If You Want Another LFA Then You Better Make Some Noise
Another gen of the luxury supercar would be a fine thing to see but we wonder if it would be another V10 or perhaps a twin-turbo V8?
Fingers are crossed
Recently at the debut of the electric hatchback in Frankfurt, a member of Lexus brass was asked about the chance that we'd get to see another LFA or at least another car akin to it. Sato-san replied “I love it but we need your help. We need strong requests for a new LFA from the media. This can help us proceed.”
I'd like it to be 100% Toyota
For any company, it would make shareholders along with executives breathe a sigh of relief knowing that the creation they are going to invest millions of dollars into developing will be received well and ultimately be profitable. Take that grain of information from Mr. Sato with the words from Lexus's Global President Yoshihiro Sawa who has gone on record saying "I really want to do an LFA successor, and it is important to have dreams, but for now it is a very complicated situation. It’s a very difficult question to answer as I would like to do it, but we have other priorities for now."
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A supercar with different energy
Those priorities are bringing new crossovers and alternative fuel vehicles to market to make sure the lights stay on at Lexus HQ. Let's not forget that when the LFA went on sale in the US way back in 2010 (where did the time go?!) the MSRP on the banshee screaming V10 was a hefty $375,000 (that Toyota actually lost money on with each model). Back then Toyota didn't care if they made a profit on the car as it was more of an exclamation of what the brand is capable of against enthusiast backlash that the brand only made "boring cars."
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Say what now???
Prices on the supercar are still near or slightly above what they were when it first went on sale back in 2010. The plant in Motomachi where the LFA was built now assembles the high luxury LC coupe. In February 2016, European boss Alain Uyttenhoven confirmed that there would be no new LFA replacement in the near future, remarking: “The LFA is an icon now and possibly always will be - we don't need to replace it to keep that status. It is a car we can reference for another 25 years if we choose. Its status is assured." He went on to state, “It is possible that we will one day create another supercar, but in my view, a super-high-end machine is not what we need right now."
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How would the landscape change?
But what if the LFA did come back? Maybe not as an LFA but as the LC F? What if Lexus gave consumers another option to consider when shopping among the likes of the Merc AMG GT, the R8, and the McLaren 570 S? What kind of cache could the brand gain by beating these other makes at their own high-performance game? Would things end in a Nissan GTR-esque situation where the capabilities are there but units aren't moving like they should because folks won't buy an expensive Nissan?
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