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Lexus LF-A Crash at Nürburgring Provides First Look At Interior and Engine

A late night shakedown and track familiarization run ahead of the start of the Nürburgring 24H race ended with Toyota dealing with a damaged Lexus LF-A. No official reason was given for the accident, but while the team was dealing with the busted front bits and torn up tail, the sneaky spies at KGP got down to work. The stealthy photogs snapped off some clear-as-day shots of the V10 engine, stripped down interior, suspension, carbon fiber under body tray and some very C2 Corvette-like door handles. Of course, this being a race car, we can only take hints from this set up, as it's been prepped for the track, but what we can do point and laugh at the car's lap times.

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11:10 AM on Tue May 27 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
5,927 views, 11 comments

Latest by n/a: @Novaload: On my first car the ignition switch was messed up so I had the ignition wired up to a mil-spec shrouded toggle. It was great fun messing with people, make a big show of turning the key and then reaching more »

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2011 Lexus LF-A Closeup Video From Nurburgring

Some lucky fool has captured video of the 2011 Lexus LF-A bombing around some track called the Nurburgring and it's making a positively glorious sound. As it screams down the straights, a sweet F1-like wail emerges from ToyMoCo's pending supercar and we couldn't be more surprised or intrigued by this auditory information. Yes, the brakes make a pretty gnarley squealing noise as it's pulling into the garage, but that's no concern at this point in the development process. Unlike the previous versions we've seen, this one appears to be the fixed rear wing version being set up for the 36th ADAC Zurich 24h Race 2008 at Nurburgring.

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3:30 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
9,738 views, 47 comments

Latest by n/a: $250,000? Are you Sh!^^ng me? NO thanks I'll take two 911 turbos. They need to do what Nissan does, give it the Camry V6 engine, slap on some turbos,make it smaller and call it a 350z um I mean Celica more »

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2011 Lexus LF-A

The 2011 Lexus LF-A — or maybe it's the 2010, or even 2012, depending on reports — supercar's been shot by the quick to the snap spy photographers at KGP. The speedy little spy shooters caught the supercar-to-be as it appeared to be getting ready to hit the Nürburgring. They're expecting hot laps won't be far behind, but we're wondering what's taking the super number one best awesome automaker from the land of the rising sun from gettin' 'er done with their first entry into the world of super car performance. It's been like, what, almost three years already since the Lexus LF-A first started hitting the auto show circuit? And in that time we've seen more versions of the LF-A concept than we're able to keep track of. We distinctly remember at least, you know, like three — one in 2005, a revised LF-A concept at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show and the roadster concept as well as definitive word we'll be seeing our dreams of a sexy luxe cousin to the son of Supra come true, plus a price point of around $170K. So, we're still talking about something like a six-year development cycle here, aren't we?

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9:48 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Travis Hudson
9,373 views, 59 comments

Latest by 2CVDJ: I was at the 'ring last week and was trying to figure out what disguised coupe was that was doing banzai laps of the track. I'd have never guessed it was a Lexus to be honest. It looked and sounded great more »

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Detroit Auto Show: Now We Know - Lexus LF-A Roadster Concept

Last night had us all in a tizzy over the draped convertible in the Lexus exhibit. Now only hours later we know its the 2008 Lexus LF-A Roadster Concept. The Detail sheet is lovely for this one: mid-front mounted 500 hp out of a V10, speed adaptive rear wing, carbon fiber and aluminum body adding up for a top speed over 200 mph. Could these be the details of the upcoming production LF-A? We certainly hope so.


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10:19 AM on Sun Jan 13 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
23,347 views, 22 comments

Latest by takeshi: The production model will be so mellowed out that I really don't see the point in critiquing the design of the concept (not to mention it's such a subjective matter -- do you really think we care whether each commenter more »

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Detroit Auto Show: Lexus Convertible Concept?

Lexus%20convertible%20Concept.jpgAutoSpies.com has lived up to their name this evening and they've got pics of a heretofore unknown Lexus convertible concept posted up. After huddling up for a minute, the best minds Jalopnik have to offer must admit that we have nothing on this car. Is it the production version of the LF-A Convertible we saw at pebble beach, the LF-C? Is it a one off superlux concept? We don't know, but stay tuned for more as we dig into this story. At the very least, we'll be bringing it to you live as soon as is humanly possible.

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6:22 PM on Sat Jan 12 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,714 views, 20 comments

Latest by n/a: The SC is being discontinued. more »