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Toyota and
Lexus are gearing up for this year's
Nüburgring 24 Hours. The two companies plan to take to the track with a total of five entries, including four
Toyota GT 86 race cars and one
Lexus LFA. Prepped by factory tuner
Gazoo Racing, the LFA will compete in the SP8 class while two of the GT 86 models will go fender-to-fender in the SP3 class. Those will be joined by two more GT 86 racers built by Toyota Motorsport and competing under the Toyota Swiss Racing Team banner in the V3 class for production vehicles.
Gazoo Racing has already had a little fun at the Nüburgring this year. While competing at two shorter events at the legendary track, the LFA took home two wins. This year's 24-hour endurance race kicks off this weekend, May 17-20. The even will be streamed online
here and
here.
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Continue reading Toyota GT 86, Lexus LFA racers ready for Nürburgring 24 Hours
Toyota GT 86, Lexus LFA racers ready for Nürburgring 24 Hours originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 16 May 2012 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 16th, 2012
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Give a Lexus LFA to an auto journalist and there's going to be an attempt to drift it. Give that same LFA to the gents at Blendtec and they're likely to see if it, or at least a piece of it, will blend. Then turn that LFA over to Tony Hawk to use for his birthday and he will, naturally, line the thing up outside of his office and see if he can ollie it.
Sure, he had the help of a generous ramp, but we can't blame him. The LFA is $375,000 of sensitive parts that wouldn't react well, nor inexpensively, to flying skateboard trucks.
Scroll down to see the 44-year-old Hawk do what he does best.
Continue reading Tony Hawk jumps Lexus LFA on skateboard
Tony Hawk jumps Lexus LFA on skateboard originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 16 May 2012 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 16th, 2012
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Many countries have produced supercars with price tags that dip into the six figures, but that rare breed of exotic that fetches upwards of a quarter million is all but completely exclusive to Europe:
Ferrari,
Lamborghini and
Pagani out of Italy,
Bugatti from France,
McLaren and higher-end
Aston Martin models of Britain, top-of-the-line
Porsche offerings from Germany,
Koenigsegg of Sweden and so on. That's what makes the
Lexus LFA so exceptional. It extends beyond the
Acura NSX and the
Nissan GT-R that previously defined the top end of Japanese supercars and joins its European rivals at the very top of the market. But that, we're reading, is only the beginning.
According to a shadowy anonymous source cornered by AutoGuide, Toyota is already working on a successor to the LFA, and their mole says the car will be even more exotic, more powerful and more expensive. Just what that entails when the LFA is already limited to 500 examples, packs a 552-horsepower 4.8-liter V10 and costs $375,000 has us conjuring up images of an animé take on the
Bugatti Veyron. AG suggests the car could nudge the million-dollar mark with production limited to just 100 examples.
Could it be a
production version of the LF-LC concept? It's probably too early to tell. In fact, we're going to go ahead and take this entire rumor with a few shakers-worth of salt and advise you to consider doing the same.
Toyota working on even more exotic followup to Lexus LFA? originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 11th, 2012
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We can attest to the joys of
driving the Lexus LFA, having spent several days this past fall becoming addicted to the 4.8-liter V10 and race-bred suspension. We aren't the only ones who have developed an affection for the $400,000 Lexus supercar, though. Alex Wurz, former Formula 1 driver and two-time Le Mans winner, recently got behind the wheel of the LFA and seemed duly impressed.
Not one to just take the LFA out for a lazy drive, Wurz makes proper use of all 552 horsepower and 9,000 rpm running the Estoril Circuit in Portugal. After a few laps of pushing the supercar around the track, Wurz heaps praise on the LFA for its super-aggressive looks, neutral handling, and the sound of the downshifts from the V10.
If you want to see a video of the Lexus LFA being driven the way it was intended, then
hit the jump and turn up your speakers.
Continue reading Alex Wurz gets behind the wheel of the Lexus LFA
Alex Wurz gets behind the wheel of the Lexus LFA originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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February 26th, 2012
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Lexus
Last we checked, there were fewer than 90
Lexus LFA models in the United States. So imagine our surprise to find not one, not two, but four of the automaker's carbon-fiber exotics parked under the lights in the
Lexus booth at the
Chicago Auto Show.
Normally, when four of the same models occupy the same stage it's hardly news. However, this quartet of Lexii represents nearly five percent of all LFA models on our shore.
Five percent. To put that in perspective, if five percent of
Toyota Camry models sold last year were parked in the
Toyota booth there would be about
15,000 sedans crammed onto the carpet.
Unexpected appearances aside, the 40-cylinder assembly (with a retail value of more than $1.5 million) gave us the perfect opportunity to see the LFA in red, black and yellow - with an assortment of factory wheels and finishes. And before you make a crack about the LFA not selling, understand these are all customer cars. In fact, one even has an EZPass still in its window. Check out our extensive gallery and let us know which is your next... um, lottery car.
Lexus plays us like a fiddle with its LFA quartet originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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February 9th, 2012
We knew it was only a matter of time before someone crashed a
Lexus LFA. The wait is over. This example of the Lexus supercar appears to have torn off the front clip and smashed up the rear. The car was recently sold, and we hope the next owner is a bit more respectful of the LFA's sharp handling and lightning-fast V10.
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January 20th, 2012
