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

LexFather · 2007-01-09 01:46:12

wasn't this thread in car chat :uh: I had to go through my subscribed threads to find it again :p Glad you found it, seems not many members have.

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07-12-09, 12:19 PM

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wasn't this thread in car chat

I had to go through my subscribed threads to find it again

Glad you found it, seems not many members have.

07-14-09, 10:07 AM

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http://www.autospies.com/news/Offici...-engine-45931/

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In May, we reported that the Lexus LF-A will make its official debut at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show and will hit the streets in 2010.

Now, according to our trusted sources (this include also Japan’s Best Car Magazine), we found out that the new supercar will carry a 4.8-liter V10 engine, codenamed ‘1LR-GEU’, capable to deliver an impressive 550 hp.

07-14-09, 12:45 PM

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sounds like it will be north of $200k anyway, and why not if it's so exclusive (limited production) as well as advanced with all that CF, power, tranny, refinement, etc.

Yeah, that's the fun part about this car, current transmission crticism(s?) notwithstanding. Despite being an overweight monster, Lexus managed to make the IS-F an incredibly fun car to drive that was praised by critics for its excellent steering and cornering feel and shifting. A lot of that has to do with the transmission, suspension (correctly done IMO, unlike our BMW friends next door), and refinement. The LF-A takes a lot of the technology do a new level. Aluminum around carbon composite? Sign me up.

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At that price tag I bet Lexus will have a problem moving them in this economy. I a not saying the LFA wil not be good, but for that kind of money customers will need to have the glamaour and prestige of Europes best hyper cars

... or be a customer who disdains the faux elitism that is based on some trumped-up glamor and prestige of certain European brands.

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07-14-09, 03:28 PM

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What's the U for?

07-14-09, 03:33 PM

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What's the U for?

Good question. I also find it strange that it's not GSE, with the "S" denoting the direct injection that engine almost certainly has.

07-14-09, 04:32 PM

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Also with a 4.8L engine if by typical Lexus displacement naming it would be SS 480, but they've decided to go for hp so SS 550 would be the result, should that convention be used. I suppose they could go for SS 500 to be closer, then do something like Mercedes where the S500 sells as the S550 here.

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I'm VERY skeptical about that SS rumor for the Lexus supercar. For one, those initials are too closely associated with Chevrolet. And why did Lexus register/copyright the LFA initials and have LF-A prominently displayed on the 24 hours of Nürburgring racers if they didn't intend to use that as the model/series name?

07-14-09, 04:40 PM

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The LF-A will also be an "F" model. The designation could be SS F with no numbers at all...

07-14-09, 04:47 PM

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Indeed, it makes sense to call it an -F model since it has been badged that way. And Lexus did trademark LFA without any hyphens. But LFA-F sounds a bit strange. Perhaps GT-F as the other contender?

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Indeed, it makes sense to call it an -F model since it has been badged that way. And Lexus did trademark LFA without any hyphens. But LFA-F sounds a bit strange. Perhaps GT-F as the other contender?

I just think it'll keep the LFA (or LF-A) moniker in its final production guise. There's an "F" in there, and there's no law or rule that the "F" has to appear at the end.

07-14-09, 05:55 PM

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Good question. I also find it strange that it's not GSE, with the "S" denoting the direct injection that engine almost certainly has.

Do you think that it might have Valvematic as well? IIRC The designation for that is 'A'.

07-14-09, 09:47 PM

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I just think it'll keep the LFA (or LF-A) moniker in its final production guise. There's an "F" in there, and there's no law or rule that the "F" has to appear at the end.

But it must! J/K.

They have their own thing going on, I was rather surprised to see IS-F when it first was named as such but now it makes sense.

07-15-09, 05:02 AM

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I was rather surprised to see IS-F when it first was named as such but now it makes sense.

So was I, and I couldn't help but write this goofy reaction a little over 3 years ago:
http://my.is/forums/f42/isf-what-f-300380/

07-15-09, 06:22 PM

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24 hour Nurburgring Race

I heard one LF-A caught on fire...The other car finished 14th which isn't bad.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/29/v...urburgring-24/

I must say pretty ballsy for lexus to drop prototypes into the race. Impressed with the gung-ho ness but damn...to have a car catch on fire? kinda sucks.

Don't be a gallardo pls!

07-15-09, 07:03 PM

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So was I, and I couldn't help but write this goofy reaction a little over 3 years ago:
http://my.is/forums/f42/isf-what-f-300380/

Hehe, I remember reading that. BTW, the poster XeroKOOL mentioned in that piece seems to have disappeared from CL, I wonder where he went?

Anyhow, back to the naming discussion, it intrigued me to read in Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit (2004), which was published before the IS-F came out, of ongoing plans for a gas-electric hybrid 'Super LS' along with top-of-the-line sports models, which an 'undated internal memo' codenamed the 'F-Sports' models. So it seems they had the idea for such a naming convention for at least 3 years prior to official announcement. We have since gotten the LS 600h L, the IS-F...an exotic sports coupe is alluded to in the book...and now we have the LF-A.