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Well the debate about a true Japanese exotic is over. This has the engine, the materials, production run etc.
It made very little sense for Toyota to spend all that money in F1 without a halo car, I am very impressed they are going forward. This car will be very impressive. Probably a milestone. Just look at what the GTR achieved on its limited budget. This is all out engineering, I can't wait to see the test results! :tiphat: Hats off to you Toyota. It's always been frustrating owning a Supra and knowing what they are capable of, yet they just seemed to frown on anything sporty. Well that time is certainly over. |
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I too was taken back by the gap, but it is functional. That is where the intake scoops are if you check out the engine pic. I just hope that dude who drove his veryon into a lake doesn't get his grubby hands on this :roflpuke2: I also think that toyota would do alot better if they revived the supra, and if honda brought back a Mid-engine NSX (don't know why they would deviate from something that made the car so famous) and Mazda just dropped in a 20b or a TT 13b..... |
Lexus LFA: Only 150 Lease Cars Coming to U.S.
Published Nov 23, 2009 TORRANCE, California — Lexus confirmed Monday that it will only lease its new LFA supercar to customers in the U.S. and Canada, with a provision to buy the car at the end of the two-year lease. On the official LFA Web site, Lexus said it was "targeting to offer the base LFA" at 37.5 million yen — around $420,000 at current exchange rates — with any customization charges added to the price. Lexus began accepting "purchase applications" in October. LFA production begins in December 2010 at Toyota's Motomachi plant in Japan. Cars will be hand-built at the rate of 20 per month for 25 months, with total production limited to 500 cars. A Lexus spokesman told Inside Line only 150 cars will be coming to the U.S. Previously, Lexus said only 10 LFAs will be available to Canadian customers. Lexus will only be offering the lease-only program in North America. In an interview with Automotive News, Lexus executive Brian Smith said no LFA will be built until it is ordered. A story on the Canadian site wheels.ca said the LFA lease deal could cost up to $10,000 a month, including interest, taxes and a hefty insurance premium. Lessees will have a purchase option at the end of the lease. The wheels.ca story said the lease deal was intended to squelch speculators. It quoted Toyota Canada spokesperson Sandy Di Felice as saying, "What happens with hot new supercars like the LFA is that brokers will purchase them and flip them on Web sites like eBay. You don't want the brand devalued because people are playing silly buggers." __________________ |
Lexus LFA, Lease Or Buy: The Full Story - Lexus LFA - Jalopnik
Autoweek is reporting Toyota will lease, not sell the Lexus LFA. Not really. You'll still be able to walk into a dealer with 3,750 unmarked $100 bills and walk out with one of 500 Toyota supercars. What Lexus USA is trying to do is to prevent speculators from driving the price of the already super-expensive supercar into the stratosphere. The LFA is supposed to be the flagship of a new focus on competing with other automakers on performance and exclusivity as well as quality. Giving Lexus that shine means controlling the customer experience to the last possible degree and that means insuring we don't see the LFA up for sale on eBay. So what Lexus USA is doing is creating a special lease arrangement in which the company will retain the LFA's title for two years before turning it over to the owner. That's not a traditional lease model involving deposits and finance arrangements, it's just being called a "lease" because "customers will arrive at a private deal with the company about how much they're going to pay and when (always totaling the identical total price), then the company will turn over the title after two years" takes up too much space. So yes, you can still walk into an American Lexus dealer with a whale penis leather briefcase full of ill-gotten gains and walk out with an LFA, you just won't get the title in the mail for two years. That restriction only applies in the US. Well-healed European Toyota enthusiasts will be receiving their titles immediately. |
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I don't think it's worth it. I bet there's going to be a ton of problems with it just like the Ford GT. |
can't wait to see jeremy clarkson bash this one :tup: yes it may be a supercar....but it think it's just a very expensive toyota. They should have stuck with just making a Supra mkv, it would given the GTR a pretty good competitor price wise.
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