Lexus breaks a champagne glass with a $375,000 hammer, so to speak
By Chris Ziegler 
posted June 2nd 2010 8:46PM
posted June 2nd 2010 8:46PM
posted June 2nd 2010 8:46PM
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Man that car is choice.
@unicorned but for that kind of money id rather have a DBS
@SteveyAyo
Japanese cars for the win, British have been known to have lots of mechanical and maintenance issues
@SteveyAyo From a distance, non-automobile aficionados may confuse this for an Audi. This shan't happen with a DBS. Aston Martin it is.
@SteveyAyo For that kind of money I'd rather buy Nissan's supercar so I could actually afford a house to house it.
@unicorned
Yeah, right. Mopars Or No Cars!
@Entourage
Why buy a super car for reliability? I'd also have the Aston over the LFA.
@Fzyde you could buy 3 GTRs for that price...
@unicorned Rather have a Ferrari 599 and keep the $80k difference. The sad part is a Nissan 2010 GTR is only a fraction of a slower on a 1/4 mile (faster in the wet and over 100 meters) and costs 1/5th the price. Be honest what is a better chick magnet, hai look at my Lexus or Hai look at my Ferrari.
"fraction of a second"
@SteveyAyo
me too!
@vlad786
You do know that you can only get this car with an invitation right? So you couldn't get it even if you wanted it. Unless you buy it from that person. 10 years in the making too. Can't wait to test it in Gran turismo 5 lol!
@SteveyAyo you guys are missing the point. Anyone who says I would rather have car X or Y over this is silly. The people who buy these cars don't think about which one will fit in their budget they just buy whatever they want or several different ones if they can't choose. They don't care that the gtr, and I work for Nissan so I love that car and see them everyday, is almost as fast.
@herloboy yes but even in the "I dont have a budget" end of the market they do care, if you want to sell an insane car it has to be and look insane, a good example would be the Pagani Zonda. The Lexus LFA may be well engineered on paper but it doesn't look insane or say "sex", to be honest it is boring as hell.
@unicorned Beamer, Benz and Lexus??
@SteveyAyo
... Or one "decent" car..
Hahaho, I made a joke, you understand?
Looking great. But that's all.
Why do You need to buy modern-looking sports car if You could buy Ford Mustang GT or Dodge Challenger at twice the price less?
@captnlove
They'll just confuse the DBS with a Jaguar XKR. :-p
@Fzyde I agree with that GTR for the win!
@unicorned this kinda looks like a Nissan GTR, AUDI R8 Cross ;)
@unicorned
Lexus, for those with no personality....
@unicorned
man your vocabulary is choice! ass
I love how the spoiler doesn't even extend until you're going like 50mph (80kph) faster than is legal on any American highway. You could leave that feature off and most drivers would never notice.
@unicorned
Ok, so I just sold my soul and will be getting that car within 1-2 weeks!!
@SteveyAyo
i'd rather have a Tesla Roadster. 0 - 60 in 3.7 seconds, full carbon fiber body, fully electric with over 200 miles per charge, magnetic brakes so no brake changes and no oil changes. plus its 1/3 the price. that would be pretty awesome...
@deliteguy I have to agree with your statement that you can only get one with invitation being the better exclusivity deal. Sure that chick won't know the difference unless she's a car nut but once you mention how many are in the world and that you were specially invited to own one the knickers (as the Brits would say) would be kindly placed in your pocket with her room key, lol!!
does it break the clothes off the ladies too?
@troy polamalu Not only that, but at the same point that the glass shatters, she'll also be shattering. In a certain manner of words…
Mindshattering.
This car is already sold out
@SteveyAyo Engadget giveaway?
@SteveyAyo:
Actually, it's completely leased out. ToMoCo refuses to sell the vehicles outright because they fear people will just put them into their private collections or resell them for obscene quantities of currency.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/17/lexus-lfa-lease-for-12-400-per-month-298-000-due-at-signi/
@michaspi ... sold out
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/02/report-lexus-lfa-sold-out/
@SteveyAyo:
Go to http://www.lexus.com/LFA/ and click on "Pricing and Options." Now scroll to the bottom.
@michaspi ah ok i got ya now, they sold 500 outright and will only lease out the rest... seems shady to me
@unicorned I would love to own that car. The things I would do with and inside it.
Do not put glasses inside the your Lexus.
I saw this commercial 2 nights ago, it had thinking of the Supra for some reason.
@Entourage
Not Surprising, it's pretty much the replacement for the Supra.
@Sicarius123 lol no its not. Not in anyway shadow or form. $400,000 super car compared to a $40k sports car. There is absolutely nothing in common between the two and nor is there supposed to be. This is basically a technological show piece with a limited production run.
That car is about $300,000 to expensive. The Nissan GTR will continue to dominate this segment..
@SolidSnake
The Nissan GTR isn't in this segment lol.
@Sicarius123 Price-wise? No. Speed/handling-wise? Uh, yeah. And then some. Although, not the American version. Nissan decided to shit on us, and I think its top speed is in the 170's, rather than the 200+ that the top-of-the-line Japanese model can hit.
@Crabs Actually, all GT-Rs are made at their Japan factory, and only the JDM model has a 180kmph/110mph speed limiter fitted (that's deactivated upon detecting a race track through GPS). The US market model should definitely hit at least 190mph - MotorTrend reached 195.
Two words, BAD ASS!
If this isn't sex, then it never existed
@MattsZ
Come on, by now you should know that sex is just an urban legend.
@MattsZ
If this isn't sex, they blew it.
I wonder if it's goin to be in Gran Turismo 5
@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi
I gave up on that game 2 years ago.