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Old 09-21-10, 03:23 PM
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Default Lexus LFA vs Nissan GT-R (poll inside)

I found this drag race done by MotorTrend thought you guys might enjoy it. It's very interesting and they break it down in a slow motion replay

http://video.ultimatestreet.com/video/2498
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keeping thread here to collect response on the poll

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It surprised me that motortrend pitted a pre-production LFA vs a GTR in a drag race instead of a road course!
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I remember this video!! Again, not surprised lol
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Originally Posted by TF109B
It surprised me that motortrend pitted a pre-production LFA vs a GTR in a drag race instead of a road course!
when you only have a few hrs with the car, together with all the video shooting, etc... road course would be pretty impossible
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Old 09-21-10, 11:44 PM
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really? Is that why they were at Nissan's proving grounds? You should read the article again. The site they were at had a road course. Even if they couldn't test it on the streets with non-legal tires, a closed course could have been had.
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AWD vs RWD and AWD gets jump off the line. What is there to be surprised about? Guess I'm confused about the thread since the LFA was never intended to be a performance monster.
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^ Agreed! Not surprised at all about the outcome. IMHO BOTH cars are AMAZING but...for 1/3 the cost throw me the keys to the GTR; damn I love that car.

I wonder what the weight of the GTR wheels are. I am sure they are light, but if there are lighter wheels out there to be had, a simply wheel swap could make up a little bit of this performance difference between these two cars. I want a GTR one day. period! lol
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The GTR is such a bargain compared to the LFA...I could buy 4 GTR's...
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Originally Posted by jason60050
The GTR is such a bargain compared to the LFA...I could buy 4 GTR's...

So true, it's not one or the other, if I can afford an LFA, I WILL have a GTR.
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just now it hit me, sort of like another comparison in this thread

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...g-results.html

except outcome is a bit different
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If I can afford an LFA (or other supercar), I'm going to stand there and penny pinched:

LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR?

hell, let's save 90k and get a pocket rocket civic with 10 nos that's cheaper
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek

hell, let's save 90k and get a pocket rocket civic with 10 nos that's cheaper
You can actually get one of those for 9k


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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
If I can afford an LFA (or other supercar), I'm going to stand there and penny pinched:

LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR? LFA or GTR?

hell, let's save 90k and get a pocket rocket civic with 10 nos that's cheaper
But the entire point is that comparing an LFA to a GTR is like comparing tangerines to oranges...very similar in all aspects but with a tremendous cost savings with the GTR.

However, comparing a civic with a ridiculous mod list to a GTR is IN FACT an apples to oranges regardless of how fast you make the civic. It will never handle or ride as nice and never turn heads like the GTR or LFA.

GTR is flat out awesome. As an aside, I like the Corvette Zo6 and ZR1 too but I like the styling of the GTR more.
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