RE: One-of-50 Lexus LFA Nurburgring for sale

[Vocht]

An absolute Euromillions win must have. What do non ‘ring LFA’s go for these days out of interest?

[Hairymonster]

Trophy Husband said:

My good lady was at Salon Privé when the LFA was new. She has a video, somewhere, of her and her best friend sitting in the LFA revving it. Both of them were "in their cups" on free Champagne and hitched up their dresses to allow their thonged buttocks to engage with the seats.
The guy on the stand was somewhat challenged by having to keep others away!
I think it was 2010? But I could be "one year out".

You forgot to add the link to the video

[Sandpit Steve]

Vocht said:

An absolute Euromillions win must have. What do non ‘ring LFA’s go for these days out of interest?

One with barely delivery miles went for the best part of $800k on Collecting Cars US over the summer.

£500k is probably the ballpark, which likely means they’ll be advertised for £600k in today’s weird market.

[BFallon]

I've only ever seen one LFA (certainly not the Nurburgring) and it was so memorable that I remember where and when. It was on the M23 near Gatwick and was on a morning in September, 2014. First, I heard it then I saw it glide past me. It was never the quickest supercar but it certainly was one of the most beautiful and most unique sounding car.

[thegreenhell]

NickWeston said:

A couple of years ago I popped to my local Spar to pick up some milk. In the car park was an orange LFA being driven by a young, very lucky fella. I walked over and asked him if he wouldn’t mind revving it a little for me. He thankfully obliged and brought the little village to a standstill with the screaming V10. What an incredible thing.

Sounds like it could be that property developer guy from Exeter who was on Grand Designs in the summer. He had two LFAs, one of them orange.

[Trophy Husband]

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

Teeheee.

[samoht]

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

I never understood the attraction of the McLaren F1. The car does not look that great, the performance even for the time had a worse 0-60 time than others, the central driving position is incredibly awkward to get in and out and it came with McLaren's street performance heritage, which did not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was so unpopular relative to others that they couldn't sell their intended production run. High prices for the F1 now do not change the fact this was a dud that lost McLaren money. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of F1 fan boys begin.

[NGK210]

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

Ignorant, tedious troll.

[NGK210]

jwwbowe said:

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Pretty sure it can only be serviced by two dealers in the UK and it is absolutely eye-wateringly expensive to run …

One of which, according to the car’s service history, is Lexus MK – sexy!
You’re right, probably not cheap to run, but I bet an oil change isn’t a 27-hour, £20k job at a franchised dealer (a la Veyron).

Edited by NGK210 on Thursday 23 December 01:04

[sege]

I pity the fool who buys this. They are due to suffer catastrophic depreciation any second now (been waiting 12 years so far to be proved right about that) for having the "wrong badge" and not being as powerful as a GTR....

[Baddie]

samoht said:

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

I never understood the attraction of the McLaren F1. The car does not look that great, the performance even for the time had a worse 0-60 time than others, the central driving position is incredibly awkward to get in and out and it came with McLaren's street performance heritage, which did not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was so unpopular relative to others that they couldn't sell their intended production run. High prices for the F1 now do not change the fact this was a dud that lost McLaren money. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of F1 fan boys begin.

Touché.

[Baddie]

Like the McLaren F1 or the Valkyrie, the LFA is one of those high-concept cars developed with a design focus prioritised over pretty much anything else. They chose a 4.8 litre V10 not to make it faster than rivals but because any bigger and it’d have unbalanced other elements. The gearbox is a bit of a handicap, but otherwise… as someone said Evo rated it over the 599 GTO on the roads of Scotland.

Chris Harris certainly rated it in his video around the ‘ring, and there’s no arguing with it’s lap time.

[Trophy Husband]

NGK210 said:

ManyMotors said:

I never understood the attraction of the LFA. The car does not look that great, the engine even for the time was less powerful than others, it is impossibly cramped inside and it came with Toyota's commitment to street performance - which does not exist. Current prices are simply due to the fact that there weren't many produced since they did not sell when new - that is, it was not an attractive car relative to others. High prices for the LFA now do not change the fact this was a dud. Anyone now buying one of these will simply park it and seldom, if ever, drive it. Let the hue and cry of LFA fan boys begin.

Ignorant, tedious troll.

Indeed. I just cannot bring myself to write the word!
Epic car, perfect almost.

[smilo996]

Looks like a Japanese car, just aggressive enough and great in that green.
Japanese vehicle makers seem to do this quite alot....years and years of altered plans, cancellations, and postponements.
However as the article states, good it made it to market in the end.

[generationx]

I've mentioned it before and here seems as good a place to mention it again.

I work in the company where the European Approved Service/Repair centre for the LFA is based so have seen, and sat in, a few. They are simply epic and, despite some much more exotic machinery in the building, still create a buzz around the place when another appears in the workshop. The nicest "normal" one I've seen so far was in a sort of burgundy colour which really suited it, but this green wrap looks pretty good, and different.

We had one customer deliver an orange Nürburgring which had been damaged all down one side by a lane-changing truck in some roadworks, the costs to repair were fairly eye-watering. But it did lead to one of the best throw-away lines I've ever heard:

Workshop manager: Do you need another car while we repair this?
Customer: No it's ok, I've got another LFA at home.

The same customer also has, amongst other things, a gorgeous Toyota 2000GT which he uses. A lot.


For a bit of fun have a look at the on-line parts catalogue (with prices):
https://lexus-japan.epc-data.com/lfa/lfa10/113441/

Edited by generationx on Thursday 23 December 09:37

[TEKNOPUG]

A complete engine is £70k? Seems too cheap.

[Sandpit Steve]

TEKNOPUG said:

A complete engine is £70k? Seems too cheap.

I’ll take a guess they don’t sell them in crates though, and you’ll need the VIN to buy one.

[NGK210]

Sandpit Steve said:

TEKNOPUG said:

A complete engine is £70k? Seems too cheap.

I’ll take a guess they don’t sell them in crates though, and you’ll need the VIN to buy one.

An LFA’s air filter is listed as only £2 more than an IS 2.5 V6’s, so perhaps they’re trade prices? But even so, £70k still seems very fair.
I wonder if some restomod guru could slot an LFA’s V10 into an LC?

[NGK210]

generationx said:

I've mentioned it before and here seems as good a place to mention it again.

I work in the company where the European Approved Service/Repair centre for the LFA is based…

Out of interest, what’s the hourly labour cost for working on an LFA?

[TEKNOPUG]

Sandpit Steve said:

TEKNOPUG said:

A complete engine is £70k? Seems too cheap.

I’ll take a guess they don’t sell them in crates though, and you’ll need the VIN to buy one.

Dunno. Try ordering one:

https://www.amayama.com/en/part/toyota/1200045a00