InsideLine roadtrip with LFA, GT2 and GT-R (merged threads)
05-09-11, 01:28 PM
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That is probably why I wanted atleast just ONE thing desperately where LFA just stands out and raises the benchmark especially for its steep price that stands out.
Unfortunately, LFA now seems to have shaped up to be a exotic supercar that does a lot of things very well, however, it does not exceptionally stand out at anything.
Unfortunately, LFA now seems to have shaped up to be a exotic supercar that does a lot of things very well, however, it does not exceptionally stand out at anything.
05-09-11, 07:39 PM
#167
Lexus Test Driver
2012 Lexus LFA Road Trip Recap
http://www.insideline.com/lexus/lfa/...rip-recap.html
2012 Lexus LFA Road Trip Recap
There are road trips, and then there are road trips in a $375,000 supercar. Nearly everyone has done the former at some point, and almost no one has done the latter. Especially in the extremely rare and brand-new 2012 Lexus LFA. Somehow we convinced Lexus that Inside Line should hit the road in the first production LFA dedicated to the press fleet.
But where to go within the 72-hour window afforded to us? Why not Vegas, Baby? Senior Editor Josh Jacquot and I were saddled with the chore. First we headed to a dyno to see what this V10 rocket really produces horsepowerwise, and of course we made a pit stop in Fontana, California, to run our usual barrage of instrumented tests. While at Auto Club Speedway we drag-raced the LFA against a 620-horsepower Porsche 911 GT2 RS. And we even let a couple of IL readers fulfill their fantasies and test-drive the LFA, much to Lexus' displeasure. We also blogged, Tweeted and Foursquared everything along the way.
No road trip is worth burning fuel on if you don't push the car to its limits on at least one curvy road, so we took a run up Glendora Mountain Road. Then it was off to Las Vegas, where we cruised the Strip looking for trouble, and challenged a 2012 Nissan GT-R to a drag race on a closed stretch of desert road. We also made time for a Tweetup with some IL readers at a local Vegas hangout.
Then it was full steam back to Torrance, California, sustained on Red Bull, peanut M&Ms and the natural adrenaline that comes with piloting one of the most raucous and utterly capable supercars ever created.
Truth be told, out of the three drag runs, the LFA actually won once. But it was due more to bad reactions than LFA superiority. | May 6, 2011 | Scott Jacobs for Edmunds
http://www.insideline.com/lexus/lfa/...rip-recap.html
2012 Lexus LFA Road Trip Recap
There are road trips, and then there are road trips in a $375,000 supercar. Nearly everyone has done the former at some point, and almost no one has done the latter. Especially in the extremely rare and brand-new 2012 Lexus LFA. Somehow we convinced Lexus that Inside Line should hit the road in the first production LFA dedicated to the press fleet.
But where to go within the 72-hour window afforded to us? Why not Vegas, Baby? Senior Editor Josh Jacquot and I were saddled with the chore. First we headed to a dyno to see what this V10 rocket really produces horsepowerwise, and of course we made a pit stop in Fontana, California, to run our usual barrage of instrumented tests. While at Auto Club Speedway we drag-raced the LFA against a 620-horsepower Porsche 911 GT2 RS. And we even let a couple of IL readers fulfill their fantasies and test-drive the LFA, much to Lexus' displeasure. We also blogged, Tweeted and Foursquared everything along the way.
No road trip is worth burning fuel on if you don't push the car to its limits on at least one curvy road, so we took a run up Glendora Mountain Road. Then it was off to Las Vegas, where we cruised the Strip looking for trouble, and challenged a 2012 Nissan GT-R to a drag race on a closed stretch of desert road. We also made time for a Tweetup with some IL readers at a local Vegas hangout.
Then it was full steam back to Torrance, California, sustained on Red Bull, peanut M&Ms and the natural adrenaline that comes with piloting one of the most raucous and utterly capable supercars ever created.
Truth be told, out of the three drag runs, the LFA actually won once. But it was due more to bad reactions than LFA superiority. | May 6, 2011 | Scott Jacobs for Edmunds
05-09-11, 11:37 PM
#168
Lexus Champion
They're at a higher elevation than normal since they were near Vegas, turbo cars don't lose as much power as NA cars do in higher elevations. Also they didn't use the L/C feature. So IL's acceleration tests are a bit flawed, with the 'neutral drop' technique. besides- the new GTR hits 60 in 2.9 seconds! No RWD can match that without some serious L/C and super sticky tires.
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