Tokyo 2009 Live: Lexus LF-A

After years of gestation, the Lexus LF-A production (or almost, since the said production will not start before late 2010) from the last public meeting. The Lexus supercar has been seen for the first time in 2005 at the same Tokyo Motor Show, but has met on his triumphal journey assumed the Nissan GT-R which has caused sleepless nights and discounts by multiple causes at Lexus. The crisis that hit hard the group has not done well either to the project and it took the commitment of the new CEO, who was to drive himself prototypes to 24 hours of Nürburgring for two consecutive years that the LF-A goes to term. And behold, a white appearance in his black velvet case.

Attractive as the Toyota FT-86 on stand neighbor great crowd in a sparse room, however, the LF-A tick all the right boxes on the sheet supercar: V10 4.8-liter engine with 560 horsepower at 8700 rpm (a speed rotation when the music is heavenly) for a couple of 480 Nm a 6800 rpm in a central front, gearbox in sequential six-speed transaxle, carbon ceramic brakes, 325 km / h in peak and 0 to 100 km / h in 3.7 s. Performance for a very honest berlinetta guarding size (4.505 m long) and a weight content of 1450 kg.

Not until the verdict of the track to see if this newcomer in a very exclusive club of sporting exception justifies a rate also exceptional: $ 375,000. 500 are planned, including some of an intriguing "car set specifically for the tour" in 2012.