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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 05-07-08, 12:09 PM
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Fascinating closeup pictures!!!!
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Wow... the headlight rotary **** made it into production lol. It's the 80s all over again! (In a good way)
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Old 05-07-08, 06:53 PM
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Anyone notice that the paddle shifter does not move with the steering wheel like the IS?

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Originally Posted by ChuH
Anyone notice that the paddle shifter does not move with the steering wheel like the IS?

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Thats great. Lamborghinis and Ferrari's have it set up this way. I always thought it was stupid and pointless to have the paddle shifters move with the steering wheel. How the heck is someone suppose to shift gears when driving aggressively through winding roads?? Always seemed more of a marketing tool/prop in the IS-series than actually being functional IMO.
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Originally Posted by Nextourer
Wow... the headlight rotary **** made it into production lol. It's the 80s all over again! (In a good way)
My exact thoughts aswell! ...got a slight flashback to the mk1 MR2 there!
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Old 05-08-08, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by @lpher
My exact thoughts aswell! ...got a slight flashback to the mk1 MR2 there!
How do you flick the highbeams?
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Old 05-08-08, 07:10 PM
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Wow seems the interior will stay relatively true....
 
Old 05-08-08, 09:21 PM
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anyone notices the 9000RPM redline? DAMN.. I just love the sound of high rev engines...
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Count me in as another who's surprised at the closeness of the interior to the concept/show pics. One thing though, the gauge cluster seems to be more regular IIRC, I hope they keep the futuristic gauges for such a supercar.
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Originally Posted by encore888
Count me in as another who's surprised at the closeness of the interior to the concept/show pics. One thing though, the gauge cluster seems to be more regular IIRC, I hope they keep the futuristic gauges for such a supercar.
Yeah...like I mentioned above, the LCD-based gauge cluster is both production-feasible (a la the S-Class) and just so freakin' cool that it'd be a real shame if Lexus resorts to the regular gauges seen on this latest test mule. The concept interior is pretty much production-ready anyway so I hope the test mule interior is not indicative of the production car's trim level.
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Old 05-09-08, 07:05 AM
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I hope the production LF-A looks something like this, especially the side intakes. The side intakes on the current test mule look so much better than the ones on the two latest concepts.






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Very nice pics, Sup!!! They do blend the concept and mule together. I wonder how much of the added styling cues from the recent concepts will make it into production.
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Old 05-09-08, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Sup
I hope the production LF-A looks something like this, especially the side intakes. The side intakes on the current test mule look so much better than the ones on the two latest concepts.






I wonder how nice the LF-A would look like with the same colour black as the mags. It probably look very sinister
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Old 05-10-08, 11:24 PM
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One thing by the time it comes out, the new McLAREN will be out also. Lexus will also be competing against that :s
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Old 05-11-08, 11:36 AM
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Default Team LF-A Nürburgring video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nkWJs6gqYWw

Just found this posted on YouTube, here are some caps:











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