2012 GTR smokes the LFA in a drag race
 

nice win

But that damn LFA sound is so gorgeous. Music to my ears

MC, did you take delivery of yours already?

no it was destroyed in the Tsunami.. currently trying to find one but there are only about 30 black editions in the country right now

yeah LFA i think literally is the best sounding car ever

Just wow..both are nice though..

The only thing nice in the LFA beside it's look is the formula like sound. '12 GTR will def smoke it in all aspects.

substantially faster... interesting. do love the sound of the LFA but honestly that's about all i love about it. the interior looks nice but i just can't stand the way it looks, maybe i just need to see one in person...

Lfa sounds amazing the gtr is great. Lfa when dynowed only put out 515 stock has potiential for more especially tuned correctly. I would expect more for a 250k car.you can buy two gtrs and still have extra cash to play with. But the lfa exhaust.....not human freaking amazing

Try a 375k car

the LFA driver was slower getting off the line. Watch the brake lights carefully as to who starts first.

In the end they were closer than I thought based on the thread title.

I wish they would run each car a few times on a proper strip and time that and compare. vs one run on uneven roads.

iM pretty much like.. :wow:

That was awesome. The LFA is way overpriced and you can't even own it! You have to lease if you want to have it. Don't know if Lexus has changed that requirement yet, but that's how it was initially at least.

Sucks to hear about your GT-R MC. I hope you find another one soon :tup:

That sucks!

It was late less than half a second off the line. It was like 1-1/2 second behind at the end. For $250K more than the GT-R, it shouldn't be a contest. Just goes to show how remarkable the GT-R has been engineered. At a road course, like the 'Ring, its probably a toss-up based on driver skill. The quickest LF-A on the 'Ring was at 7:38 with temporary road tires available.

It would have been cool to see a few more runs or at least record the times and trap speeds, but this pretty much gets the point across.

Insideline tested that lfa at 11.6... the 2012 gtr has been tested 11.0-11.2

Eh.. not surprised honestly b/c if you search around you will find that the 2011 gt-r beats the LFA by one tenth of a sec in a 1/4. So when they did the 2011 vs 2012 gt-r video it was just a matter of time they would do it to the LFA to show the difference

2 Supercar from Japan
LFA is the looker
GT-R is the performer

As if the only factor behind a super car are the numbers. :rolleyes:

I can only imagine the driving thrill and experience in the LFA is much superior to the GTR. As much as I can respect the GTR's amazing performance envelope, every time I have ridden in one it felt undramatic and even a bit boring from the passenger seat. I believe this is a somewhat similar example to the 370z vs. Cayman S comparison: the 370z may hit the same or similar performance numbers but the Cayman is exquisitely refined and tactile while providing those numbers.

the LFA won

motortrend raced the 2011 GTR vs the LFA and the LFA won by 1 tenth

11.8 vs 11.9... but those times seemed slow for both cars... as both of them are capable of 11.6 according to these new tests and i know a 2011 GTR is capable of 11.5

I bet the LFA would win in a mile race.

yeah i dont even have a daily driver anymore so it sucks real bad.. but trust me ive been spending every waking moment the last 2 weeks trying to resolve all this

Are they going to produce any more of them to replace the ones that were destroyed? That would be an extremely long wait though.

im all nissan but the yamaha built engine in that LFA sounds insane taking off on WOT

That's pretty much the consensus these days, but I don't think the LF-A would be any more tactile. It's just as packed with technological wizard, if not more. If "feel" is the only thing your after, there are plenty of less expensive sports cars that specifically target that criteria. Lotus for example.

When your talking all out performace, especially when comparing supercars, numbers do matter, along with the badge and prestige that goes with it. Would you choose the Cayman S over an LF-A if the LF-A wasn't any faster?

At the end of the day, it's still Nissan vs. Toyota. Both modern legends in thier own way & showing the world it can hang or demolish the established European Exotics.

Damn, no sound on the computers here at school. Need to watch when I get home to hear the sound.

wow makes me want a GT-R even more now

Makes you wonder just how awesome a 375K Nissan supercar would be.

another R390 in the works?? :tup:

Hey man, what's wrong with wanting to own a $400,000 Toyota umm Lexus when I can have 4 obviously superior 2012 GTR's for the price of one $400,000 Toyota umm Lexus. I would buy that $400,000 Toyota umm Lexus just for the awesome sound :tup:

http://www.diseno-art.com/images/nissan_r390_gt1.jpg

pretty damn awesome, I would think. :tup:

S w e e t !

A $375K GT-R should look something like this.

:yum:V8:yum: (FIA GT1 Nissan GT-R)

this one costs around 250K


http://www.nismo.co.jp/products/RC/img/photo/spec.jpg

http://www.nismo.co.jp/products/RC/img/photo/01L.jpg

http://www.nismo.co.jp/products/RC/img/photo/02L.jpg

is that shitt real?

yes

its sold to anyone aswell... but its designed for privateer race teams

NISMO

you can build a regular GTR to out perform that GTR for that price.

Numbers do matter, it is not like there is a huge difference between the two in terms of objective performance figures though. The LF-A was not designed to be the Japanese Veyron, but rather a design and manufacturing study for future technologies. When I talk about feel, it is not just raw communication through steering and the pedals. Of course there will always be faster cars for less money, but that doesn't mean it isn't valuable in its own right.

This is just speculation, but I would hazard to guess that if you drove a LF-A and a GTR back to back, the LF-A would probably leave you with the bigger smile. GTRs are a dime a dozen in Socal, you don't see too many LFAs in comparison and they definitely have more presence on the street.

Wow...:eek:

Now say it backwards......Wow....

It's all a matter of priorities. The LF-A is exclusive. It definitely has the presence, as it's a richer-than-rich-boy toy.

But the GTR can fight it at the track for a fraction of the cost.

Similar to a Vette taking on a Ferrari. If tuned properly, maybe the Vette pulls the Ferrari at a track, but then when you drive them both into town, everyone ooh's and ah's over the Italian, because Vettes are cheaper and more common.

I agree

Trust me, I'd be grinning from ear to ear with either one. It's like choosing which supermodel you'd rather sleep with.