Last Lexus LFA built as production ends
The 500th Lexus LFA was built this Friday, and it was the last one, as production has ended for the overpriced supercar in Japan.
The 500th Lexus LFA was built this Friday, and it was the last one, as production has ended for the overpriced supercar in Japan.
Al-Futtaim Motors, the exclusive distributor for Lexus in the UAE, has announced that the Lexus LFA supercar will be displayed in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from the 9th to the 19th of February this year. The “most powerful road-legal Lexus ever” is being put on show to give the poor masses a chance to see the LFA from a bit closer, but without touching, as the car will be sold by invitation only.
The Lexus line-up is going to expand for the 2011 model year. After sitting out the GCC market for many years, two new variants of the Lexus IS compact sports sedan will join the range, namely the IS 250 and the IS-F, alongside the existing IS 300. Also new will be the Lexus LFA supercar.
The street-legal Lexus LFA never made it to the UAE, and its limited run is already sold out, despite being overpriced. So this final commercial is designed simply to boost brand perception, with the engine’s soundtrack as the main feature.
Popular American magazine Motor Trend did what everyone else was thinking, pitting their Nissan GT-R long-term tester with the all-new Lexus LFA in a drag race. The winner isn’t really clear-cut.
After spending half a decade in development hell, running the ‘Ring in camo, briefly getting cancelled during the recession, and even racing at a few events, the production version of the Lexus LF-A supercar has finally debuted in Japan.
I was highlighting some time ago how the 2009 Nissan GT-R outran many high-dollar exotics at the Nurburgring racetrack in Germany, with a time of 7:38 minutes, better than the Porsche 911 Turbo and the overhyped Audi R8. However, the pricier Porsche 911 GT2 is even faster, at 7:32 minutes. But another upcoming Japanese car is already running circles around it. The prototype Lexus LF-A posted a time of 7:24 minutes, in full camouflage no less.