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Official LF-A(II) thread (Will debut at Tokyo Auto Show, Lexus details Oct 20th, 8pm)

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Old 10-31-08, 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave600hL
Firstly I am not going to say where I got this information from , but lets just say this person is in the know when it comes to Lexus in Japan.

So I just got off the phone with him b/c I was inquiring about how long it will be before you can be put on the waiting list for when it arrives (no luck in that department) and we ended up discussing the fact that people have been saying the LF-A will be going for a figure over $300K in other parts of the world. Well he would not give me a deffinate answer but suggested that the car will go on sale for about 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 Yen (At the current exchange rate that works out to about $150K-$200K)

Anyway , thats just some info from Japan.
At that price I will take one IMHO not bad at all for price.
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Old 10-31-08, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by herbvdh
At that price I will take one IMHO not bad at all for price.
I will tell you now , this guy has never given me wrong info to date. So I would say that this is the price the car will be.

And BTW, I have always been in on this car, I just love lexus and its quality, nothing compares.
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Old 10-31-08, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave600hL
I will tell you now , this guy has never given me wrong info to date. So I would say that this is the price the car will be.

And BTW, I have always been in on this car, I just love lexus and its quality, nothing compares.
Dave, there was some news going around from some NA Lexus rep saying the number will start with a 3. So could it be that Lexus of NA can charge whatever they feel? Or is there a misunderstanding between Lexus of Japan and Lexus of NA?
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Old 10-31-08, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Koma
Dave, there was some news going around from some NA Lexus rep saying the number will start with a 3. So could it be that Lexus of NA can charge whatever they feel? Or is there a misunderstanding between Lexus of Japan and Lexus of NA?
I don't know what is going around within the NA lexus camp... But when I said that there was news of the LF-A selling for more than $300K he laughed and said that there is no way that it will go for that price. He said that it will be the most exclusive car in the Lexus line up to date but they do want to sell the cars so they are looking at the price that I stated before. $300K will not sell and that is what he told me.
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Old 10-31-08, 08:37 AM
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The question remains, when will it go into production before all interests fizzle ??? ... if that hasn't happened already to some ...
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Old 11-01-08, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave600hL
I don't know what is going around within the NA lexus camp... But when I said that there was news of the LF-A selling for more than $300K he laughed and said that there is no way that it will go for that price. He said that it will be the most exclusive car in the Lexus line up to date but they do want to sell the cars so they are looking at the price that I stated before. $300K will not sell and that is what he told me.
Makes sense. I will be shocked if the price is at or above 300K. It simply won't sell at such a price.
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Old 11-11-08, 02:18 PM
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I am going to unsticky this. The main reason is there are no updates and now its all speculation.

I will say I had a conversation today and the car seems to be put on hold for now. There was no definitive answer would they produce it or not.

Shame. UNSTUCK.
 
Old 11-11-08, 03:23 PM
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Sad but this is the least ideal time to be producing a supercar.
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Old 11-11-08, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by encore888
Sad but this is the least ideal time to be producing a supercar.
I am not sure... I don't think a car like this will be effected that much by the ecconomy the way it is, especially with the people it is targeted for. (That is just my opinion)
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
There was no definitive answer would they produce it or not.
What a waste of money and time
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Originally Posted by Gojirra99
What a waste of money and time

If Toyota does produce it now, I think it will be a bigger waste of money and time...
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Old 11-11-08, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
If Toyota does produce it now, I think it will be a bigger waste of money and time...
and if it's priced in the $300k (even the 200k)

Oh well, back to more crossovers, sedans and suv
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Old 11-11-08, 05:35 PM
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It's not really a waste I dont think. The rich will always have their money. It's not every day an average joe will shop for a $150k make believe car. Just build it in limited quantities.
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Old 11-11-08, 05:59 PM
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crazy!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
I will say I had a conversation today and the car seems to be put on hold for now. There was no definitive answer would they produce it or not.

Shame. UNSTUCK.
Well I know that as of a month and a half or a bit less ago the car was definitely on. The roadster had not had a case made for it yet. So if things changed, a good bet in these economic times, then it is gone. Otherwise it should still be on. This was from very non-rumourish sources. FWIW...
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