Piss the FT86 of, come check out the Lexus LF-A

[quadeyquade]

The Tokyo Motor Show countdown continues with yet another round of Lexus LF-A leakage courtesy of OmniAuto. Check out the gallery below to get up close and personal with the official shots of the LF-A before we bring you live impressions from the floor. But before you do, get a load of the preliminary specs:

* 4.8-liter 72-degree V10 putting out 560 hp at 8,700 RPM (that's 116.5 hp/liter) and 354 lb.-ft. of torque at 6,800 RPM
* Redline: 9,000 RPM
* Titanium valves, connecting rods, forged aluminum pistons, dry sump lubrication and a titanium exhaust manifold
* Six-speed sequential gearbox
* Torsen limited slip differential
* 3,263 pounds with a 48/52 front-to-rear weight distribution
* Power-to-weight ratio of 5.8 pounds/hp
* 65 percent of the body is carbon fiber
* 20-inch BBS wheels wrapped in 265/35 ZR20 Bridgestone tires in front and 305/30 ZR20 in the rear.
* 0-62 MPH (100 km/h) in 3.7 seconds
* Top speed of 201.94 MPH
* Production limited to 500 units

More to follow. Stay tuned.

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Source:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/20/one-more-massive-lexus-lf-a-leak-with-specs/

http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/lexus-lf-a-0/#3

[The Kid]

And for $225 000 USD I could write a book on things I'd rather

[Chaos Theory]

production limited to 500 units means i will never own one :(

[ae71]

* Production limited to 500 units

IF they do actually do all that, and put in a production of 500 i will be very supprised. id imagine they would loose squilions on it.

i look forward to seeing it on topgear UK

[Rob574]

If the engine is in the front, why does it have those huge side vents?

[Chaos Theory]

for the brakes?

[Rice86]

just another american heavy high horsepower car that does massive burn outs at a traffic light, impressive

[Chaos Theory]

^ fail. 1500 kilos is lighter than the r35gtr and in case you cant see the pictures its being tested at a track not a drag strip.

[stuartgze]

The lines of the roof are very similar to a supra. Sounds like lexus's answer to the BMW M6

[driftke70]

already faster round the ring than the gtr

[todd]

yer it has potential to be a pretty serious track car.
unsure of the price tag and limited run though.

[redsprinter]

WOW. would much rather this then the GTR ... look good in and out.

[Gunner]

http://www.automoblog.net/2006/11/12/2008-toyota-supra-concept/

[Gunner]

pic 2 of the supra is almost identical to pic 6 of the lexus

[xsoarerx]

it still looks like a concept car to me, i reckon cut back on more of the artsy lines and it will look mint.

[redsprinter]

liking the back of the supra and how the designer have kept some original line for the rear.. but the front need hella more work ...

[Chaos Theory]

hmmm supra is an auto. lame.

[slide86]

i win the prize again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytjOyB3VwIo&feature=player_embedded

[Chaos Theory]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HAMKHRJbrU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd8-1kO_wBM&feature=related

[daily_driven_death_sled]

remonds me of a 370z

[driftke70]

reminds me of a car

[Rob574]

for the brakes?

Just for the brakes? That would be overkill, It's got two massive door vents on each side, then those two big rear quarter vents as well as all the ducting on the rear, in comparison to the front, there would be serious lack of ducting for the front brakes.

When a car brakes all the weight is transferred to the front. so the front brakes take a much greater load then the rear ones. So if all that ducting was just for the rear brakes, your front brakes would fade and your rear brakes would lock up all the time, causing a horrible balance you see.

What I was getting at was, why does this car appear to have all the ducting for a mid engine car, the weight balance of a mid engined car, yet the drawings show the engine at the front? Doesn't add up to me.

[driftke70]

could be air effects

[Gunner]

You will find that the vents are there for, the dry sump, and possibly the cooling system. I'm pretty sure toyota know what they are doing when building a car.

[Rob574]

You will find that the vents are there for, the dry sump, and possibly the cooling system. I'm pretty sure toyota know what they are doing when building a car.

I wasn't trying to discredit Toyota, just simply trying to advance my knowledge by asking the question.

