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Spy Shots: Lexus LF-A’s Carbon-Fiber Cabin

Agent009 submitted on 05/07/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:28 AM
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Spy Shots: Lexus LF-A’s Carbon-Fiber Cabin

Prototypes for Lexus’ upcoming LF-A supercar have been spotted testing at the Nurburgring for the good part of a year but until now we haven’t been able to get a good look at the car’s new interior. As these latest spy images reveal, the new LF-A sports an almost identical cabin to the concept version (also pictured below) and includes its full carbon-fiber dashboard and large centralized tacho.

We also get to see the car’s unpainted carbon-fiber roof for the first time as well as some switchgear around the dash. Interestingly, the car’s steering wheel appears devoid of any buttons. However, this could easily change before the introduction of the final production version early next year.

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dimitri_010 - 5/7/2008 10:19:28 AM

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a lot of that production material looks plasticy/cheap :-\

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Willis - 5/7/2008 11:47:47 AM

-7 Boost

answer - 5/7/2008 12:02:15 PM

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Um, until the LF-A enters production, aren't all the photos/reviews/tests/etc. PRE production?

If you want to bitch about the "production" materials, you'll have to wait a bit.

Relax German-only-fanboys. Relax.

EnnNorak - 5/7/2008 12:03:04 PM

+3 Boost

There is a German company called Folia Tec that makes a carbon film in matte or glossy finish that can be used to cover up cheap plastic wood trim or whatever and give you interior that carbon fiber look. BTW, that film is durable if applied to the exterior of the vehicle as well. Carbon fiber is not as expensive as one might think. There are plenty of suppliers one can google who make various sizes of carbon fiber sheet that can be cut and/or bend for interior trim. If I had a Jaguar with all that excessive wood across the dash, I would cover all the wood with carbon fiber.

autopro - 5/7/2008 4:49:45 PM

+3 Boost

Doesn't matter you can't afford one.

r15mohd - 5/7/2008 6:48:15 PM

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ennnorak, the reason a jaguar is a jaguar is partly because of all the wood trim. it dates back to many decades ago...they build on the style, not eliminate it and start over.

1995e34 - 5/7/2008 8:08:15 PM

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i think the wood would be my #1 reason to buy a jag.

i love carbon fiber. i mean LOVE it. but NOT in a stylistic/asthetic application. carbon is used to increase performance, not because it's pretty.

would you also rip up your nice hardwood floors to replace them with carbon fiber? i hope not. the bank that gave you a home loan might crucify you as well.

xdrive_ - 5/7/2008 10:22:17 AM

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Is this car EVER going to come out?

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auto001 - 5/7/2008 10:26:59 AM

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This car look beautiful from every angle, easy on the eyes, please let me win the lottery before this comes out :)

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enthusiastx11 - 5/7/2008 11:36:33 AM

+7 Boost

you've got plenty of time, keep playing.

Agent63 - 5/7/2008 4:37:58 PM

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You won't need to win the lottery to obtain this car. It's easily obtainable if you have a decent job or you can "save".

JRobUSC - 5/8/2008 6:48:08 PM

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easily obtainable with a decent job? Uh, what? This is a $200k car. That's a $4000 monthly payment (as if people buying $200k cars were actually financing them -- they pay cash).

Maybe your idea of "decent" is different than, well, reality. It'll take a lot more than a "decent job" or a few years of saving to buy this car or anything like it, or everyone with a "decent job" would be driving Ferrari's.

Agent63 - 5/10/2008 8:37:25 AM

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Wow 200K for a Lexus. Try to convince the world to purchase that over an Audi R8. It's going to be hard. I trust that they've been given enough time to develop a proper looking coupe. They can't capture a luxury GT car market but want to jump past the benchmark SL and go straight for a so called "supercar". It doesn't make much sense to me.

If i was gonna buy a fast Japanese car I would just go buy a GT-R which seems to be built very solidly and priced MUCH cheaper than that 200K number you gave me. Again Lexus is trying to copy Mercedes by having a "supercar" just like they copied Mercedes by having the Maybach rear seats in their LS. Deboost me fan boys but you know its true. There's no prestige in making a supercar but companies like Audi and Merc just can. Lexus needs to concentrate on other things besides making a supercar.

I'm going to get a lot of heat for this but its ok. Toyota wanted this LF-A to be the next Supra replacement but they wanted the "prestige" so they're badging it a Lexus. DIFFERENT COMPANIES OR NOT we all know they still share parts so lets not ignore that fact. It's like slapping the GT-R with an Infiniti badge. Same doodle different pile.

: )

Rupert - 5/7/2008 10:31:56 AMView My AgentSpace

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A knob next to the steering wheel says Sport, City and Low. Suspension or gearbox?

