New Lexus LFA - (PIC)

[KRosh]

I want one of these but $375K for a Toyota?

[Anthony]

Especially when the Nissan GTR is just as good if not better for under 100k.

[KRosh]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Especially when the Nissan GTR is just as good if not better for under 100k.

Yo Anthony, been trying to get a hold of you. Your phone number has changed.

Can you email me your new contact info?

Kourosh at too muchmedia dot com

Thanks

[Pornopat]

Originally Posted by KRosh

I want one of these but $375K for a Toyota?

That looks amazing. Lexus has found some awesome new designers.
Before they were perfect but lacked design. Now they really have it all.

[camgirlshide]

looks too much like a celica

[TheSquealer]

Saw one recently on the freeway, wasn't sure what it was and took a pic with my phone

[pornguy]

Nice looking ride but a bit expensive for that

[Don_Korleone]

Very nice car for ride.

[justinsain]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Especially when the Nissan GTR is just as good if not better for under 100k.

I like the hard top version better and the LFA will blow the GTR away.

The GTR doesn't even look like an exotic and it sounds like a Dyson vacuum cleaner.
It does have some impressive performance however.

The LFA is sleek and exotic. It will turn heads wherever it goes. The sound it makes is unmistakably exotic. I don't know how the performance stats compare between the two but I'm sure you'd have to take it to the track with a professional driver to find the difference.

Driving the LFA would be a much more exhilarating experience.

[Pretty_Lara]

375k for Toyota you will be crazy.

Bently our car for ever !

[LRS]

nice car.. like it too

[Chosen]

Looks nice

[justinsain]

Here's a couple nice videos

[vsex]

Originally Posted by justinsain

I like the hard top version better and the LFA will blow the GTR away.

The GTR doesn't even look like an exotic and it sounds like a Dyson vacuum cleaner.
It does have some impressive performance however.

The LFA is sleek and exotic. It will turn heads wherever it goes. The sound it makes is unmistakably exotic. I don't know how the performance stats compare between the two but I'm sure you'd have to take it to the track with a professional driver to find the difference.

Driving the LFA would be a much more exhilarating experience.

Buy a Corvette ZR-1 or a Z06 and tweek it a bit, and you'll have a faster car, for between $80k-100k. Hell, buy a 2008 Z06 for about $50k, and add $10k in performance upgrades and you'll have a faster car that looks great! I wouldn't waste that much on a car with no heritage.

[SexKey Scott]

Lexus is the only car that I have found that has cooled seats. Yes, heated seats are fine and dandy.. but cold air blowing through your seat in the summer is pretty amazing!!

[96ukssob]

sweet car, but id take a GTR or even a lambo over that

[yuu.design]

wow, looks so good!

[justinsain]

Originally Posted by vsex

Buy a Corvette ZR-1 or a Z06 and tweek it a bit, and you'll have a faster car, for between $80k-100k. Hell, buy a 2008 Z06 for about $50k, and add $10k in performance upgrades and you'll have a faster car that looks great! I wouldn't waste that much on a car with no heritage.

I'm a Chevy guy and I'd take a ZR-1 in a heartbeat BUT if I was spending that amount of money I'd probably get a FORD GT instead.

For me personally even at a track day I'd never get a car to reach its full potential so really having " the fastest " car is nothing more than bragging rights and I'm not a bragger

The LFA is a high performance exotic that is loaded with state of the art technology. The driving experience is exceptional. It has curb appeal and with a very small production number it is exclusive. That's what it has over the Corvette.

If someone handed me 400K today there is no way I'd buy an LFA. I'd much rather have that ZR-1 or FORD GT and a nice SUV and a Jeep wrangle and a muscle car and a clean garage to put them in.

[JamesGw]

Nice looking car, but not for nearly 400k.

[John-ACWM]

nice car, I wouldn't pay that amount though.

[woj]

sweet ride, but damn 300k+?!

[seeandsee]

Originally Posted by KRosh

I want one of these but $375K for a Toyota?

it cute but some kind of a toy

[ajrocks]

Sweet as mother fucker!

[GTS Mark]

Lfa was badly reviewed on top gear. Buy 3 or 4 GTR's for the same price :-)

[JFK]

Originally Posted by Pretty_Lara

375k for Toyota you will be crazy.

Bently our car for ever !

Love the Bentley Azure

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by justinsain

For me personally even at a track day I'd never get a car to reach its full potential so really having " the fastest " car is nothing more than bragging rights and I'm not a bragger

Exactly - there is always someone who has a faster car than you and you never really get the change to drive the car at it's full potential anyhow, so what's the point?

I had a Mustang Cobra, 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and string of high speed tickets to go with it. What's the point? You got a fast car, but in traffic your not any faster than anyone else.

[TheSquealer]

Anyone that thinks this is a good $350,000.00 investment in an exoctic performance car needs their head examined. Forgetting everything else,... are you really going to spend 350k on a car that looks like an Infinity G series coup with a body kit?

[justinsain]

Originally Posted by TheSquealer

Anyone that thinks this is a good $350,000.00 investment in an exoctic performance car needs their head examined. Forgetting everything else,... are you really going to spend 350k on a car that looks like an Infinity G series coup with a body kit?

Silly question because its the " everything else " that you want us to forget that makes the car worth 350K

Saying its just a Toyota or looks like an Infinity G series coupe doesn't change the fact the LFA is a bonafide supercar.

