She Back (Lexus introduces the LFA 'AKA' Supra)

[Thej3sta2]

Shes finally here and ready to pounce on the gtr. Eat this Nissan

http://www.lexus.com/LFA/?s_ocid=homepagehero_lfaanchor1009

[advocate]

Holy moley. The car looks great. It's interesting to note that if you open the configurator and rotate the car, you can see two different spoilers in some, but not all, of the shots.

[ezhacker1]

i believe that is the spoiler extending out

[TKO]

Those are air scoops that are by the back windows....

[Thej3sta2]

mmmm so yummy will be mine

[Kioshi]

Supra? no way.....

Looks nice, i think Toyota's head just went towards Lambo styling, at least in the rear....
Looks out of my budget, I'll aim for the FT86....

[Sabretooth]

lol, I can so see the FT86 in my driveway, this...not so much.

Fun to think that you can order it in deep pink though.



Oh and I can just imagine the warranty loopholes now!!!!
reach 200mph and void the warranty, lmao

[Thirty-Nine]

I just don't know. Perhaps it'll grow on me. However, it just looks do damn busy.

[BailOut]

I LOL'd when I read about this car. So silly! :smile:

[Altitude]

Holy moley. The car looks great. It's interesting to note that if you open the configurator and rotate the car, you can see two different spoilers in some, but not all, of the shots.

I think it's a retractable spoiler and it looks like they are trying to show how the spoiler "pops up".

[Lafiro]

Looks sick!!!!!!!!!!!

[PETERPOOP]

im sticking to the FT86. unless toyota ever remakes the MKIV TT.

[darthbauer]

With a price tag that high I would save the money and build a GTR that would smoke the hell out of that car and still have an extra 150k or more left to blow.

[scape]

supra? no way; but awesome, hell yes.

i think only 500 units are being sold; so it may be super expensive but it will also probably end up as a collectors item...

the GTR's a big fat pig, but this is also no skinny minny (about 3200lbs in weight I think), but at 500+ hp, this will spank the gtr, no problem.

and yes, ft86 FTW!!!!! :D half this forum will be on the ft86club before we know it, haha

[CtrlAltDefeat]

holy crap... a 4.8L V10 with 9,000 rpm redline :drool::drool::drool:

[Kioshi]

this car better be download content in Forza 3 :D

[frownonfun]

is the MSRP really around $350,000? cuz that's way too much. i mean i might have been able to swing 300k-325k but 350!? crazy.

[SilverBack]

^Only 300K eh? :laugh:

[talnlnky]

is the MSRP really around $350,000? cuz that's way too much. i mean i might have been able to swing 300k-325k but 350!? crazy.

are you really arguing about 7-14%? I can't Imagine 7% being a breaking point for anybody. If you can throw 325k away at a car, 25k more is nothing. That'd be like a Yaris owner not buying a car because the price was 700-1000 too high... 700 over the course of 5 years is just a few bucks on your monthly payment.

[ECHOKnight2000]

This doesn't compete with the GT-R. Different class. Okay it compete cause the GT-R is a junior Supercar.

I hate that people say this is the new Supra or successor. Its not!! WTF! It has nothing to do with the Supra. Totally different ball game.

Rant over.:w00t:

Sexy car though. Which is hard press to say about many or any Toyota's or Lexus

[frownonfun]

are you really arguing about 7-14%? I can't Imagine 7% being a breaking point for anybody. If you can throw 325k away at a car, 25k more is nothing. That'd be like a Yaris owner not buying a car because the price was 700-1000 too high... 700 over the course of 5 years is just a few bucks on your monthly payment.

no i wasn't serious. my cap is more like $25,000-$30,000 for a car. but $350,000 is ridiculous. maybe it's the luxury appeal but it just seems to me you could easily get a way better car for less.


EDIT: okay maybe not way better.

[SilverBack]

Now we wait and see which rich idiot buys the first one, and which one wrecks it on the track (or street) thinking he's a racer...

[minired5stby]

I can't wait to see what kinda track times it can do @ Willow Springs, Laguna Seca etc.

[Kioshi]

Now we wait and see which rich idiot buys the first one, and which one wrecks it on the track (or street) thinking he's a racer...
Maybe the same dude in China who bought the very first few GTRs and crashed it :laugh::wink:

[SilverBack]

Can't wait to see him star in the very first LF-A crash vid at the 'Ring :bellyroll:

[Kioshi]

Can't wait to see him star in the very first LF-A crash vid at the 'Ring :bellyroll:

Keeping an eye out on youtube, personally i want to see the lame-est crash for the LF-A....counting on someone from China to do it:rolleyes:

[severous01]

i'd be happy if they'd turbo their v6 3.0 and be done with it.

i'd heard they were bringing back the old supra mold, making a few changes to the front bumper and hood area, putting a v6 turbo into it and calling it something else...but i guess my 'friend who knows someone in toyota' was wrong or they changed their minds.

hell...i'd be happy if they did the celica supra again, with a celica body and a 'supra' engine. of course it has to be RWD or AWD

[Bob Dog]

envy

[Thej3sta2]

$350,000

Hmmm alot of people are complaining about the price.

Even if it was 80,000 like the gtr you still wouldent get it.
Dont complain about the price if your not seriously thinking about getting it.

Oh and IMO it is the new supra. Cause the last FR coupe toyota came out with was the supra and If lexus picked up the project and rebadged it. Its still a toyota. Eat it. LOL

Oh and FT-86 guys they took the concept pics of toyota.com so it may already be in the prelaunch procc
ess

[alch3miss]

I've been checking out this car for a while I'd like to know your thoughts. I am glad to see Toyota still providing super cars.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acc0wCxYn08

[alch3miss]

I don't think this was meant to go against the R35, this is certainly a lot higher. This would be in the class with the bi turbo's of Benz.

[xknowonex]

no i wasn't serious. my cap is more like $25,000-$30,000 for a car. but $350,000 is ridiculous. maybe it's the luxury appeal but it just seems to me you could easily get a way better car for less.


EDIT: okay maybe not way better.

Name me a car that has the same amount of engineering and technology for less. Other limited production supercars with a carbon fiber tub and paint jobs that are individually wet-sanded by hand to perfection such as the Carerra GT, Pagani Zonda, Ferrari Enzo, and Mclaren SLR all start off at around 500,000.

[Wattz]

I just don't know. Perhaps it'll grow on me. However, it just looks do damn busy.

My thoughts exactly. It's got all of the bells and whistles to make sure the owner feels like it was worth the sticker price!

Who knows whether or not the styling is actually functional, but I would hope it is when the top speed is 202mph.

I guess I'm just way out of the demographic... I probably wouldn't buy a street-legal race car, even if I had the money. I can imagine the type of person who would, though.