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Rupert - 5/7/2008 10:34:48 AMView My AgentSpace

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Could be Slow and not Low. Not sure.

I95SPEEDINGTICKETS - 5/7/2008 2:59:16 PM

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Rupert:

It reads SNOW

Look at the pics of the concept and you will see it.

The S and most of the N is cut off in the spy pics.

Rupert - 5/7/2008 6:28:40 PMView My AgentSpace

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That makes more sense. Gearbox it is then.

Batman219 - 5/7/2008 10:45:07 AM

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Not liking the layout of interior. It looks like something from an early 80's honda accord.

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TheBoss - 5/7/2008 10:59:26 AM

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Carbon fiber really makes the interior look cheap. And with a C/F roof, this car is guaranteed to be expensive, unless Lexus decides to follow Nissans route with the GT-R.

If LF-A doesn't offer something short of awesome to distinguish it from the over rated Euros, LF-A will never be able to repeat what the LS600H has done.

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xdrive_ - 5/7/2008 11:01:49 AM

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What has the LS600H done that could be considered awesome? It is the flagship that is slower than its LS460 sibiling and gets trounced by the S600.

TheBoss - 5/7/2008 2:04:23 PM

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LS600H is sold out!! Even at 100K plus. That's something that's never happended to a japanese car before. LF-A may not be able to do the same.

And who're the retards that keeps deboosting me. I wasn't even dissin Lexus. Oh wait, I did call those Euros over rated.

JRobUSC - 5/8/2008 7:19:41 PM

-1 Boost

Let's not start this again. The LS600h is sold out because people are sheep, not because it's a great car. If anything it's a testament to how good Lexus's marketing people are that a car that has been universally denounced in every test by every source, a car that literally delivers on none of the greenness/fuel economy/performance promises made during its debut, a car that is actually a slower, worse performing, less utilitarian vehicle than its own less expensive sibling (let alone the competition)... is sold out. But make no mistake, it isn't sold out because it's good. It's sold out because people will buy anything that makes them look hip/green/earth loving to other idiotic, similarly stupid people who don't realize that buying one makes them none of those things.

As PT Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute". Well, there's an LS600h for every one of them. At least the rich ones.

lexusrox123 - 5/10/2008 7:32:40 PM

+2 Boost

its environmentally friendly because it has a SULEV rating(SUper Low Emissions Vehicle) which is the best a car can have, since it pollutes the Least, stupid!

AMiodynski - 5/7/2008 11:24:59 AM

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Xdrive, you are mistaken, the LS600H is quicker then the LS460L, and I don't see a S600 trouncing anything but onto a flatbed.....

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xdrive_ - 5/7/2008 11:40:37 AM

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S600 accelerates like a beast. 0-60mph in 4.2 secs. That's Porsche and Ferrari territory.
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison_test/sedans/wretched_excess_times_two_comparison_test/2007_mercedes_benz_s600_comparison_test

Agent63 - 5/8/2008 8:22:26 AM

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Don't be jealous that the S600, S63, S65 cost more than your Lexus Hybrid that's supposed to be crazy in fuel economy but really not?....in my opinion. Good way of luring people in but you want a full size luxury sedan, you go get a benchmark car and that is the S-Class.

Give credit where credit is due. The S has paved the way for many brands and envious automakers. Some have become just as successful or close.

When I drive my LS I feel very boring. When I drive my 550 I feel alive and happy. Don't know any other LS/S class owners here but that's how I feel.

gooch - 5/7/2008 11:33:32 AM

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Did you guys hear that the LF-A prototype went around the Nurburgring at 7:37, but when they let Ralf Schumacher drive, it did a 7:53?

For the love of God Toyota, release this car! It's starting to look old to me.
And Chevy, by the time you release the Camaro, it'll be time to redesign it because we all know what it looks like! We've known for YEARS!

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AMiodynski - 5/7/2008 11:43:33 AM

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gooch, if you really want one, we are taking pre-orders on them... Have 8 people already waiting with deposit's on the LF-A !!

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gooch - 5/8/2008 8:44:58 AM

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No, I don't want one; I want them to release it so we can stop being subjected to year after year of spy photos of the "upcoming" LF-A. It's sickening. The Camaro is the same way.

jeeka715 - 5/7/2008 11:51:41 AM

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I seriously doubt the interior will look the same as what it is now. If you take out the wiring, tape, walkie talkie and switch boxes, it does look pretty stark. But I would think that the interior details have not been finalized yet as they are still trying to tweak the car's performance. Who knows, they could have an "interior" mule as well floating around their factories....but I could be wrong.

