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what-happened-with-the-lexus-lf-a
Have you noticed that there are no news about the LF-A supercar ever since the Nissan Gt-R has been launched? No? Well it did! Once the production GT-R arrived, the Lexus LF-A prototypes disappeared from the Nurburgring.
Corvette engineers have been at the Nordschliefe in the 620-horse ZR1 running what appear to be comfortable 7min 40sec laps. But the LF-As, 'Ring-side spy shots of which arrived here almost on a weekly basis over the past few months, simple disappeared!
Originally revealed at the 2005 Detroit Show as a concept, the LF-A (a prototype caught at the 'Ring last year is pictured) features carbon-fiber intensive construction, and an F1-inspired naturally aspirated V-10 with at least 500hp. (A hybrid V-8 -- the electric motors drove the front wheels -- was tested at one point, but our intel suggests Toyota has gone back to the original V-10 idea.) Toyota has pledged the LF-A will be the company's first genuine supercar.
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