The G Man

Zoltan the fortune teller tells me that the LF-A will have a top speed of over 200 MPH

Mister Two

After watching this vid I think there will be two versions (or option packages) of the LF-A made. The matt black one sounds like a regular version while the white one with a clearly less restricted engine note is the hardcore version, although when it comes to the interior they seem opposite, with the white one equipped with red leather seats and the black one getting Recaro racing seats.

TRDFantasy

So I guess you're going to completely dismiss the posters here on CL that have a reliable, accurate track record of having insider info too ?

What's even more funny is the lack of common sense some people here have .

Using common sense and logic alone, one could easily figure out that they changed the front end design from the LF-A II concept for cooling reasons alone.

We shall see, but I think many of you may be surprised by the production car. There have been spy videos of a black near-production LF-A having an exhaust note similar to the white one.

People to this day continue to be surprised by the exhaust note of a stock IS-F.

LexFather

Can we all PLEASE stick to the LF-A and NOT about each other.

G-man, Lexus styling is about detail and has always been underrated IMO. They have had "L' shapes in their cars for a long long time and designers have been quoted as saying "yes the Lexus L was the influence".
In most cases it works well.

TXSTYLE

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When it finally arrives after all these decades, it shall have plenty to live up to... S'all I'm sayin.

LexFather

So when the GT-R took nearly as long, if not longer, where were the?????


http://www.supercars.net/cars/3207.html

The GT-R Pronto concept debuted at Tokyo in 2001.



Funny how the mind is so forgetful when its Lexus/Toyota.




Then it became this concept



Which became this.

TRDFantasy

Correct, the GT-R took roughly as long from concept to production as the LF A is taking.

MR_F1

Actually 2 years less. Toyota/Lexus officially debuted the LF-A concept in 2005. The Tokyo motor show will be 4 years. If we take into account the time time when it first started lapping the ring (2003..when it was identified as the Toyota TSX... the Supra successor) then the gestation time would have been about the same... 6 years (GT-R 2001-2007).

TRDFantasy

Thanks for the correction. The gestation period is what I actually meant.

LexFather

Oh no you didn't post facts instead of playing "jump to conclusions"

bitkahuna

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i don't quite understand the 'matte' finish, but the front design looks GREAT. more functional, less 'batman'

the tape around the headlight enclosures is probably just hiding chrome trim maybe?

xioix

The 1st photos were around 2003? I thought it was 2004, because I remember seeing the photos of a new Supra being seen on N-ring the summer I graduated HS

TRDFantasy

The first photos may have been in 2004, that I'm not sure about, but what is definitely known is that LF-A development first started in 2003.

dunbar43

resembles a GTR

The G Man

I dont know, if I were going to spend $300000+ on a car, I would want something a little more original than the LF-A.