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Lexus has announced a hardcore version of its ballistic LFA supercar designed for the track - and it's orange!
The Japanese firm has designed this limited-edition LFA - just 50 will be built - to celebrate taking on the Nurburgring 24hr endurance challenge. As such, this monster gets a larger front spoiler, side fin-type spoilers and a fixed rear wing.
See more pics of Lexus LFA Nurburgring
The stonking 4.8-litre V10 lump has also been fettled to eke out another 10bhp, taking the total banzai-factor to 562bhp, while shifts in the six-speed transmission have been shaved by a Gillette-rivalling 0.15 seconds.
Lexus boffins have also fiddled with the suspension and fitted mesh wheels shod in high-grip track-tasty rubber.
Despite these aerodynamic, engine and suspension changes, the 0-62mph time still takes 3.7 seconds and the LFA tops out at 202mph. But sling it around a track in a hurry and life savings aren't the only thing you'll lose...
If you don't fancy climbing the first tree you see in your spanking new Nurburgring-honed LFA, then drivers are offered individual instruction on the Nordschleife circuit and a one-year driving pass to the track as part of the package.
You can probably choose another colour if you want, too.
Vijay Pattni
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Sambawacki commented on this article
at 12:39 pm on 30 March 2010
This car will definitely be worth the wait, can't wait to watch the footage of it on the Nurburgring! Shame the 0-60 time is still the same, unsure how it is, but anyway.
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alanlo commented on this article
at 02:35 pm on 30 March 2010
awesome! can't wait for it!
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mayclem72 commented on this article
at 02:47 pm on 30 March 2010
yes, it looks awesome, yes its orange, yes, it has little carbon fibre bits sticking out, but - as Richard pointed out when he tested the original version (with a little prodding from Jezza!) - It's still a Lexus! *cringe*
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speed-king commented on this article
at 02:50 pm on 30 March 2010
i read about this on another website, 50 will be made. and its a 0-62 time not 0-60. call me rediculous but those 2mph can make 0.1-0.2 seconds difference. anyway this is fabulous, yes a superleggera has the same amount of power for less money but this is more hardcore (4wd vs. Rwd) and this is the one id have, this is a true supercar.
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deprived_yank commented on this article
at 03:56 pm on 30 March 2010
Saw one of these at the Chicago Auto Show, no one else seemed to take notice. Every half-wit was more interested in some god-awful Camaro "custom." As Hammond once said, it's "an engineer's wet dream," but little else. It lacks the passion, originality, and X-factor of other supercars (or, sportscars, for you pedantics). I read an article somewhere that Lexus only makes cars because other companies make equivalent models. If Nissan didn't make the GT-R, if Ferrari didn't make the 458 Italia, and Lamborghini didn't make the Gallardo, this car would never exist. It's less than an antithesis, it's a cop-out. Furthermore, no one in their right mind is going to buy one when they could buy a more-than-comparable Ferrari and a (more than decent) daily driver for the same price. The only folks that will buy one are the super-rich Japanese who, out of a sense of national pride, feel they must.
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