RE: Lexus LFA - hurry while stocks last
Thursday 21st June 2012
For those of you in the market for limited-edition, V10 hypercar (we cater for all at PH), here is some very important news; fewer than 10 Lexus LFAs remain for sale.
570hp, 7:14 'Ring time, £398,000...According to Tim Morrison the US Vice-President of Lexus, via WorldCarFans, 'supply is down to single digits' from the original 500. How many folk there are left in the market for a £350K Lexus does leave you wondering, the announcement perhaps offering a memory jog should the LFA have slipped off your radar in a sea of Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
Regular car a snip at £343,000!And if the opportunity of owning one of the last LFAs ever isn't reason enough for you to part with your £343,000, maybe this video of Riggers at Goodwood in one may convince you.
Lexus LFA - hurry while stocks last
Final few Lexus LFAs looking for homes as production winds up and Toyota calls time
570hp, 7:14 'Ring time, £398,000...
There is no news on whether the 50 Nurburgring Edition LFAs have completely gone. Though its £398,000 price appears seriously steep, it has lapped the famous German circuit very quickly and what's another 50-odd thousand pounds when buying a supercar? Especially an orange one.
No replacement for the LFA is expected, and given the gestation period of the original, when would it turn up? That said, rumours still abound that a roadster will be produced once all 500 coupes have found homes.
Regular car a snip at £343,000!
Discussion
Bespoke, obsessive-compulsive engineering overkill.
n many ways, this car is as micro-obsessive in its attention to detail than the McLaren F1.
It is therefore not expensive when you look at in such a way. And even at the price Toyota is charging, I gather they are losing money on the car.
People who look at it and think it is just another geeky Japanese tech-fest and compare it to the Nissan GTR are really, really missing the point.
The GTR is a mass produced car. The LFA is not.
People may or may not like it, and many clearly do not "get it", but this car is just as special as a Ferrari 599 GTO. No-one seems to have a problem with the price of the Ferrari. I wonder why that is?
n many ways, this car is as micro-obsessive in its attention to detail than the McLaren F1.
It is therefore not expensive when you look at in such a way. And even at the price Toyota is charging, I gather they are losing money on the car.
People who look at it and think it is just another geeky Japanese tech-fest and compare it to the Nissan GTR are really, really missing the point.
The GTR is a mass produced car. The LFA is not.
People may or may not like it, and many clearly do not "get it", but this car is just as special as a Ferrari 599 GTO. No-one seems to have a problem with the price of the Ferrari. I wonder why that is?
toppstuff said:
Bespoke, obsessive-compulsive engineering overkill.
n many ways, this car is as micro-obsessive in its attention to detail than the McLaren F1.
People may or may not like it, and many clearly do not "get it", but this car is just as special as a Ferrari 599 GTO. No-one seems to have a problem with the price of the Ferrari. I wonder why that is?
And these are the reasons I would buy one straight away should my numbers ever come in.n many ways, this car is as micro-obsessive in its attention to detail than the McLaren F1.
People may or may not like it, and many clearly do not "get it", but this car is just as special as a Ferrari 599 GTO. No-one seems to have a problem with the price of the Ferrari. I wonder why that is?
toppstuff said:
Bespoke, obsessive-compulsive engineering overkill.
n many ways, this car is as micro-obsessive in its attention to detail than the McLaren F1.
It is therefore not expensive when you look at in such a way. And even at the price Toyota is charging, I gather they are losing money on the car.
People who look at it and think it is just another geeky Japanese tech-fest and compare it to the Nissan GTR are really, really missing the point.
The GTR is a mass produced car. The LFA is not.
People may or may not like it, and many clearly do not "get it", but this car is just as special as a Ferrari 599 GTO. No-one seems to have a problem with the price of the Ferrari. I wonder why that is?
n many ways, this car is as micro-obsessive in its attention to detail than the McLaren F1.
It is therefore not expensive when you look at in such a way. And even at the price Toyota is charging, I gather they are losing money on the car.
People who look at it and think it is just another geeky Japanese tech-fest and compare it to the Nissan GTR are really, really missing the point.
The GTR is a mass produced car. The LFA is not.
People may or may not like it, and many clearly do not "get it", but this car is just as special as a Ferrari 599 GTO. No-one seems to have a problem with the price of the Ferrari. I wonder why that is?
I don't particularly like it, but I have absolutely massive respect for it and I'd definitely have one over anything Ferrari produce. However, if I had that much money to spend on a new supercar I suspect it would go on a Noble. StottyZr said:
GeeTeaEye said:
Yep, ridiculous price tag and no real super car desirability behind the lexus badge.
For a lot less (albeit without the V10 soundtrack) you could have a Nissan GTR, and then tune it some too.
All very valid points.For a lot less (albeit without the V10 soundtrack) you could have a Nissan GTR, and then tune it some too.
If I won 86mill on the lottery I would buy an LFA.
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