NSX and LFA: Time For Tea?
Lexus and Honda both confirmed new fast cars this week; when better to celebrate the greatest hits?
Lexus is also bringing a new car to Detroit. It won't be an LFA replacement, nice though that would be to tie in with this video. We would guess it's a fast GS saloon but will know for certain come January.
Anyway, regardless of upcoming models, the original NSX/LFA pair are the definitive fast cars from each manufacturer. The NSX showed the Japanese really could combine reliability with supercar excitement and forced others to up their game. The LFA remains totally amazing a few years after a launch; that Lexus, the builders of hybrid SUVs and tedious saloons, should produce such an exquisitely focused supercar remains absurd. Thank goodness it was just a decade in development as much longer and a hybrid drivetrain would likely have been forced on it. That the V10 remained unsullied is something we should all be happy about, particularly as it further distances the LFA from Lexus's run of the mill. If ever a car was built by engineers and not marketeers, the LFA is it. Especially at £300K+...
This video is a Head to Head from Motor Trend. It's a really detailed look at both in terms of significance and dynamics, plus a look ahead to the future (albeit from a couple of years ago). It's the perfect accompaniment to your afternoon brew, though be wary of going from here to other LFA videos. It's a slippery slope!
Watch the video here.
[Source: Motor Trend, via YouTube]
(on another note, I think the nsx sounds better, at least in the video: the lfa is loud, but somehow less perfect in its melody. I feel nowadays we appreciate sound quantity more than quality, but for me the honda is like mozart to the lfa's ac/dc).
Happy festivities to everybody!
I wouldn't say that the public's rejection of the NSX as opposed to other marques was purely down to image - a 911 for example is a unique everyday driving proposition (the equivalent models of the time were smaller and more wieldy) as well as having a completely different layout and therefore driving experience not to mention a couple of rear seats so to try and compare those two is a little unfair.
I wouldn't say that the public's rejection of the NSX as opposed to other marques was purely down to image - a 911 for example is a unique everyday driving proposition (the equivalent models of the time were smaller and more wieldy) as well as having a completely different layout and therefore driving experience not to mention a couple of rear seats so to try and compare those two is a little unfair.
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