WHAT IS LEXUS TESTING WITH THIS WIDEBODY LFA AT THE NÜRBURGRING?

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During the Industry Pool at the Nürburgring I have filmed the Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition testing on track.

The Lexus LFA was a real engineering tour de force. Sure, it was stuck in development hell for years, and the 4.8-liter V10's 552-horsepower output wasn't super impressive when it came out, but it integrated a ton of expertise Toyota gained from its F1 team in the early to mid 2000s. Unfortunately, it didn't sell well. Last year, we found there were a few new models sitting on dealer lots, five years after the 500-model run ended. Still, it looks like Toyota may not have given up on the idea of a race-derived flagship for Lexus, at least based on this prototype running around the Nürburgring this week.

At first glance, the car pictured here looks like an LFA with the Nürburgring Package and some camouflage on the front and rear fenders. If you look closely, you can see that the fenders are significantly wider than on the standard LFA. Based on the license plate, this appears to be the same car with two different sets of wheels. Lexus may simply be swapping out worn tires, or they may be testing different wheel and tire combinations to fit the wider wheel wells.

Anything beyond this is just speculation. There have been rumors of a new flagship Lexus sports car that sits atop the LC 500 and LC 500h. We saw the Toyota GR Super Sport Concept back in January, though that car looks nothing like what we see here. As much as we would love that sweet Yamaha co-developed V10 to carry over, we're not holding our breath. Some sort of hybrid powertrain is almost a certainty. Maybe Lexus and Toyota could pull some tech from its Le Mans-winning TS050 Hybrid race car.

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When the lfa is taking a corner

A wild chiron appears

mormoncoffee

Plot twist
It's just a dude with a widebody lfa seeing how fast it can go

yeahh

10 years old and still one of the best sounding cars on the planet

longtailgt

if they bring back the lfa that will be legendary

jaredcoleman

" The best thing it's the noise. It sounds baleful, It sounds like a wild animal that's sad for something. "
~Jeremy Clarkson

silveradopunked

Now that's great news. Amazing sound capture!

GT-R

IF WE SEE A 2019 LEXUS LFA WITH A FREAKING *WIDEBODY* OPTION

**Dead**

alfaperson

The Bugatti sounds like truck, the LFA sounds like an F1 car!

MatrixDiscovery

What is lexus teating at the track today? A widebody LFA..!!!!

SUICIDE RATE DROPS TO 0%

HEXONE

Oh Lexus is up to something 👀

Orgasmic V10 sound 😩😍

dwalker

Sounds otherworldly. The most glorious sound a car has ever been able to make. To compare it to a musical instrument would be a massive understatement. Just crazy.

shshh-fweh

The high pitched V10 tuned by Yamaha... Music to my eardrum. Lovely.

Oh, that also reminds me of the other V10 from other company, Porsche. The Carrera GT.

Both V10s has a very F1-esque screaming.

glenmlj

I personally have seen some people looking for LFAs to buy and they cannot find one. Some unsold LFAs are being held by the dealerships for future sales when the prices go up even further. Cheapest LFA go for $400K - $500K well above the MSRP 10 years ago while the Nurburgring Edition auctioned for close to $1 million at the Barrett Jackson auction so compare that to supercars from 10 years ago like 458 Italia, R8 V10 or LP570-4, it is holding is value extremely well and it will keep going up.

KLRGTKR

Who said 552 hp is not impressive? Too much horsepower is also not good either. 552 is more than enough for an everyday driver . with more horsepower comes more responsibility and how many people can actually handle that much power? It seems in this generation, nothing is good enough, people always wanting more. It's not all about horsepower it comes down to the whole package and it should be about the driving experience and how the car makes you feel. Everyone that drove the LFA had a big smile on their face.

wayneh