Lexus LF-A ...... You must be worthy!
 

is it just me or is lexus really full of $hit? I mean, they have no prestige, no heritage or pedigree like a ferrari or lamborghini, they have literally ZERO experience building supercars, yet not only do they charge a price higher than almost all other exotics and almost puts it into hypercar price, they also get to choose who is good enough to earn the honour of getting one of their sacred cars.

Ferrari does that too regularly with their most exclusive models, and yes they are snobbish jerks but at least they earned it via decades of dominance in motorsports, formula 1, and supercar scene. Lexus is what? Just a company created about 20 years ago to make nothing more than rebadged toyotas with a few extra luxury items inside and a huge markup in price just to jack up toyota's profit.

the problem i have with a lexus supercar is:

when it is time for service, i am going to leave my $350k supercar at the dealer where they usually work on cars costing $30k~$50k?

with the lamborghini and ferrari dealers, i am less worried because all the cars in their hands cost more than $200k.

imagine selling a car for almost $100k and having it serviced at a dealership that sells cars for under $10k... oh wait, nissan does that :wtf2:

which is worse?

That is the same thing with GT-R owners though, but at Nissan they have to have at least one or more person who handles the GT-R personally and attempts to provide better service.

i read that some ford gt owners were turned off by having to service their supercars at a ford dealer too.

nissan should have sold the gt-r as an infiniti.

They thought about it, but Nissan wanted it to viewed as a supercar first and not a luxury super sport car.

:iagree:

actually the lfa will NOT be serviceable by any toyota or lexus dealer staff. instead, lexus company itself will be supplying its own equipment and specially trained mechanics to travel to lexus stores and service the lfa when needed.

Imagine a dialogue like this:

-"Hey bro, did u get that lexus u wanted?"
-"No they didn't approve me. So I went and bought the ferrari instead."


also, one thing i couldn't find out is if that 350k is the out the door price, or is that without the lease fees, interest rates, document processing fees, dealer prep fees, and all those other BS "fees" that are always added to the typical lease or finance agreement.

^^^ yea plus the inevitable dealer markup

Toyota has quite a bit of racing cred, actually. They may not be Ferrari, but who is?

I saw quite a bit of Gurney's IMSA All American Racers back in the '80's. Enormous off-road success. Formula One. NASCAR. CART. IRL....

Toyota Motorsports > History

Lexus won't care what any of you think about their car. They won't sell you one. lol

They'll hand pick who gets to buy their first ever super car.

While I understand why the LF-A costs so much and I understand that Lexus/Toyota is not making any money on them...

YouTube - ZR1 Nurburgring Official 7:26.4 Record Corvette Run

I'll take 4 of these.

Well, 3 and a GTR. :p

edit: but yeah, you're right. I'm never going to even own an LF-A anyway! :p

I'll take 4 of these.

Well, 2, Viper ACR and a GTR.

Corrected. :D

like seriously?


Monthly Payment x 24 = Lexus 1Pay lease Amount:

$12,398.44 x 24 = $297,562.56

Residual Value:

$93,750

Matte black = extra $20K option

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/17/l...-due-at-signi/




The rich are very different from you and we, now more than ever. First off, we don't have the mental fortitude for jumping through all of the hoops that Lexus is making potential LFA customers limbo beneath. Let alone the cash. Thing is, the rigamarole involved never mattered because Lexus is only making 500 examples of the LFA and we're simply not going to lose sleep over the process it takes to park one in our garage. However, a potential LFA owner sent us a copy of his order guide, and like any good train wreck, we can't look away. Also, remember, this info ain't intended for public consumption.

For your living-vicarious pleasure, here's how it works: As reported, you cannot buy Lexus' first ever supercar. You have to lease the mostly-carbon-fiber-and-unobtanium LFA. That's sort of good news for the non-disgustingly wealthy, right? After all, leases are the cheap and easy way to get into a new car. Are you sitting down? The monthly lease payment on the Lexus LFA is $12.398.44. For 24 months. That's $297,562.56 worth of lease payments over two years, at the end of which you own nothing. However, Lexus is quick to point out that the LFA's MSRP is $375,000, so you're technically not paying full price. And at the end of 24 months, lessees are free to plunk down an additional $93,750 (more than the base price of a very comparable Nissan GT-R, we should mention) and buy their LFA outright.

Of course, you can't just waltz into your local Lexus dealership with $12,398.44 and rocket waltz out in an LFA. Lexus has to actually select you to lease its (admittedly awesome) car. Once you're chosen, you've got 10 days to drop off a $10,000 deposit at your local Lexus dealer and submit to a credit check. We should mention that this will not be the only deposit and credit check Lexus requires.

Once your credit checks out, you then have to deposit an additional $50,000. To mini-recap, that's $60,000 down on a $375,000 car. Sounds reasonable (from a detached, algebraic ratio perspective) until you remember that you're not buying the car, just leasing it. All of this will be/is happening from March–June 2010. Production of the LFA doesn't start until December. We don't know how long each car will take to build, but customers lessees will be required to go through a second credit check immediately prior to delivery. We're not entirely sure you really want to pass the second credit check. Here's why.

Remember the $12,398.44 per month lease payment we mentioned a couple paragraphs up? That's just the breakdown. All LFAs are being doled out via Lexus' 1Pay Lease Program. Meaning that to lease the LFA, you hand Lexus a check for $237,562.56, which is the full amount of the lease minus your $60,000 pair of deposits. Oh, and there's a $700 "aquisition fee." Plus tax, title, license and registration. The good news? Even though you have to lease the LFA, because of the lengthy approval/deposit process, each car is still made to order. Meaning that even though you don't own the car, you can still order it in Passionate Pink, a $3,000 option. Make the jump to read the pricing guide.

amen brother. They need to earn there respect and prices first. I know I wouldn't walk into a room and say "Screw all of you I am king now". They will realize this when their numbers wont produce. The thing is most of these mulit-millionaires/billionaires actually will be turned off not by the car but by the company's lack of respect and achievements. A few will buy them but I think most will say " Hey get in the back of the line rookie"

"In front of the right restuarants".... ? does that mean i'm committing slander/libel if i photoshop an LF-A in a McDonald's drive through?

I think the reason for the lease deal is that Toyota wants more control over the car for the first 2 years to iron out the inevitable bugs. As a lease car you can't modify it without violating your lease agreement, at which point they could ask for the car back.

Still ... crazy amount of money for a Toyota.

aren't there a lot of modded supras that could outperform this car at a fraction of the cost

The price of that car is ridiculous!

1) In a straight line, sure many others could as well but as far as handling goes i seriously doubt ANY supra could keep up with this car.

2)And about that restaurant thing, that is just a ludicrous statement. Who are they trying to impress here?

3) There is a huge difference in getting a $80K car (GTR) serviced at a company that usually sells around $20K from a $350,000 car serviced at a 50k dealership