rominl

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yup, so far from what we see the lfa is doing very good on the track after 7000 miles, that's a very good sign. but when it comes to reliability it includes a lot of things, from seats to electronics to the screen (dash), etc... those, no one will know until years from now with customers putting real world miles. and also with different road driving conditions and different owners treating their cars, problems might surface too (track use can only expose so much)

but again, i have high hope

gengar

lol, already getting speeding tickets in the LFA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDHRGewCjJ4

G Star

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not to mention, the bulk of those 7000 miles are from heavy track abuse, this car is going to be awesome.

05RollaXRS

SportAuto is out today. Still looking for the LFA supertest.

Just found out M3 GTS ran a 7:48 (much slower than expected since official claimed time is 7:40). That is only 0.2 seconds faster than the old E46 M3 CSL.

Mister Two

Pic:


http://www.sportauto-online.de/szene...0-2278212.html

05RollaXRS

Yeah, I saw that a while ago.

I am extremely curious of LFA's lap time around Nurburgring and Hockenheim. It would be great to see the entire test data scan.

Sucks we cannot get it here in Canada or US.

TF109B

It's not looking good for the LFA in their tests either I'm afraid. According to some other forums, the 0-300kmh test the LFA took 50.6 seconds, compared to 42.2 for the SLS, 35.4 for the ZR1, 32.3 and 32.4 for the SuperLeggera and 458 respectively. Something is suspicious about this though. Auto Zeitung had no problem keeping the LFA up to 200kmh+ in their test. Just doesn't sound right, especially seeing as how the power to weight ratio is about that of the Lamborghini and Ferrari. Just weird!

05RollaXRS

The test is called 0 - 300 KM/H - 0. Does this including braking back to 0 KM??

What are they saying acceleration numbers up to 200 KM/H. I could believe the 160 - 200 mph acceleration of LFA suffering due to a very tall 6th gear. All other cars have a 7th gear to keep the acceleration rate up while ZR-1 has monster torque so it does not need shorter gearing for more multiplication.

So are those guys talking about bits and pieces of information, but no mentioning of the lap time? Why are they not mentioning the laptime if they know these numbers? Something sounds very strange.

Mister Two

There could only be one good reason.

05RollaXRS

Upon googling it up, I found the site we were talking about ("germancarforum") and apparently, it was a separate test from the supertest where they put 6 cars in a 0 - 300 KM/H race.

So as you can guess, LFA is taking some major thrashing on that board since that is only 4 seconds quicker than a bone stock M6. LFA's acceleration takes a major hit once it goes past 160 mph.

LFA apparently came in last at 50.6 seconds while Bugatti Veyron came in first at just 20 seconds or so. The other cars tested were GT2 RS, 458 Italia, LP-570 superleggera, SLS AMG, ZR-1.

I think it vindicates my argument for Lexus' deliberate mistake to not opt for a 7-speed single-clutch (or conversely giving it more torque to the tune of 390 - 395 ft-lbs). If it is a $400K car, it better have everything top notch.

Having said that, this is one hell of a picture. This is my new desktop picture:

LexFather

I've been doing tons of reading on the GT2 RS and I've seen two separate writers say they feel the only thing faster over 100 mph is the Veyron. It has 620hp. One was Chris Harris. It also weighs right around 3,000 lbs.

Having gone over 155 in the LFA at Homestead I can't even fathom how fast the Veyron is!!! Its acceleration must feel completely unreal

TF109B

I don't believe those numbers are accurate. Again this is a pre-production car. And if Lexus's statement that they've done under 7:20 at the ring, there is no way it takes this long to get to 300kmh. That's only 20mph more than 160mph. That's like saying it'll take more than 3 miles for the LFA to reach it's top speed. That's unheard of. There is something wrong with the test. The truth will come out if the LFA does a better 'Ring lap time than 7:40. Then you know the test is wrong or the car is wrong. How? Because the 458 gets to 300kmh in 30 some seconds, how would the LFA compete?

MR_F1

+1 on the desktop pic

I have a hard time fathoming why a Gallardo 570, SLS and 458 are THAT much faster to 300KM/H. It makes no sense whatsoever.

Mister Two

To be precise, it's 0-300-0, not 0-300. Still I don't believe the LFA's brakes are that shabby either.

05RollaXRS

The guy who posted on germancarforums claims 0 - 300 KM/H where he posted the times.

The more I think about it, the more questions I have now.

That makes LFA only 3 seconds faster than the GTR at 300 KM/H, which is simply beyond comprehension. I mean, LFA already gains over a 1 second lead over the GTR by 125 mph and then it keep pulling away progressively and faster. Yet, only 3 seconds at 300 KM/H is simply unexplicable.

LFA already gains a huge full 2 second lead over an M6 by 125 mph (11.4 seconds vs 13.3 seconds) and then somehow an M6 runs the same 0 - 300 KM/H as the LFA (51.1 seconds for the M6). That is beyond any comprehension. Just simply ludicrous.