http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpr.../lexus_lfa.html

7mins 24secs lap of the ring, so faster than a Porsche GT2

4.8 V10 - 552bhp @ 9000rpm!

210mph!

 

It seems like years ago Toyota/Lexus first announced this car. I wish they'd hurry up and put the thing into production.

They recently released a concept roadster version which looks pretty mean.

Linky

 

Pah, only 115bhp/litre

 

Well I won't be buying one. Probably costs about

 

I heard they were waiting for their first F1 win .. looks like it'll never get released.

I still liked the proto "Volta" ..



But this would do ..

 

To be fair, the 550 BHP Acura GT5000's even slooower...

It's all that unnecessary weight, gotta be!

 

Well the GTR benchmark has been passed.

Can Honda really afford to be the one who release a car that doesn't match up?

Wonder what the GTR project managers are thinging now?

Would be good to see a price .. as a "Lexus" I bet it's the wrong side of

 

That's the projected price of the Acura, too.

In bucks, so you can bet it will cost the same number in Sterling.

I suppose as growth makes ever more millionaires, it's the market they've got to be in.

The future could well split the market into Tata Nanos & Lexus LFAs!

 

That's a starter on the menu of my local Punjabi restaurant.

 

And one City Rover Masala, for sir.