Did You Get Yours? Lexus LFA Supercar Sold Out!

wow thats $187,500,000 not bad for lexus for car that probably cost them maybe $150,000 to actually build per vehicle....not bad

my fault that is $191,000,000 with the ones including the Nurburgring Package even better

this car easily cost BILLIONS to develop, test, build manufacturing capability, and produce. it's a MASSIVE loss for lexus. it's purely an ego move that they hope will make people think the rest of their cars aren't as boring as they really are.

Remember, this car was initially developed as a testbed for new technology that Toyota did not have. In terms of R&D I think it might pay off well for them as we will see the technology trickle down the Toyota pipeline. If Toyota purchased or copied the technology everyone here would be screaming foul play. Now that they developed this car mostly by their own research people are still bitching about them. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Oh well, you can't please the haters unless you fit their mold. That's their nature.

lexus loses money on every one they build... it has a carbon fiber patern that only 2 looms in the world can weave.... and the zr1 is fast, in a strait line but on the track its sloppy and un predictable. check out the topgear on bbc test... they laugh at it... the lfa has the fastest wet lap of the whole season by 3 seconds.... and put a turbo on the lfa and it will destroy the zr1... u cant compare a all motor car to a car thats supercharged and dont even start about more cylinders cause the zr1 is a bigger engine with more horse power... do some research other than what u think and make an educated statement before u open ur mouth... i have one ordered that gets here in april so ive done my research.

Besides its exclusivity, I’ll bet that many have bought it for its addictive engine sound & balanced driving dynamics… LFA is about unique driving experience, not record-breaking performance.

this sounds like a marketing line from toyota.

so half the reason for wanting to buy a lexus is because yamaha designed it's engine note?

"Besides its exclusivity, I’ll bet that many have bought it for its addictive engine sound & balanced driving dynamics… LFA is about unique driving experience, not record-breaking performance."

If all automakers took this same thought we would all still have modle T's to drive.

"LFA is about unique driving experience, not record-breaking performance."

- That's funny. Because a few months ago the LF-A was all about performance. Not since its out and gets beat by the cars it competes against, folks are now claiming that its all about the exhaust note. LOL!!

sold, a definition: product produced, full purchase price paid, delivery taken.

they may have reservations/deposits to LEASE all 500 of these cars. that's not sold.

yes, when a car dealer leases a car they scold the salesperson (sorry Leaseperson) and have a pity party. WHO cares if it's a lease or sold?....EVERY single person who leased the car will buy it if they get the chance.

Ummm no..it cost them more than more than the selling price to build each vehicle. That's why they're losing money on each vehicle they sell.

No, and I wouldn't. There are better looking and performing supercars out there, that are not grossly overpriced.

If it was overpriced it would not be sold out - and yes I do know the definition of "sold" thanks to the keener in the corner - "enthusiastx11"

Being over priced has little correlation to being sold out. By your logic... If I had one bottle of water for sale at $100, then that bottle of water wouldn't be considered over priced if I find a guy dying of thirst in the desert willing to purchase it at that price. In fact, by that logic I could say it's drastically under priced for I am sure that guy dying in the desert values his life more than $100.

Toyota isn't losing money on the LF-A. That's what they want you to believe. Seems to be working. They're mid-engined vehicles (which cost more to build than the front-engined cars BTW), that also have a Carbon Fiber tub, that costs less than the LF-A. So how is Toyota losing money on the LF-A again? The LF-A is nothing more than a marketing exercise that cant even outrun a ZR1 vette. LOL!!!

I think the reason why Toyota is losing money on it is because they had no equipment to build the car in the first place. Think about it, the sportiest car they make is a camry... how many machines in building the camry would you expect would transfer over? The LFA project is like a private individual who knows nothing about cars trying to reinvent super cars by pumping as much money into the project as they can while ignoring distributors of high performance parts that are all to willing to help design/build the best car possible... at the end of the day you are out way more money, and have a limited engineering staff trying to reinvent decades of super car refinement. LexusFAil

I am not surprised. Honestly i would have been surprised if the news did not come by another 1 month. Fantastic car. Cars like these don't come everyday.

