Lexus Usa
Well, it's not The Bard, but that's the gist of the introduction of the Lexus LFA supercar by Lexus at the Tokyo Auto Show and by a press release by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. today announcing the production, show debuts and consumer availability of the Lexus LFA supercar. Although hinted at with concept cars, teased with spy photos and even endurance racing in Europe, the all-new front-mid-V10-engined rear-drive two-seater is officially Coming to America for its North America premiere at the 2009 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) trade show in Las Vegas this November and then the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show in December. The debuts will be followed by appearances at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the Chicago Auto Show, Dallas Auto Show and the New York International Auto Show.
A visit of production models to individual owners' driveways will take a little longer. Production of the LFA supercar will begin in December 2010 with deliveries continuing for the following 24 months. Lexus will build 500 examples of the Lexus LFA at a new “Lexus LFA Works” at the Motomachi Plant in Toyota City in Japan. The cars will be hand built to customer order--no spec cars will be made--with no more than twenty of the Lexus LFA supercar made per month.
Lexus Usa
That's a supercar price, but the Lexus LFA deserves to be called a supercar for more than just the window sticker. Genuinely all-new, the Lexus has carbon fiber chassis and bodywork and is powered by a purpose-built 525-horsepower V-10 engine set low and rearward in the chassis as possible. The LFA has rear drive and achieves what Lexus engineers call an ideal weight distribution of 48:52 front to rear in part through an all-new rear transaxle. Total weight has been kept to a curb weight of only 3,263 pounds, slightly more than a Corvette Z06.
Lexus Usa
A visit of production models to individual owners' driveways will take a little longer. Production of the LFA supercar will begin in December 2010 with deliveries continuing for the following 24 months. Lexus will build 500 examples of the Lexus LFA at a new “Lexus LFA Works” at the Motomachi Plant in Toyota City in Japan. The cars will be hand built to customer order--no spec cars will be made--with no more than twenty of the Lexus LFA supercar made per month.
That's a supercar price, but the Lexus LFA deserves to be called a supercar for more than just the window sticker. Genuinely all-new, the Lexus has carbon fiber chassis and bodywork and is powered by a purpose-built 525-horsepower V-10 engine set low and rearward in the chassis as possible. The LFA has rear drive and achieves what Lexus engineers call an ideal weight distribution of 48:52 front to rear in part through an all-new rear transaxle. Total weight has been kept to a curb weight of only 3,263 pounds, slightly more than a Corvette Z06.
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