Thursday 21st June 2012
Lexus LFA - hurry while stocks last
Final few Lexus LFAs looking for homes as production winds up and Toyota calls time
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.
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!
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.
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ZesPak
Original Poster
11,667 posts
66 months
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Love the car, but the price is completely bonkers. About 50 cars I'd have with that money.
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stew-S160
6,082 posts
108 months
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Whilst many would walk away due to the price, an LFA Nurburgring is in my top 10/lotto win list.
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GeeTeaEye
32 posts
50 months
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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.
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StottyZr
4,201 posts
33 months
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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. If I won 86mill on the lottery I would buy an LFA.
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M@1975
455 posts
97 months
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Silly money but still pretty cool, not the greatest looking hypercar out there though.
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toppstuff
8,578 posts
117 months
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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?
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jon-
11,742 posts
86 months
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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.
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cocopop
987 posts
75 months
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Would buy one of these before anything in Ferrari or Lamborghini's current line up.
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Coldfuse
204 posts
64 months
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If i had the sort of money kicking about one of these is asking, i'd have it in a heartbeat!
One of the best sounding supercars around at the moment...
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Switch
3,083 posts
45 months
PH Techie Junior
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We had one on the PH stand at Autosport International this year in the Blue.
By far my favourite colour on the stand. Lovely deep blue!
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thewheelman
2,194 posts
43 months
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ZesPak said: Love the car, but the price is completely bonkers. About 50 cars I'd have with that money. Same here, I'd have a fleet of cars for that money. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a drive in one but there are many cars I'd rather own over this.
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Krikkit
2,683 posts
51 months
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I'll take one of those mad Nurburgring ones in orange please... When I win the lottery. 
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Duffman83
52 posts
34 months
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Are we able to find out from Lexus UK how many have actually been sold in the UK?
Me personally, I would have one in a heartbeat if it was my money. That noise.......
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St John Smythe
3,857 posts
87 months
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So they're having trouble shifting them all then?
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XB70
1,720 posts
66 months
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So understated in the ability to answer "What do you drive?" with "A Lexus".
Stunning car
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kambites
33,222 posts
91 months
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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?  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.
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LaurasOtherHalf
6,470 posts
66 months
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I always thought it looked crap in magazines but then I saw one in real life it was just, well, stunning!
I can't explain it?
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Asterix
16,625 posts
98 months
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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. If I won 86mill on the lottery I would buy an LFA. Would have to be a 87mil win for me to even consider it.
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Caulkhead
4,938 posts
27 months
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I would spend the list price on an MP12-4 thingy and a 458 soft-top and a £30k holiday.
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tommy vercetti
3,622 posts
33 months
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Respect to Lexus/Toyota for making this, but if I had that type of money, I would buy other stuff, not that I would complain if someone gave me one 
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