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Originally Posted by Anthony
You know you posted a video where the LFA did the quarter mile at 11.8, and the GTR at 11.9 seconds, right? Hardly blowing away anything, and I stand by my earlier post, for under 100k for the GTR, fuck, for 300,000.00 dollars less than the LFA.
Your fanboy wet dream aside, the stats between each car are so close, the only difference is the aesthetic. Going back to the OP's first post... 375k for a Toyota?
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I posted that video because it was the first one I found that showed the two side by side. Of course it didn't hurt that the LFA pulled the win
I think that dollar for dollar the GTR is about as fine a sports car one could get but for me personally its just a boring car. At my monthly cars & cafe we get about four GTRs every month but I have yet to see an LFA show up. I have had the opportunity to see, photograph and watch drive a few LFAs at a couple car shows.
They both can produce some impressive stats but for me the LFA is much more " exotic " than the GTR. The GTR blends into everyday traffic and only someone knowledgable would pick it out of a crowd. Put the LFA in the mall parking lot and everyone will notice it. Drive it away and everyone will know its something exotic. Because the stats are so close it does come down to aesthetics and thats where I think the LFA is superior.
350K seems about 100K too much and one would think it would be priced more comparable to the Ferrari 458 Italia but who knows how much it cost to produce. Even with the astronomical price tag I'm sure they will have no problem selling every one of them and that's just doing good business. People can mock the Toyota brand all they want but they have consistently delivered a solid product. If you want to dis the LFA for being a Toyota than you might as well do the same for a GTR being a Nissan.
Take 100 guys down to the dealership, let them test drive the LFA and the GTR and tell them they can have one or the other for free. I'll bet the majority pick the LFA. Tell them they have to pay and I bet most would take the GTR. For those that actually bought an LFA I'll bet having the garage space in their collection was more of a worry than the price tag.