Official LF-A(II) thread (Will debut at Tokyo Auto Show, Lexus details Oct 20th, 8pm)
03-01-09, 01:22 PM
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Ok, people may want to call this speculation but I was talking to a person very much in the know yesterday and he "confirmed" that the LF-A will be here in 2011. And the price will be a little bit less than $200K. Also power figures are not yet confirmed but should be around 550hp. Anyway, take that info as you want.
03-01-09, 02:47 PM
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... if this is true, are there any pics? Seeing pics of LF-As running around Torrance should once and for all vanquish rumours that the LF-A is cancelled.
.To think the actual production car will cost over 200K is ridiculous. Realistically Lexus will not price this over 200K.
... based on that logic this car shouldn't even exist. The fact that a Lexus supercar is coming to production simply shows anything is possible, including that wheel gap.
03-01-09, 04:00 PM
#1750
I wonder if this time it may be more of a CL-fighter, with hardtop version...maybe no convertible at all? Or with the IS C, LF-A, and 3SC, Lexus gets 3 convertibles?As for the price of the LF-A, I would be somewhat surprised if it is in the $100K range...$175K range perhaps, but considering the enormous cost of this program it wouldn't surprise me if it were in the $225K+ range. But that's just my speculation.
Moreover, the trademarking of 'LFA' without the hyphen, it doesn't exactly fit the Lexus model naming, I still hope they give it something like GT-F or GT 500 etc.
03-01-09, 04:58 PM
#1751
And how does THIS make any sense whatsoever? I was simply trying to point out that Lexus has a history of showing their cars on their websites (and preproduction cars at autoshows) with FAR LESS wheel gap than they actually do on the show room floor. How does this translate to "The LF-A definitely won't come out"?
03-01-09, 05:30 PM
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*IF* they are producing the LF-A, I think it would be smarter for them to try to price it as low as possible and sell more of them rather than price it too high so that very few people would want to get it - they just might end up with roughly the same total revenue from the sales either way, but hopefully more because of lower pricing, I think it's still better to have more people actually buying the car, rather than have almost everyone just looking and talking about it.
03-01-09, 05:51 PM
#1753
*IF* they are producing the LF-A, I think it would be smarter for them to try to price it as low as possible and sell more of them rather than price it too high so that very few people would want to get it - they just might end up with roughly the same total revenue from the sales either way, but hopefully more because of lower pricing, I think it's still better to have more people actually buying the car, rather than have almost everyone just looking and talking about it.
03-01-09, 06:00 PM
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*IF* they are producing the LF-A, I think it would be smarter for them to try to price it as low as possible and sell more of them rather than price it too high so that very few people would want to get it - they just might end up with roughly the same total revenue from the sales either way, but hopefully more because of lower pricing, I think it's still better to have more people actually buying the car, rather than have almost everyone just looking and talking about it.
Well halo vehicles like the Mercedes SLR don't follow the normal naming scheme either. I don't mind the LFA name.
03-01-09, 08:09 PM
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I'm sorry how does that make any sense whatsoever? This rumor has the exact same credibility as the rest of the rumors, your fanboy optimism not included. EVERYONE has heard something from various sources, all saying different things. I'm not saying this car definitely won't come into production. I'm just saying I've stopped believing the rumors. If I were to believe the rumors, I would believe that this car would come in 2011, not come into production, cost 200k, cost 300k, all at the same time. What exactly are you trying to say?
And how does THIS make any sense whatsoever? I was simply trying to point out that Lexus has a history of showing their cars on their websites (and preproduction cars at autoshows) with FAR LESS wheel gap than they actually do on the show room floor. How does this translate to "The LF-A definitely won't come out"?
And how does THIS make any sense whatsoever? I was simply trying to point out that Lexus has a history of showing their cars on their websites (and preproduction cars at autoshows) with FAR LESS wheel gap than they actually do on the show room floor. How does this translate to "The LF-A definitely won't come out"?
The facts are that the LF-A has been extensively tested and developed on the Nurburgring and Fuji Speedway, just to name a few. It's taken part in a 24 Hour race, and Akio Toyoda himself has piloted an LF-A prototype a few months ago at the Toyota Motorsports Festival in Japan. If you completely ignore the rumours, then the facts indicate the car is pretty much coming to production.
As for the wheel gap, my point simply was that this is a Lexus unlike any other. Despite the history that Lexus has with previous concepts and models in terms of wheel gap, it does not mean it will apply to the LF-A.