Lexus LFA Factory Now Assembling Imported Carbon Fiber Bicycles

Master craftsmen at Toyota Motor Corp.'s secretive workshop used to build the luxury brand's $375,000 LFA halo sports car.

Now, they make bicycles. Granted, the bicycles are $10,000 carbon-fiber units, but it's a big tumble from the LFA's screaming 4.8-liter V-10 engine to the 22-speed, pedal-pumped F Sport Roadbike.

Lexus touts the new bicycle, which just went on sale only in Japan, as embodying the "principles and philosophy" of the LFA.

genesee - 7/16/2013 1:03:03 PM

+4 Boost

Wired. Maybe lexus should start manufacturing full range of bicycles and leave car industry altogether.

Agent009 - 7/16/2013 1:32:53 PM

+2 Boost

One might think that they should be building them from scratch, rather than assembling already made frames. But somewhere in the process a bean counter made it in.

Dexter1 - 7/16/2013 8:31:08 PM

+3 Boost

Where's the silly-looking spindle grille?

Satriani1 - 7/17/2013 12:14:13 AM

+1 Boost

Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, etc have made bicycles. Why not Lexus?