My theory is, they've put the gearbox at the rear, and pushed the engine as far back as possible to give it the rear bias weight balance, and those vents would be for the brakes, and radiators for the diff/gearbox. and now, dry sump.

[Gunner]

Dont worry dude, just being sarcastic.

You are most likely right, about the placing of the gearbox.

Toyota said they'd beat the gt-r.

[Revan]

The motor seems a fair work of art. And there's no doubt surronding its release... Motor Magazine was fanging one around in the other month's issue. Holds little relevence to the punters on this forum of course. Other than the fact toyota will have a new hero car for those who come across a starry-eyed GTR fan down at the pub.

<back to tallying this months wages for my next purchase of another 25 year old 'yota>

[daily_driven_death_sled]

its such bs that their only gunna make 500 of them
its a total cop out and for this single reason i like the gtr more

[letsgohunting]

And for $225 000 USD I could write a book on things I'd rather


http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/21/lexus-lfa-tokyo-2009/

$375,000 US, which means half a million AUD.

[letsgohunting]

already faster round the ring than the gtr

LF-A lapped it in 7:24
GTR V-Spec lapped it in 7:25

LFA price - $375,000US +
GTR V-spec price - $170,000US

I could buy 2 GTR V-spec's - one for you and one for me for the price of one LF-A.
The motor looks like a work of art, as is to be expected from Yamaha, and the Dry sump/block is hand made in toyota's F1 factory. Pretty epic

As for the looks? It looks like an unfinished concept, something about the lines around the front lights and the sides really bugs me, though I guess the design is what is to be expected from present day Toyota (little to no design flair).

[driftke70]

meh, neither of us will have a 35 any time soon so what difference does the price make to us.

[daily_driven_death_sled]

for the price the amg black (duno the number the big wide one you know it) would probably be alot kooler 1000nm bitch

[The Kid]

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/21/lexus-lfa-tokyo-2009/

$375,000 US, which means half a million AUD.

sheeeeeeeeeeeit, that's even crazier. Beginning to see where this price came from though, check out this video of the rotary weaver (one of 2 in existance) that is used to create the carbon fibre A pillars, absolutely mindblowing

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/29/video-weaving-the-lexus-lfas-carbon-fiber-a-pillar/

[lolwat]

the new supra is here

[lo_rolla]

I'd say the vents would be for downforce.

Koenigsegg use side vents as a spoiler.

[todd]

all the cooling gear is in the back of the car.
the vents are purposeful.

[daily_driven_death_sled]

lol you could buy a r32,r33,r34,r35 and a twin turbo supra with a house deposit or two left over

[xsoarerx]

or you could buy a house?

[daily_driven_death_sled]

or you could buy a house?

a house with a 2jz swap

[driftke70]

we discussed this, the price is irrelevent when its over 150k. As if you have that much money to spend on a car, then you have a house, etc.

Right now pre house id never spend more than 25k on a car.

We are mere children looking at poster cars, modern technology allows us to see the car cranking round the ring in a you tube video, but at the end of the day the price is irrelevent to us, even the r35 gtr, hell how many of us can even afford a 34gtr.

[Chaos Theory]

i can. i have pre ordered 7 LFA's.

one for everyday of the week.

[todd]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9T53nUOiM


awwwwww shiiiiiittttttt

[Anthony]

Clarksons an idiot sometimes. Would prefer rotary woven carbon fibre A pillars over the MIG welding of a 4 year old on the ferrari any day.

Beats the wet lap record by 4 seconds and they can still only talk about the price.

Yes Im biased :)

[todd]

Yes Im biased :)

same haha
i think hes a bit of a jerk at the best of times, but meh he makes me laugh

[redsprinter]

so yeah i saw this the other day on my bro's hard drive and wow .. love the sound and tech that has gone into this machine. good on Lexus for going all out even with tough times with the gfc and all.


but like all jap super cars and their success in the breaking the world market ie NSX it will go down hill .. it still only just a Lexus .

[redsprinter]

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/23/breaking-toyota-chief-test-driver-dies-lf-a-germany-ring/#continued

vid link :
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/23/breaking-toyota-chief-test-driver-dies-lf-a-germany-ring/#continued

some sad news.