2012 Lexus LFA: First Drive review

When  Lexus LFAOffered A Few laps in LFA its new super car at a local racetrack, I jumped at what Might Be Cars.com 's only opportunity to drive the limited-production car. This limited availability Might explain how Lexus can sell the LFA for an astronomical $ 375,000. When the six-speed paddle-shifted transmission is in Neutral, the normally aspirated 4.8-liter V-10 engine builds rpm and dumps at an astounding rate. Lexus says the engine goes from idle to the 9.000 rpm redline in 0.6 second. With 552 horsepower at 8.700 rpm and 354 pound-feet of torque at 6.800 rpm, the LFA launches with authority. Lexus composed 65 percent of the car's underlying structure, by weight, out of carbon-fibber-reinforced plastic, the which keeps the car reasonably light.
As buyers rightly demand of super cars, the Lexus LFA does zero to 60 mph in less than 4 seconds, roughly 3.6, According to Lexus. The Lea's handling is its best attribute. Unlike most of the automated-manual transmissions now on the market, including Those from Audi and Ferrari, the LFA employs a single-clutch design, ostensibly chosen for its Relatively low weight versus the dual-clutch type. Though a single clutch is right at home on the track, a dual-clutch is equally Adept at Both casual and performance driving.
It definitely downshifts faster and with less drama, with a quick throttle blip. Though my experience with the Lexus was brief, its transmission does not seem as refined as Lamborghini's latest, the which a single-clutch.I Remains have mixed feelings about the Lexus LFA twitchiness and track-oriented transmission.

In a Lexus. Lexus claims multiple justifications for the Lexus LFA program. The car, it says, casts a halo over the Lexus F line of performance machines. The program started in 2000, and Lexus showed the first concept car at the Detroit auto show in 2005. In the interim, were the resource persons LFA prototypes spotted testing at the Nordschleife, and Further, two race-prepared cars Entered the 24-hour race at the Unbarring in 2008 and 2009. Although the car is extravagantly expensive, Lexus says it will from lose money on every one. The last car That incorporated a similar level of technology, performance, and exclusivity was the $ 650,000 Ferrari Enzi. The Lexus LFA is an exotic, two-place, front-engine, rear-wheel-drive coupe. Per Lexus's scales, the car weighs 3263 pounds-less than a Corvette ZR1.
The rear-mounted, six-speed automated manual transaxle incorporates a Torsion limited-slip differential. The Brembo carbon-ceramic brake discs setup consists of 15.4 inches in diameter and six-piston callipers up front Sun block, with 14.2-inch discs and four-piston callipers at the back. Forged aluminum 20-inch BBS wheels sit inside bespoke 265/35 front and 305/30 rear Bridgestone Potenza tires. We drove the car had a mixture of Supple leather, carbon fibber, Alcatraz, and "satin-metal" adorning the cockpit.