will be built. Global sports car establishment quack in its mission, only time will tell, if the road is ready for a Toyota that costs far more than a Ferrari 458 Italia, Porsche 911 Turbo and of course such bargain starrers is the Corvette 01, and the Nissan GTR. Meantime, sit back and enjoy some lap time around the new ring, the most audacious Lexus ever conceived.
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