Lexus LFA- Discussion, Pictures & News (new colors gloss black, blue, yellow)
10-28-09, 07:29 PM
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Not sure if this has been posted yet but they had a 1:1 scale replica of the LFA at the Tokyo Motor Show as well.
The description given for the transparent sculpture read:
"A sculpture modeled after the full-size LFA, displayed at the Milan Design Week 2009, the world's largest design exhibition held in Milan Design Week 2009, the world's largest design exhibition held in Milan in April every year. Lexus has participated in the Milan Design Week since 2005, to explore unprecedented possibilities of L-finesse, Lexus design philosophy. In 2009, Lexus collaborated with Sou Fujimoto, a Japanese architect, to express the overwhelming "flow" of the speed and dynamism of the LFA. The transparent model symbolizes the idea of given shape to something that is shapeless, to express the sublime "flow"."
The description given for the transparent sculpture read:
"A sculpture modeled after the full-size LFA, displayed at the Milan Design Week 2009, the world's largest design exhibition held in Milan Design Week 2009, the world's largest design exhibition held in Milan in April every year. Lexus has participated in the Milan Design Week since 2005, to explore unprecedented possibilities of L-finesse, Lexus design philosophy. In 2009, Lexus collaborated with Sou Fujimoto, a Japanese architect, to express the overwhelming "flow" of the speed and dynamism of the LFA. The transparent model symbolizes the idea of given shape to something that is shapeless, to express the sublime "flow"."
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10-28-09, 07:35 PM
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yeah i think i brought up about the turning circle first. it's insanely small compare to any of the other competitors. so small that indeed i wonder if the number is correct. but then again it's on all the lfa official spec so i am quoting that. the dark side of me is still pretty skeptical, it's a big gap between the lfa and other cars
. This car has continued to surprise me, and I wouldn't be surprised if the real turning circle is in-fact 19.7 feet. I guess we won't know for sure until the car goes on-sale and we see full, detailed reviews of the production model.
10-28-09, 10:24 PM
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19ft does not sound right.
my golf cart has a bigger turning circle i think.
my golf cart has a bigger turning circle i think.
10-28-09, 10:55 PM
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So here are a few more interesting tidbits:
- the car does have launch control
- apparently, the claimed 3.6 seconds 0-60 mph time from Lexus was achieved without using the car's launch control (it looks like Toyota is being coy about the car's true performance potential)
- at 202 mph, the LFA generates over 552 pounds of downforce
- the engine doesn't have direct injection; Toyota could have added it, but felt it wasn't needed, partly because F1 engines don't use direct injection
- the car does have launch control
- apparently, the claimed 3.6 seconds 0-60 mph time from Lexus was achieved without using the car's launch control (it looks like Toyota is being coy about the car's true performance potential)
- at 202 mph, the LFA generates over 552 pounds of downforce
- the engine doesn't have direct injection; Toyota could have added it, but felt it wasn't needed, partly because F1 engines don't use direct injection
Now, I can add a second car to my dream car list.
10-28-09, 11:33 PM
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So here are a few more interesting tidbits:
- the car does have launch control
- apparently, the claimed 3.6 seconds 0-60 mph time from Lexus was achieved without using the car's launch control (it looks like Toyota is being coy about the car's true performance potential)
- at 202 mph, the LFA generates over 552 pounds of downforce
- the engine doesn't have direct injection; Toyota could have added it, but felt it wasn't needed, partly because F1 engines don't use direct injection
- the car does have launch control
- apparently, the claimed 3.6 seconds 0-60 mph time from Lexus was achieved without using the car's launch control (it looks like Toyota is being coy about the car's true performance potential)
- at 202 mph, the LFA generates over 552 pounds of downforce
- the engine doesn't have direct injection; Toyota could have added it, but felt it wasn't needed, partly because F1 engines don't use direct injection
10-29-09, 07:24 AM
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Looking at the incredible attention to detail in this car, I'm quite sure the transmission will be reliable, even with using launch control. The transmission was tested in the harshest of conditions, the ADAC 24 Hours of Nurburgring race, twice in fact.
My source is a contact of mine in Japan. He could be wrong, but often he has been right.
The details about launch control, and the car's downforce have all been mentioned as well in several Japanese magazines/media outlets. Whether they are completely true or accurate I can't say.
Edmunds Inside Line also reiterated some of these points.
The lack of direct injection is based on the fact that the engine code lacks direct injection designation, plus it is not mentioned in any of the LFA technical documents out there.
Also an interesting tidbit that seems to have been updated on the Lexus worldwide site:
The 0-60 time of 3.6 seconds is listed as "acceleration with the weight equivalent of two occupants". Makes you wonder what is the 0-60 mph time with only one occupant.
Also caught a small error on the site, they say 0~60 km/h, I think that should say 0-100 km/h or 0-60 mp/h.
My source is a contact of mine in Japan. He could be wrong, but often he has been right.
The details about launch control, and the car's downforce have all been mentioned as well in several Japanese magazines/media outlets. Whether they are completely true or accurate I can't say.
Edmunds Inside Line also reiterated some of these points.
The lack of direct injection is based on the fact that the engine code lacks direct injection designation, plus it is not mentioned in any of the LFA technical documents out there.
Also an interesting tidbit that seems to have been updated on the Lexus worldwide site:
The 0-60 time of 3.6 seconds is listed as "acceleration with the weight equivalent of two occupants". Makes you wonder what is the 0-60 mph time with only one occupant.
Also caught a small error on the site, they say 0~60 km/h, I think that should say 0-100 km/h or 0-60 mp/h
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10-29-09, 08:37 AM
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Also an interesting tidbit that seems to have been updated on the Lexus worldwide site:
The 0-60 time of 3.6 seconds is listed as "acceleration with the weight equivalent of two occupants". Makes you wonder what is the 0-60 mph time with only one occupant.
Also caught a small error on the site, they say 0~60 km/h, I think that should say 0-100 km/h or 0-60 mp/h.
The 0-60 time of 3.6 seconds is listed as "acceleration with the weight equivalent of two occupants". Makes you wonder what is the 0-60 mph time with only one occupant.
Also caught a small error on the site, they say 0~60 km/h, I think that should say 0-100 km/h or 0-60 mp/h
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Sweet.
10-29-09, 09:06 AM
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BTW, I've always wonder about how they take the weight of the driver into account in these tests.
For example :
Weight of 1SICKLEX(one occupant) = Weight of rominl + his wife(two occupants)
For example :
Weight of 1SICKLEX(one occupant) = Weight of rominl + his wife(two occupants)