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Jay Leno visits the Lexus LFA factory in Japan

Old 10-05-12, 07:04 AM
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Love it !! That convertible looks and sound awesome !!
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Only Jay has the $$$ to bring a film crew to the LFA factory. I wonder how much he offered to pay for that LFA Spyder???? Nice find btw.
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he has sucha huge *** chin lol...... The sounds of the LFA is pure sex
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LFA must be a spiritual revelation and a method of praying for Buddhists. The chief engineer must not have been off-base by describing LFA's sound as "angels singing".

The matte black LFA was bought by a Buddisht monk and that is the only possession he will have in this world. What an incredible story.
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It has the Nurburgring wheels swapped in and also looks like ''ring higher grip tires??
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what a fantastic video, i love how he was in the factory and saw all the "under the skin", awesome!
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Sweet sound! Would be nice if Lexus invited all the LFA owners around the world to Fuji Speedway with their LFA's
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Wow, absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing
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I wonder who paid who... but that exhaust sound is too sexy
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Originally Posted by rominl
what a fantastic video, i love how he was in the factory and saw all the "under the skin", awesome!
Apparently, Leno did nearly 190 mph with the top down in that LFA with the engine/exhaust howling in his ears. Must be quite the experience. No wonder he is so gobsmacked by the car.

Coming from someone who owns a Mclaren F1, Porsche Carrera GT etc., definitely his opinion weigh very heavily in the automobile enthusiast community.
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Originally Posted by 05RollaXRS
Apparently, Leno did nearly 190 mph with the top down in that LFA with the engine/exhaust howling in his ears. Must be quite the experience. No wonder he is so gobsmacked by the car.

Coming from someone who owns a Mclaren F1, Porsche Carrera GT etc., definitely his opinion weigh very heavily in the automobile enthusiast community.
he's a real car guy, not as much on badge driven. and most of all he KNOWS cars. that makes it quite significant imho
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This was so much fun to watch.

It also provided a trivia answer, the vert has no top so can't have the top down.

Great to see Leno give credit where it is due, particularly on the point that the car temp, etc is not out of range when the car is being pushed on the track.

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