Toyota as the manufacturer behind the launch of the Lexus LFA has had the courage to bear the loss just to release this one product. It could be true when considering so many technologies that grafted Toyota on this one car. That said, 60% more than the car is made of carbon fiber so that the total weight of this car can be pushed to the max.
LFA Project was started in the year 2000 and five years later, the Lexus under Toyota showcase this car in concept form at the Detroit auto show. Lexus plans to release only 500 units started in 2010. Lexus will only produce about 20 cars per month until the quota was met in about two years. Not only that, Lexus is also planning to select the applicants before allowing them to bring this car home.
Are already visible at a glance view that LFA is indeed an exotic car. There are only two seats are provided Lexus LFA. V-10 engine capacity 4.800cc placed at the front of the machine while the power generated is transferred to the rear wheels because the coupe is not using all-wheel drive system. This machine is able to generate power of 553 horsepower with a maximum speed of around 325km per hour.
As mentioned earlier, 65% part of this car made of carbon fiber while the remaining 35% is made of aluminum. It also causes LFA project is so included in the formulation of long. Lexus initially planned to create a framework of aluminum, but in the middle of the project plan changed and now the framework is made of woven carbon fiber. These decisions have an impact on the total weight of about 100kg.
The use of carbon fiber is not only because of the desire reducing the weight of the car. According to Lexus chief engineer, with carbon fiber body, the angle can be made more sharply so that the increased level of aerodynamic, too. In testing, Car and Driver recorded waktu3, 7 seconds to reach speeds of 100km per hour. In addition, this site also mentions that in high speed, LFA is still stable ride.
This site is also mentioned in the matter of control, it feels very solid LFA although fully using electronic systems. Even if there are complaints, this site only mention a few rough transmission in automatic mode and further suggest using the manual system that is more subtle. In line with Car and Driver Car Magazine is the opinion although the site also mentions that the design of instruments on the dashboard, including interesting. CNet did not mention the fact almost none of the weaknesses of the cars that they consider the evolution of the Toyota Supra.
