XeroK00L

Wish they had pics of the two cars running side-by-side for the win.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/57...ring_king.html

Wednesday 8th June 2005

Nissan, Lexus Fight To Be 'Ring King

Supercar builders Nissan and Lexus have been battling it out on the track, even though their models won't go on sale until next year. Our sources report that competition between the Japanese giants is so intense, test drivers came close to crashing into one another.

The duo had apparently been dicing over track space at the Nürburgring in Germany, where the two coupés are currently being developed. According to our eyewitness, both the Lexus LF-A and Nissan GT-R are extremely quick, and in the hands of the experienced engineers have been setting ever faster laps. As the pair headed for a corner, neither driver would settle for second place, and they nearly made contact. Both machines are tipped to appear at the Tokyo Motor Show in October.

Gojirra99

Just this sentence alone makes me doubt about the credibility of the rest of this report

GFerg

OMG!! Its gonna be like the good old days!!! I cant wait till these cars are introduced. Gotta love compitition.

LexFather

If Lexus were smart, they'd take the 10 engineers working on the LF-A interior and assign them to the power or suspension portion of the car, maybe get them drunk so they forget to put in the VDIM . Since Nissan has one 5 year old working on the interior of the next GT-R and 100 engineers trying to figure out how to get more power out the 3.2 VQ..

Just joking, please don't get the panties in a bunch. Its great to see both companies have a good rivalry and some cars to challenge the best from Europe!!

Kudos to Nissan and Lexus

THe Japanese really are on an all out assualt and we've seen first hand what they can do. This could be scary. The benchmark is the 911 Turbo for the GT-R, not sure what benchmark the LF-A is using, my guess would be the F430.

EGainer

yea i think this report is BS

we all know lexus isn't going to sell the LF-A... they have had 3 concepts now and dont ever sell any of them

they are design hints for their new models in the future.... HIGHLY doubtful they would put the LF-A on the track and test it against a future nissan.

besides the fact that the LF-A has 500+hp or something(doesn't it?)

XeroK00L

The LF-A test mule has been seen on the track for some time now. There's nothing doubtful about it. Lexus has also stated that they are "seriously" considering releasing a $100k halo supercar. The LF-A test mule being seen continued track testing should really surprise no one.

Gojirra99

If they do produce the LF-A, they better revise that droopy front end . . .

Richie

So, who is up for a Ring trip?

xknowonex

iTrader: (2)

I really dislike that front end too. It should appear more like the SC300 or the 430

Bean

iTrader: (1)

Why use an outdated design to design a car?
It needs to look like the current batch of NEW lexus vehicles... and it does...

TJW98LS

iTrader: (1)

I approve of that! I think Lexus is going the right way, and Nissan...well I'll just keep my mouth shut and say "Pissan"

LexFather

I saw that comment on another forum and fell out laughing