[PornStarToys]

hopefully the brakes work

[L-Pink]

I looked at the white interior then down at my dog and realized if the car was ten grand I still wouldn't be able to use it.

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[MediumPimpin]

Looks like a celica kit car, lol

[dyna mo]

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by justinsain

I like the hard top version better and the LFA will blow the GTR away.

The GTR doesn't even look like an exotic and it sounds like a Dyson vacuum cleaner.
It does have some impressive performance however.

The LFA is sleek and exotic. It will turn heads wherever it goes. The sound it makes is unmistakably exotic. I don't know how the performance stats compare between the two but I'm sure you'd have to take it to the track with a professional driver to find the difference.

Driving the LFA would be a much more exhilarating experience.

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?

[justinsain]

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?

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.

[AnalProbe]

For less than half the price you buy a real supercar :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_GT-R

It's absolutely the best possible sportscar you can buy for the money, believe me... it drives like a dream.... so smooth...

198 mph, 0-60 in 3.1 sec, very hightech, won lots of awards, for just $85k

[tommy5tone]

Originally Posted by MediumPimpin

Looks like a celica kit car, lol

Haha I was kind of thinking the same thing.

[KRosh]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

I read that Paris Hilton bought one for herself as a birthday present in Feb of this year

[DatingGold]

A car is only as fast as its driver will go nowadays

[justinsain]

Originally Posted by DatingGold

A car is only as fast as its driver will go nowadays

Don't drive faster than your Angels can fly

[XPays]

http://www.teslamotors.com/models

[rock-reed]

Very nice looking car.

[KRosh]

For all that commented they just want to drive fast ...

Then this is your car

Mitsubishi Lance Evo Viii

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by justinsain

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.

You don't buy a LFA, you lease it. As for giving a car for free? What kind of argument is that? I can take a GTR and totally spend half the money total against the LFA and have a car that would destroy ANYTHING on the road.



Look I'm a big fan, as I've owned the twin turbocharged Toyota 2JZ-GTE back in the day, even then the Supra was the shit. The LFA is in the price range of Super Exotics, but let's face it, Toyota does not make elicit the same brand recognition as Ferrari. For the money, the GTR blows the LFA away.

[NetHorse]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Especially when the Nissan GTR is just as good if not better for under 100k.

On-paper it is. The GT-R looks, sounds and drives like the most boring sports car in the world. It's a predictable computer controlled 3900lb Nissan with a V6. The LFA drives, sounds and looks like a Formula 1 super car.

[BluMedia]

So fucking sexy!

[NETbilling]

I have driven the GTR 2x and while it was very fast, it felt very "plastic" inside and had terrible lines IMO. For the price, it is nice and I may be biased a bit, but nothing I have driven looks and feels like a good Italian sports car.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by NetHorse

On-paper it is. The GT-R looks, sounds and drives like the most boring sports car in the world. It's a predictable computer controlled 3900lb Nissan with a V6. The LFA drives, sounds and looks like a Formula 1 super car.

You've driven both cars?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by NETbilling

I have driven the GTR 2x and while it was very fast, it felt very "plastic" inside and had terrible lines IMO. For the price, it is nice and I may be biased a bit, but nothing I have driven looks and feels like a good Italian sports car.

I've been a huge fan of the Skyline forever. The design has never been it's strong point, but performance wise, it's untouchable.

I totally agree with you though, the lines are different, but the GTR was designed to look the way it does more so for aerodynamics vs aesthetics.

I've been a fanboy of Jap Imports forever, and owned a tuner company back in the mid 90's. For the money, the GTR base, and modified to 1000hp beats anything on the road.

[NetHorse]

Originally Posted by Anthony

You've driven both cars?

I've driven a GT-R, not an LFA. A good friend had a GT-R for 3 months then traded it in for a 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S with the PDK trans.

Don't get me wrong, the performance is definitely there, but it's so predictability boring. Unless you're in a low gear the response is horrid, the styling is bland, it's a front engine car, the interior has a ton of plastic, the engine doesn't sound anymore special than a $35,000 G37/370Z.

On a race track the car is impressive, with it's AWD, 1,000,000 electronic driving aids and sequential transmission it will indefinitely turn respectable times. I'd rather have 10 times more fun turning a slower time in a screaming, RWD tail happy mid-engine/rear-engine super car though.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by NetHorse

I've driven a GT-R, not an LFA. A good friend had a GT-R for 3 months then traded it in for a 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S with the PDK trans.

Don't get me wrong, the performance is definitely there, but it's so predictability boring. Unless you're in a low gear the response is horrid, the styling is bland, it's a front engine car, the interior has a ton of plastic, the engine doesn't sound anymore special than a $35,000 G37/370Z.

On a race track the car is impressive, with it's AWD, 1,000,000 electronic driving aids and sequential transmission it will indefinitely turn respectable times. I'd rather have 10 times more fun turning a slower time in a screaming, RWD tail happy mid-engine/rear-engine super car though.

Right, so your anecdotal feelings are based on the feel in your pants versus the actual performance. You are allowed that, but that doesn't take away from the fact I posted, for a third of the money you get the performance, and less than half you get a car that nothing on the road can touch... in the GTR.

I think it's funny you think the LFA isn't the same type of car the GTR is. You know... "Japanese". That includes the ride, the interior, and everything else jap cars are known for. LOL.