Spent an extra 5 years redeveloping the car (from aluminium to a carbon fibre structure) which ballooned the price to a whopping 375,000 USD. This was meant to cover for the extra time needed to develop, as well as paying off the carbon fibre loom that Toyota/Lexus developed in their legendary Motomachi factory. Even then, they still did not break even.

The LFA was meant to be a monster around the time when it was supposed released in the mid-2000’s. But in 2010 when it was actually released, it was a great performer on track (heck it basically shattered the Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record), but the single-clutch and high-revving V10 (with its lack of torque) made it slower than contemporary supercars in a straight line.

Despite the legendary levels of engineering behind it (that rich people at the time were not privy to), they didn’t think a Lexus supercar could be any good (boy were they wrong).

The reason why the LFA is held to a godlike status now is because people have come to the realization the LFA is an expression of pure and genuine automotive excellence, from a manufacturer that advertises on being on the “relentless pursuit of perfection”.

And yeah… it sounds fucking insane too.

to being as poor as Iran

real

bruh what the fuck, I was excited for this

Car looks stunning, except for those headlights.

Uh… holy shit… they got a 4.4 second 0-60 time. This thing hangs with the 500 horsepower Ford Mustang Dark Horse. 😭😭

Although, the 5-60 time is quite poor (6.0 seconds dead), showing that this thing is a peaky engine.

🤣🤣

With these kinds of questions, it’s so hard to give one answer, but BECAUSE you asked for it… I’ll say it.

B58.

Canada gets it!

Well holy shit that’s a sight to see. MotorTrend praising a Toyota? Hell has frozen over.