rominl

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actually to be exact, those who really have money for the lfa, they probably have no problem for another ferrari or lambo.

flipside909

Sure not crazy for all, but this is CRAZY for Lexus.

pagemaster

So when a guy in a faster car pulls out from the light ahead of the LFA...I am sure the LFA driver will be yelling "but I have 65% Titanium engine..."

RXSF

kind of like the IS-F. On paper, it looks very good (and is a very good car in person) but with more power and torque than the M3, you would expect it to be faster.

ffpowerLN

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A Corvette Z06 or Porsche 911 turbo would be "crazy" for Lexus as well... Come on man, we gotta set the bar higher...

RXSF

Id like to know what the chances are that someone will pull up in a faster car next to the LFA. its not like we see bugattis on a regularly basis.

And on top of that, human error and reflexes are going to change the aceleration times so that LFA versus competition will be irrelevant in a drag race

pagemaster

Yes it is an incredible car....but I too was expecting better performance numbers

rominl

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actually, this can be a real good time to revisit this philosophy or pure power "war" and go back to the true origin of performance -- weight. mb and bmw have said for a while about not going after power war and focus on weight and other means of performance. in that sense, looking at the lfa numbers, weight, use of cf, alloys, wheels, brakes, etc... together with a relatively "small" displacement v10 (only 4.8), those are pretty "new" in some sense.

a lot of us are more of less blinded with the whole power number war already. saying anything less than 600 is nothing now. i don't think it makes much sense anymore

pagemaster

I see them all the time with my work...not at the lights but in the parking lots at the events I go to....usually everyone leaves at the same time so these types of cars are leaving together one after another.

Och

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If one is lucky enough to meet these three conditions

1) Be able to afford the LFA

2) Be lucky enough to be able to get one of the 500 that will be built

3) Be lucky enough to line up with a faster car at a light

That person is gonna have a race thats going to be the fun of his life, and possible crash himself to death while giggling like a 2 year old.

LexFather

What could be? The only car that has really just changed what we thought performance was is a 1.3 million dollar Bugatti. Outside of that the SLR, CGT, Enzo, Murchialago etc all fought one another toe for toe and all are seconds at the Ring with a professional driver within one another.

I said from the start I didn't expect some performance marvel. It seems thus far to be very competitive in first reviews and it seems to have a feel.

Its probably mind blowing for reviewers who think of Lexus that think ES 350 or RX 350 to be driving this.

To me its like the badge is an issue. People just can't believe it and some don't want to accept it. If it was a Ferrari, Porsche, even a NSX or GT-R, it would be lauded by everyone.

Since its a "Lexus" its a problem. Well guess what, it was a problem in
1989 with the LS
1992 with the ES/SC
1997 with the LX
1998 with the GS
1999 with the RX
2001 with the IS
2002 with the SC
2006 with the IS/GS/LS
2007 with the ES
2008 with the IS-F
2009 with the HS/RX
2011/2012 with the LF-A

Lexus goes places where its told it will fail and they don't. Sometimes they don't do as well the first time but knock it out the 2nd time.

In this case, this seems like a grand slam from the start.

rominl

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you think this is fast and furious? i get taunted by civics so often, like i ever give a damn about them

ding ding ding! see, that's what i have been trying to say. on paper, the isf is wow. more hp, a lot more tq, it has to be a lot faster! really? no... the m3 and lfa are both very high rev engines. you will have to drive it correctly to get the real power out of them

ffpowerLN

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Actually I have no problem with having less power, you wouldn't find me *****ing if the LFA has only 300hp but can get you the same performance specs.

I am just a bit disappointed at the 0-60 and top speed along with the IMO-way-too-much rumored sticker (~$400k). However, I would reserve my final judgment until I see the full test result.

This car will be the best thing since sliced bread if Lexus priced it around $200k.

Och

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Disappointed at 3.7 0-60????

How many road legal RWD cars can match it?

ffpowerLN

iTrader: (1)

To be honest, for $400k, I am expecting Lexus to come out with a car that'll beat them all, 500 units or not.

At $200k I'll call the LFA the best thing since sliced bread.