LFA at our dealership today.

[Raxe]

It's funny that since this car has came out, whenever it gets talked about, people bring up that it's overpriced...
And the people talking about the price will never be able to afford any car even over 100k
The point being, people buying cars like GT porsches, lambos, Ferraris and the like do not care about the price. If you can afford to buy any car over 100k then you most likely can afford to buy a car over 500k.. because to be able to afford either of them you would have to be making so much money that this amount is insignificant to you.
If you're one of the people in the market for buying a car over 100k you probably don't care if someone else can buy a car for less that is a fraction of a second faster to 60. You're buying it just because you like it and you can.

Past a certain point, the price becomes irrelevant to the buyer, and a car is judged with no respect to price.

Very true, LFA owners won't flinch at the price difference because it's something they really like. You just can't assume your sense of value is shared by everyone; I've dealt with clients who don't even blink at a $10,000 service on one of their several cars. I can't imagine being in that situation, but I'm not about to stop them because I think it's really expensive. It's all about perspective.

[rThor432]

cool tid bit, when the LFA needs to be serviced, only an ASE master Tech can service it. a lexus representative needs to be present at all times during the service, taking notes and analyzing the process. everything is checked over twice.

I love this. It's nice that you can service it anywhere; most Jiffy Lube employees have all of their ASE's.

[FunfGan]

cool tid bit, when the LFA needs to be serviced, only an ASE master Tech can service it. a lexus representative needs to be present at all times during the service, taking notes and analyzing the process. everything is checked over twice.

I love this. It's nice that you can service it anywhere; most Jiffy Lube employees have all of their ASE's.

:)


Devon, I have to say the one you posted looks much better. I don't think red does the LFA justice.

[Jand3rson]

Chrome wheels??? Srsly???

That was THE FIRST THING I thought of.

Very true, LFA owners won't flinch at the price difference because it's something they really like. You just can't assume your sense of value is shared by everyone; I've dealt with clients who don't even blink at a $10,000 service on one of their several cars. I can't imagine being in that situation, but I'm not about to stop them because I think it's really expensive. It's all about perspective.

This. I would buy one in a heartbeat if I had the kind of cash to spend on cars like this.

[CoreyZ]

I wish the owner had gone for a cooler color combination - AFAIK they are all more or less tailored to each customer.

Oh god, that sound.

[jeffnhiscars]

My only question is....will the LFA engine fit in my e30 ?

[Cliche Guevara]

I love the people hating on the LFA. It's an undeniably striking car with incredible performance and it exceptionally rare. Yes, it's overpriced, but they're only trying to sell a couple hundred and they'll do just fine.

[110stx]

Garish.

Also, not an e30.

[BlackbirdM3]

I caught these two last year at Sears Point. They ran away from the Audi R8s in the rain.





They were shooting a 3D movie with the cars.

Will

[Vtec?lol]

^and a Bugatti is also known as a Volkswagen...what's your point?

No, Bugatti is known to be Bugatti regardless of engineering and ownership by VW.

[blefevre]

Thanks for the pictures! We have one on display at our dealership that I keep meaning to check out. It's a sweet car with a lot of nice technology. Who cares about the price.

[Vivek]

It's a great car, but I don't think it's a first-supercar kind of car. If you could only afford one 400k car, would you get a Lexus? Most people who own super cars don't have multiple, they'll have their one pride and joy Ferrari or Lambo...and at the end of the day, this is just an amazing Lexus.

[tg318is]

I would do terrible things for one of them. Saw one yesterday at the dealership. So purty

[Jand3rson]

No, Bugatti is known to be Bugatti regardless of engineering and ownership by VW.

To those that don't know any better, sure. The engine in Veyron is for all intents and purposes, 2 Volkswagen W8 engines stuck together.

[CrusherCurtis]

This car is failure for so many reasons. It doesn't have the prestige or heritage of a Porsche or a Ferrari. Can't match the performance of a GTR. Not as refined as a Aston Martin. Can't even beat the a Lamborghini in terms of outrageous styling. To make it worst its badged as an effing Lexus. Even if your a hick who just hit the lottery you still buy a lambo. The only niche it fills is the gayest niche in the world; "Just to be different." Which to me is like "just to be an attention wanting whore" This car might be the worst attempt at a halo car I've seen. They want you to look at this car and say lame phrases like: "This car is pure sex" and when you realize you can't afford it settle for an es300 (which really is a toyota BTW) because some of LFA design language as trickled all the way down to bargain basement cars. Please don't be fooled. There just posers of Merc/BMW.