Lexus LFA “Special Edition” Prototype Spied (testing new 5.3L V10)
12-13-12, 08:36 AM
#78
Lexus Test Driver
New LFA prototype again caught testing at Nurburgring:
01-10-14, 05:49 AM
#81
Speaks French in Russian
Lexus LFA Code X Revealed With Larger 5.3L V10
Lexus LFA Code X Revealed With Larger 5.3L V10
This could be what we saw testing early last year? Why some said the engine note had a slightly different sound.
http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2...-5-3l-v10.html
This could be what we saw testing early last year? Why some said the engine note had a slightly different sound.
Hinting at what future developments may come from the Japanese luxury brand, Lexus today debuted a wild new LFA Code X model at the Tokyo Auto Salon with an even larger engine.
With the standard-issue supercar already boasting a potent 552 hp 4.8-liter V10 engine, this new test mule gets an extra half-liter displacement bump to 5.3-liters. No details have been provided on how much the power increase would be for the new engine, but Lexus has said output has been better tuned to deliver quicker Nurburgring lap times.
SEE ALSO: Lexus LFA 2 Rumors: Twice the Car, Twice the Price
The car itself is built by Toyota motorsports partner Gazoo Racing, which has run several LFA race cars at the legendary Nurburgring 24 Hour race over the year and will once again campaign cars at this year’s event.
The LFA Code X, says Toyota, is an “enhanced sports car research vehicle” and, “has been created to enable study of future sports car technologies.”
Those technologies will be put to the test when the car competes at this year’s Nurburgring 24 Hour race alongside another LFA race car and one of the team’s Toyota GT86 race cars.
With the standard-issue supercar already boasting a potent 552 hp 4.8-liter V10 engine, this new test mule gets an extra half-liter displacement bump to 5.3-liters. No details have been provided on how much the power increase would be for the new engine, but Lexus has said output has been better tuned to deliver quicker Nurburgring lap times.
SEE ALSO: Lexus LFA 2 Rumors: Twice the Car, Twice the Price
The car itself is built by Toyota motorsports partner Gazoo Racing, which has run several LFA race cars at the legendary Nurburgring 24 Hour race over the year and will once again campaign cars at this year’s event.
The LFA Code X, says Toyota, is an “enhanced sports car research vehicle” and, “has been created to enable study of future sports car technologies.”
Those technologies will be put to the test when the car competes at this year’s Nurburgring 24 Hour race alongside another LFA race car and one of the team’s Toyota GT86 race cars.
01-10-14, 06:44 AM
#82
Lexus Fanatic
iTrader: (20)
oh yeah! 
01-10-14, 08:31 AM
#84
Lead Lap
Awesome car but are people buying the current ones out there? A local dealer has a white one, and I think another one but not sure what color, and they are discounting them either $30k or $50k (can't remember what the sales guy told me). They have had them for a while and can't get rid of them.
