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More spy photos of the production Lexus LF-A supercar pounding round the Nurburgring have emerged.

The Lexus LF-A, which will go on sale in October priced around £250,000, will be officially unveiled at the Tokyo Motor show next month and just 500 examples will be built over the next two or three years, depending on how long it takes to sell that many cars.

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curious why, when so much of the car is stripped of disguise, they bothered taping up all the lights to mask their outline and obscured the (still visible) logos. apart from anything else - some of the taping gives the effect of really dodgy panel fitting at first glance which isn't what you'd be looking for in a 200+ grand car :-)

really not convinced about this matt paintwork fad at the moment - on some cars it seems to work and others - like this - not so much. It's a useful tool on test cars to confuse the eye and mask subtleties in the styling as it presents very little contrast - but that's about it.

 

really, really bad looking car.

for such amount of money, there are out there better options... even the GT-R looks beautiful, at least as better balance on looks.

(and yes, people with money as mind, taste & sense)

the gas-filler cover is a design icon...

finesse!

it's a Toyota, and everything is said...

 

 

Do we need to spend this amount of money to this kind of performance?, other car makers have produced cars that have this kind of performance for less than a third of this projected asking price, even if i was well off, i think i'd be buying something i want as apposed to what i was expected to buy.I know we all like to see these types of car, i do too, it's just when you see or read about the next great move in car tech you think,that's a lot of money for a car, i suppose if you can afford it then why not, nobody can tell you what to do with your money.  

£250,000, for a Toyota?

 

Are they on crack?

Man ... that's ugly!

The excitement of this car expired long ago. Longest concept in history....

Looks more aggressive as time passes, more GTR, compared to the original luxury look when this saga began.

 

 

Peter Cavellini:

Do we need to spend this amount of money to this kind of performance?

My thoughts exactly. What we have is a car priced like a supercar to rival Murcielagos, Zondas, Apollos etc, but delivers the power and performance of cars from the class below such as Gallardos, McLarens, 911s and 458s.

 

£300k for a toyota with only 550 bhp? Come on........

 Seems to be an accelerating trend, the £200K supercar. There's obviously a market; companies like Toyota don't enter into a new segment without some serious research to convince management.

I'm a little concerned though, that after all the cool matt-black prototypes the real painted thing ain't going to be quite so cool. If they actually bring it to market in matt black I'll never say a bad word about a Toyota ever again..

michael knight:

 Seems to be an accelerating trend, the £200K supercar

As does the £1million Supercar!

300k????? I'll have one Lambo, one Mercedes CLK convertible and some cash in my pocket instead... ;-)