2007 Lexus LF-A - READ ONLY

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#10 of 57 callmedrfill by lexusguy Jan 15, 2005 (8:53 pm)
The '80s, early 90s Vettes were hardly the best cars ever to wear that name plate. The Vette didnt become a legitimate sports car until '97. The 3000GT also weighed about 8 billion pounds and was never much of a sports car. The Supra TT was one of the greats of the '90s, and of course a tuner favorite, but it would get thoroughly destroyed by THE ultimate tuner car and THE Japanese sports car icon, the R-34 Nissan Skyline GT-R. No other Japanese performance car even comes close. If Nissan's new world model GT-R is anything like the last one, Toyota is going to have a seriously tough competitior on their hands.
#11 of 57 The Skyline is automatically disqualified! by callmedrfill Jan 16, 2005 (5:50 am)
If it was so hot, why couldn't it make it here? If it doesn't get to the majors, is it a Hall of Famer? Funny sidebar. The Sura and the C5 faced off once in C&D in a comparison in 1997-8, and the Vette beat it by one point (Did you think the 5 year old Supra was going to beat a shiny next-gen Vette?) I think the Supra had a better road course lap time too! Vette won 0-60 4.8 to 5.0. Both lost the comparo to the M3! DrFill
#12 of 57 callmedrfill by lexusguy Jan 16, 2005 (9:40 am)
If the Supra was never sold in the United States, would it have the popularity that the Skyline does here? I seriously doubt it. It was a great car, but anybody can put a FE\RWD car together with a good suspension and make a sports car. Nissan was years ahead of SH-AWD with their ATTESA-ETS electronic AWD system, the first of its kind that kept all of the power at the rear wheels until the front tires needed more traction, and also included rear wheel steering. Despite being a large, rather heavy coupe, the R-34 was good for 0-60 in 4.6 seconds. It could outlap a Porsche Carrera 4. It could also brake to 0 from 70mph in 150 feet. The R-34 never made it here because of the situation that Nissan was in during the cars run. If it did, it could easily go toe-to-toe with any M3 and squash Corvette C5 and Supra. And just like the Supra, the R-34 is capable of 800hp+ on largely stock mechanicals.
#13 of 57 Anywho by callmedrfill Jan 16, 2005 (11:37 am)
The Skyline was/is quite ugly! I now know what "Goes like stink" means. It looks lke the Supra after it's been through a demolition derby! Never liked Nissan's style. Has ugly ways (M45, old and new, Q, M30, J30, 300Z 2+2), until VERY recenty (Murano, FX, Altima). DrFill
#14 of 57 Wait!! We have late-breaking LF-A news!!! by callmedrfill Jan 16, 2005 (12:47 pm)
As reported at the NAIAS, Danny Clements, GM of lexus, says any production car version of the LF-A would run about $125k. He called this price a "sweet spot" or soft part of the market. The main competition would be Porsche 911 Turbo at that price. This undercuts Ford GT and Ferrari 430 by $25-40k. This prototype seems further along than most Lexus concepts. I'd say it could be ready by early 2007, after the LS comes out. DrFill
#15 of 57 callmedrfill by lexusguy Jan 16, 2005 (1:21 pm)
Hhahahaha. Very clever comeback drfill. "Oh yeah? We'll you're ugly." Would people pay $60K+ For an imported '98 Supra TT? I seriously doubt it. Some people must like the R-34's looks. By the way, the '99 Blitz Skyline has been clocked at 220mph.
#16 of 57 by kirstie_h HOST Jan 17, 2005 (5:16 am)
We've got a Supra thread and a Skyline thread - please take the conversation about those two vehicles to the right place!
#17 of 57 LFS=SCfuture by msmtema99 Mar 18, 2005 (12:14 am)
i think that lexus build that car directly to enter the competion from the biggest door as the next gen. SC with may be 3 engines the high out hp will be hybrid shared with the future supra and one other will be chared with the next gen LS and i think the 5.0L Replies to this message: ryousuke (Mar 18, 2005 8:12 pm)
#18 of 57 Re: LFS=SCfuture [msmtema99] by ryousuke Mar 18, 2005 (8:12 pm)
Replying to: msmtema99 (Mar 18, 2005 12:14 am) that sounds nice, a return to the coupe sc, but lexus would probably want another car as a convertible cruiser... LF-A?? all guessing for now... only time will tell
#19 of 57 Halos are pretty by chris65amg Mar 19, 2005 (3:34 pm)
I'm a strong believer in halo car psychology. I think that Lexus will use this super LF-A to fight Lexus' almost sportless image. Then people would come in to look at this AWESOME LF-A and come out with an IS. Just a thought.