The Lexus LFA isn't getting the respect it deserves. It costs too much, they unimaginatively opine. The shifts are too abrasive, they continue. Was anyone this harsh on the ultra-expensive hypercars of the early part of the past decade?
The Porsche Carrera GT, the Mercedes McLaren SLR, and the Ferrari Enzo have all occupied a similar stratum in motor car society; yet they all received near universal praise, despite their monumental costs. They were also all European offerings. So why isn’t the Lexus LFA, the first Japanese car in decades to even attempt the crown, being mentioned in the company its engineering justly deserves?
Because it needs 50 more horsepower. At least. A hundred horsepower more would move the game on that much more.
All of those European wonders that you see pictured, launched between 2002 and 2004, boasted in excess of 600hp. Somewhere between 612 and 651, to be exact. The Lexus LFA? Only 552.
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