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Official LF-A(II) thread (Will debut at Tokyo Auto Show, Lexus details Oct 20th, 8pm)

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Old 09-16-09, 12:00 PM
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Press days for the show are October 21st and 22nd. There is a special "guest day" and opening ceremony on October 23rd. The show opens to the public October 24th and runs until November 4th.

My guess is that the LF A will most likely debut on the 21st just to grab maximum attention .
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Old 09-16-09, 12:07 PM
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The LF-A has been seen in final production form testing!



http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...of-development

I'm guessing this is the final design, as its wheels, headlight housings, etc. all match the Crystallised Wind concept.
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Old 09-16-09, 12:23 PM
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Looks pretty bad-***! I like the use of white camo to conceal the head lights and tail lights, as well as the contrasting use of black to conceal the lower rear details of the car. This may or may not be the paint scheme for the final car, as in the lower rear may or may not remain black. You can see it's wearing the production rims as seen in some earlier spyshots.

Really interesting to see how low and wide the car is with minimal camo. Also you can clearly see just how *WIDE* the front fenders are. It really makes the car look very muscular. The hood vents give an obvious clue that something sinister lurks in the engine bay.

I hope Lexus unveils the car in a really bad-*** color, either black, a dark metallic blue, or some sort of red.

To all the people on CL and Toyota/Lexus enthusiasts in general, I can safely say that it's been a LONG wait, but the production car is almost here. This is a car that many thought would never see production, that many thought wasn't possible from Toyota, but it really is coming. This is pretty much a dream car.

Only one question; where are the door handles? Are they hidden, or is Toyota playing with us and that is not the actual final body of the car?

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Old 09-16-09, 02:09 PM
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I think it looks incredible. I think this is quite obviously the production version with F badging on the sides and the L emblem on the front.

One question: where are the door handles?
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Old 09-16-09, 02:18 PM
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Either Toyota is playing with us and that is not the 100% production body ... or the door handles are hidden.
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Old 09-16-09, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
I think it looks incredible. I think this is quite obviously the production version with F badging on the sides and the L emblem on the front.

One question: where are the door handles?

Right below the drivers window in that big *** scoop. Thats where I would put it.
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Old 09-17-09, 12:00 AM
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Here is what looks like a new video of the LF-A, haven't seen it posted anywhere before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLLDfKNZQ2Q

Interesting video, you really get a good sense of how the engine sounds, and in several spots in the video you can clearly see (and hear) the driver is not even pushing the car but just cruising along.
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Old 09-17-09, 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by TRDFantasy
Here is what looks like a new video of the LF-A, haven't seen it posted anywhere before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLLDfKNZQ2Q

Interesting video, you really get a good sense of how the engine sounds, and in several spots in the video you can clearly see (and hear) the driver is not even pushing the car but just cruising along.
Phew damn that things looks nice. Thanks for the video !
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Old 09-17-09, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by encore888
The LF-A has been seen in final production form testing!

Simply astounding.

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Old 09-17-09, 04:36 PM
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droolllll





more drool

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Old 09-17-09, 04:36 PM
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ok, im about to go buy some lottery tickets ...
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LOL @ the dumbasses on Jalopnik making fun of this car because they think its going to cost 400,000 USD. Idiots. http://jalopnik.com/5361642/lexus-lf...arest-look-yet
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Old 09-17-09, 10:50 PM
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From world car fans:

http://www.worldcarfans.com/10909172...uised-in-white

The car is rumored to feature a 4.8-liter V10 engine that produces upwards of 600 horsepower.


This is the first time I have heard the HP could be over 600! That would be just amazing
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Old 09-18-09, 04:15 AM
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Take a close look at the area around the rear edge of the door and below the rear edge of the door window. See that the cutlines don't align? That makes me theorize that the latter line might be the rear edge of the door handle instead. If my theory is correct, the door handle would thus be on the shoulder line between the lower edge of the door glass and the sculpture line an inch or two below, in a manner reminiscent of the C3 Chevy Corvette. Or, perhaps, between those two lines is an indented groove/channel where you could stick your fingers in and push in on a recessed door handle and open the door...
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Old 09-18-09, 04:26 PM
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maybe there will be no door handles lol. new gen lexus's dont have any key holes, they are all smart key operated. Maybe lexus upped it a level and removed door handles all together and they are somehow remote/smart-key operated.
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