JUGNU

Mine should be here in a month.........

Oh wait, that's the billionare next door's dream- my Yugo is waiting for me outside in the driveway......

Yugo rules!

I love how they have a version named after a German track hahahahahaha

Went to my local trhifty outlet the other day, I was doing some yard work and needed a full size pick-up truck.

The 15 they had where all "leased-out"

Just sayin'

I don't understand a couple of things. I saw this car advertised on a Manhattan billboard and again on TV today for the 1st time; Why are they advertising a supercar which they only made 500 of? Is there a version closer to what most folks can afford? Something does not add up. You never see ads for ferraris or lamboghinis as though they are trying to increase sales. These type of cars (supercars) sell themselves.

It's a "Halo" car. It sparks interest.

I guess people here don't know what marketing means.

Neither do they know what actual performance the LFA has either, maybe you should go head over to motortrend and have a look at their data, or Car and Driver and get off the autolies bash threads.

here's some stats: 3.8 to 60 WITHOUT launch control, 124mph 1/4mile trap speed, 1.05G of lateral grip, 60-0mph braking in 94ft. All this on a prototype without it's spec tires or launch control, not to mention it's weight was 3500+lbs. So it's optioned out and not a stripped bare bones street race car.

3263 lbs to be exact. :)

a stock gt3rs kicked the lf-a racecar's ass, that's what i call marketing. it's strange that nobody likes to hear that

deboost me as much as you want. i know the truth hurts

"3263 lbs to be exact. :)"

You wish. The LF-A weighed 3583lbs on Car and Drivers scales. Where did you get the 3263 number from?

"here's some stats: 3.8 to 60 WITHOUT launch control, 124mph 1/4mile trap speed"

- A corvette Z06 can beat that as well as the Ferrari 599.

"1.05G of lateral grip, 60-0mph braking in 94ft."

- They used super sticky non-legal tires. Wait for the numbers with legal DOT approved tires.

according to C&D and Motortrend it was a pre-production prototype, it probably has all the options checked, leather and alcantara add weight as well. On the option list there are 3 configurations, who knows how much each one weighs. But it can weigh between 3263 and 3400+ lbs. It wasn't on sticky rubber, and even if it was it weighed 300lbs. more than what the lightest model would weigh, plus the Bridgestone tires it comes with are LFA-spec. C&D and Road&Track state it was on its Bridgestone tires, and both came to the same times. But regardless it doesn't have it's launch control which hindered it's acceleration times. Also if you read up it couldn't be launched good in sport mode, which decreases shift times. So the launch tests were done in another transmission setting, INCREASING the times between shifts. If in sport mode it would change gears faster and therefore accelerate faster.

Do some research and you'll learn a lot.

"Also if you read up it couldn't be launched good in sport mode, which decreases shift times. So the launch tests were done in another transmission setting, INCREASING the times between shifts. If in sport mode it would change gears faster and therefore accelerate faster."

- Those are nothing but excuses. Why didn't they use sport mode if it shifted faster? And why after 9 years of development haven't they figured out how to equip it with launch control? LOL! I'm tired of the excuses.

Some folks here need to come to the reality that the LF-A is an also-ran when compared to other supercars. While costing more than all of them. The LF-A is more a marketing tool, than a Ferrari killer. A few months ago, before the LF-A was released to the public, people here were calling it a Ferrari killer. In retrospect that was just crazy talk.

"But it can weigh between 3263 and 3400+ lbs'

- You see what I'm talking about. You say it weighs between 3263 and 3400+ pounds. Car and Driver put the car on a scale and it weighed 3583lbs. Yet you put 3400+lbs. Why didn't you put 3500+ pounds? Didn't look as good as 3400+ lbs?

No matter how you sugar coat it the LF-A isn't a lightweight. Leather and other options doesn't add an additional 380lbs. The LF-A isn't lighter than a Ferrari 599. So much for carbon fiber tubs. LOL!!

