At the Detroit Auto Show Lexus unveiled the LF-A Roadster Concept, even if everyone was waiting for the long-anticipated LF-A supercar. If put into production the LF-A Roadster will compete with the M6 convertible.
The production Lexus LF-A is set to arrive in 2010 priced at over $200,000. We remember speaking to the PR at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show and they said that if the roadster was received favorably in Detroit and other auto shows throughout this season, Toyota may consider it putting it into production. But this won’t happened until after the coupe version debut.
The LF-A Roadster is powered by a high-revving V10 engine that approaches 5.0 liters in displacement. The V10, capable of more than 500 horsepower and test-track speeds greater than 200 mph, is mounted in front of the passenger compartment but behind the front-axle centerline in what the LF-A’s engineers refer to as a "front-mid" configuration.
The engineers and designers at Lexus continue to use their groundbreaking LF-A premium sports car concept as a medium for expressing their ideas about what a high-performance sporting vehicle not only can be, but should be. In this latest expression of the LF-A, they have removed the car’s top to create a high-performance roadster. > More
Even if it is not officially launched yet, the Lexus LF-A has smashed the Porsche GT2’s Nurburgring record (unofficially it’s true!) The Lexus LF-A has lapped the famous Nurburgring in 7 minutes and 24 seconds, beating the Porsche GT2 by one seco > More
Until now Lexus wanted their future supercar to hit a top speed of 330 km/h (205 mph), but they decided if they want to target supercars like Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini they just need more. This is why they hope the future LF-A will hit a top speed of 217 mph (350 km/ > More
You all know that Toyota was supposed to bring the LF-A supercar at the Tokyo Motor Show. But the show passes and we see no supercar coming. The question is why? What happened? > More
Car Magazine caught the upcoming LF-A supercar testing in UK. First unveiled as a concept car in 2005, the LF-A is expected to go on sale in 2009 at a price of £100,000. > More
Yes, is true that the LF-A was not unveiled yet, but is never to early to find out ho much we will have to pay to own a car like this. The LF-A will go on sale in China in early 2008 at a equivalent price of $264,700, that’s more than 2 million yuan. > More
The upcoming Lexus supercar was again caught testing at Nürburgring. The Lexus LF-A is going to be powered by a 5.0 liter V10 engine, developed from the engine in Toyota’s F1 cars, which is thought to develop over 500bhp and give 200mph-plus capability. How fast does it sound?
Car Magazine has caught the much anticipated Lexus LF-A supercar testing at the Nurburgring track in Germany. The car is expected to be introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show. Previous reports have claimed that the car will have more than 500 hp of V-10 power. caronline reports that the car can do zero to 60 in exactly four seconds and has a top speed of 200 mph.
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