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Nurburgring shots show new supercar in all its glory

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 £300,000, 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.

See the new Lexus LF-A production car spy gallery here

See the previous Lexus LF-A production car spy gallery here

See the Lexus LF-A race car image gallery here

20 cars are earmarked for the UK, starting in early 2010, and each owner being introduced to their car at a private circuit in Spain by one of Toyota’s hand-picked driving superstars.

The car, which began life in 2003, will be fitted with a 5.0-litre V10 engine that can be revved to an extraordinary 9,000rpm.

Lexus engineers are confident the unit will produce around 550bhp with ease and with a power to weight ratio 366.6bhp per tonne performance should be up with a Ferrari 599, the car’s main competitor.

Stopping power is expected to come courtesy of carbon ceramic rotors sitting behind 20-inch wheels.

Suspension is by double wishbones and coil-over dampers at the front with a multi-link arrangement and coil-over dampers at the back.

The chassis-tub is made from carbon composite, which will give the Lexus LF-A with one of the stiffest shells in production car history, and the outer body skin will be made from aluminium.

Watch Steve Sutcliffe drive the Lexus LF-A on video

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rosstopher 23 September 2009

Re: Lexus LF-A supercar undisguised

ShvsIrns wrote:

blasos1983 wrote:
So, what was the Lexus SC430 known as in the Toyota range?

The Toyota SC430 lol. They're all the same, they come from the same place geez .... they should stick to what they're good at.

Exactly, there was a bit of a trend last time i was in tokyo of people buying lexus badges to stick on their toyotas but that's as far as it goes.

jcmr2 23 September 2009

Re: Lexus LF-A supercar undisguised

They are good at everything!

Vidge 123 23 September 2009

Re: Lexus LF-A supercar undisguised

jcmr2 wrote:

Jaguar = Ta Ta

Range rover = Ta Ta. Toyota a bit more posh than Ta Ta

What car do jag or land rover make that is even close to £300,000?