There's no need to do more research on the LF-A's weight? It was weighed on a scale already, case closed. There's truth and then there's propaganda. Lexus fans chose to accept the propaganda as fact, even when presented with evidence that proves otherwise. That's what I call being delusional.

I still don't understand why people are still dogging on this car... It's meant to showcase what a brand typically associated with luxury is capable in their F-Division. The Halo car is intended to bring more attention to the line, and the brand. Even if Lexus were to have not sold any, they have hundreds of millions of dollars invested in testing of ceramic brakes and carbon fiber, that will hopefully be used in later models.

"ceramic brakes and carbon fiber, that will hopefully be used in later models."

- Won't happen, and if it does? It won’t be cheap. Carbon brakes add about $10,000 to the cost of the vehicle. I'm not sure how that can trickle down to the Camry. Unless you want to spend $50k+ on a Camry? Halo cars do bring recognition to the brand, but when that Halo car is slower than the cars it competes against (all while costing significantly more). It seems more like a marketing tool than an actual benchmark. Lexus Fans/Buyers don’t know any better. Which is sad.

I was referring to the F-Line... the GS-F and next generation IS-F will most likely have a lot of Carbon Fiber usage, since both are pretty heavy vehicles.

If it is sold out, let's see how many that are actually at dealers. Intenders are different than orders taken. And $375,000 for a Toyota is just nuts. Made in the "LF-A room" in Toyota City? I don't think so regardless of what technology it has in it. And the car is about 5 years late to the market, should have turned a wheel in 2005 at best. A Ferrari 599 GTO is the way rock.

Toyota can sell them for $10,000,000 and there will still be fools that will buy it. a fool is a fool, no matter how rich they are. They obviously didn't get that rich in the car industry. If so they'd know better.

huu76 you really think Toyota could sell an even more Special Toyota for $1,000,000? What color is the sky in your world? And sell it out! Lexsucks said it very well. If they could sell so many of this Special Toyota/"Lexus" why 500 units? And in case you didn't know there are a few hundred fools out there.

The Z06 also has an enormous dinosaur V8 with a supercharger. I would hope it could match the LF-A 0-60. 0-60 isn't a good indicator of a cars performance. when it comes to high powered cars like this and the Z06 traction has alot to do with it. the GTR may be faster 0-60 but after the Z06 or LF-A gets traction you can see it catch up and pass the GTR in a drag race. A good example is the CTS-V vs the M5. the CTS V has a big msclecar V8 with gobs of torque. It beats the M5 on the quarter mile, but the M5 is gaining on the CTS by the time it gets to the 1/4 mile line and blows past the CTS V shortly after. Due to its higher rev limit and more gears, the M5 is able to use a Lower gear ratio, which multiplies the M5's engine power more effectively. Although the M5 is down almost 50 hp, the gearing and higher rev range make up for it, especially at higher speeds. Also the more gears allow for closer gear spacing, keeping the engine in its power band better. So in the quarter mile or a track with alot of short straights, the CTS V wins hands down. Tighter turns and longer straights and the M5 has the advantage. Also the M5 will top 200 mph with the 155mph electronic limiter removed. Bottom line they are both great cars and despite the fact that I am a BMW guy, but I would love to have the LF-A. I love the engine note and the technology put into it. and Yes Toyota lost money. the cost for the tooling and the research and development put into a car unlike anything they ever built while crossing into territory that they have never ventured into in the past. That cost.

"The Z06 also has an enormous dinosaur V8 with a supercharger"

- Wrong!!! LOL! The Z06 doesn't have a supercharger. Where did you get that bit of mis-information from?

My mistake That is the ZR1 with the super charger. My bad

the lfa also weights less than the zr1... and there are plenty other cars out there that are just as pricey... the enzo ferrari is 650,000 when it came out in 05' i believe, not sure the actual date but anyway. and the new carrara gt is more expensive than the lfa.... its rarity u are buying and breakthrough enginering... toyota has an amazing race history.