The LF-A - hybrid power on the way?
The world’s first hybrid supercar is almost upon us, and may be shown at October's Tokyo motor show. According to an Autocar report, the news leaked out on the European launch of the LS600h saloon, when a senior executive revealed that “our plan is for every Lexus model to have a hybrid version”.
The forthcoming supercar – already previewed in two concepts badged ‘LF-A’ – is expected to feature a variant of the LS600H’s V8-based hybrid power train. In the LS it combines a 5.0 litre V8 and two electric motors to make 430bhp.
However, this is a luxury-biased motor, and it’s not too hard to imagine it being tuned to put out at least 500bhp, putting it in line with the proposed V10 engined version of the car.
Hybrid power is also being studied by Honda for their forthcoming NSX replacement.