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M35MT - 5/7/2008 12:40:25 PMView My AgentSpace

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Lexus sucks
It's just a Toyota with Leather
It's never coming out
It looks cheap inside even though I cant see anything
Lexus sucks
[insert additional cliche LF-A/Lexus bashing lines here]

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LexusLion - 5/10/2008 11:07:36 PM

+1 Boost

Jealousy sucks.

w209w114 - 5/7/2008 12:43:15 PMView My AgentSpace

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The most boring interior Ive seen on a sports car since the 1970s. Nowhere near the Audi R8

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mercuryguy - 5/7/2008 12:45:32 PM

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Carbon Fiber looks good on my bicycle, not my dashboard. I have 1 vehicle with the silver mesh dashboard, I hate it. It glares at night. My other vehicle has a woodgrain dash which I love.

Ever notice, the most expensive cars of the world have rich wood interiors? Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls, Duisenberg and Jaguar.

The VW Passat Wagon does the Aluminum Dash the best. That is the only silver dash I like. The Germans somehow design everything right.

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mercuryguy - 5/7/2008 12:50:02 PM

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Lexus is more of a family car. Jaguar has a much richer interior. Unfortunately you can’t get a Jaguar with a stick anymore.

Jaguar is marketing the brand as more of a lady’s car these days.

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Willis - 5/7/2008 2:54:37 PM

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The Jaguar X-Type is available with stick in the diesel version I think.

S4cabriofoxone - 5/10/2008 9:42:47 PMView My AgentSpace

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But that's the worst Jaguar in about twenty years. No thanks.

speedmaster - 5/7/2008 1:10:41 PMView My AgentSpace

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looks very faithful to the concept car. I'm not a big fan of the

1/2 leather & 1/2 carbon fiber steering wheel.

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enthusiastx11 - 5/7/2008 1:14:14 PM

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maybe we'll see an improved interior when it debuts at the 2009 detroit auto show for the FIFTH year in a row.

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gooch - 5/8/2008 8:47:24 AM

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+1, big time.

henbmw - 5/7/2008 1:15:45 PM

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I don't think the wing is big enough

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evilm - 5/7/2008 1:18:34 PM

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Cheap and tacky. Everything a lexus stands for.

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answer - 5/7/2008 2:30:04 PM

+8 Boost

Lame and unfunny.

Qualities all your posts seem to share.

TheBoss - 5/7/2008 2:20:44 PM

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Interior styling doesn't look good, looks like they copied an 80s camaros dash.

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adamsaf723 - 5/7/2008 7:31:14 PM

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I wonder how legit these pics are. Because we might be looking at Gen 6 Nav in this car.

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gooch - 5/8/2008 8:46:26 AM

-2 Boost

Hell, by the time they release it, we'll be looking at Generation 10 Navi.

1995e34 - 5/7/2008 8:10:00 PM

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why does the camoed mule look infinitely better than the autoshow concept? i like the mule alot, but the concept is so-so on a good day.

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fatboi - 5/8/2008 3:49:39 AM

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Toyota is desperatly trying to make something that could be better than the new supercar's benchmark.. The new GT-R
They even cloned the name "LF-A from GT-R"
consedering the predicted price i dont think that it can fixed as the GT-R which is considered as a steal to the end customer.
the LF-A will be a major failure for Toyota.

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xj13 - 5/8/2008 8:40:03 AM

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Save ur money and buy a GTR or a real super car a GT2.

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mercuryguy - 5/8/2008 6:09:57 PM

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the 4 wheel drive makes this a gas guzzler.

Audi R8 Diesel Supercar is a far better choice.

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lexusrox123 - 5/10/2008 7:39:07 PM

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people who buy performance cars like gt-r , porsche, lambo, etc. dont really care about fuel economy as much as the positive features from AWD

farabira1 - 5/10/2008 8:22:46 PM

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Looks like the interior in the LFA concept, and that to me is one of the best interiors i have seen ever in a car. If Lexus can even bring all the techno gizmo display panels also into production, then really we will have an interior that will only be surpassed by Bugatti Veyron in the Supercar segment, all the supercars have minimalistic interiors, whereas this LFA will seek to pertain to Lexus's motto of Luxury infused speed. And Oh actually the Audi R8 also has an exceptional interior, too, but from what i have seen, the LFA concept interior is higher class.

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S4cabriofoxone - 5/10/2008 9:45:33 PMView My AgentSpace

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"And Oh actually the Audi R8 also has an exceptional interior, too, but from what i have seen, the LFA concept interior is higher class."

What have you seen other than concept interiors? It's impossible to gauge what a real interior will be like (materials-wise) from that.

Anyway, it SHOULD be higher-class because this car might be nearly twice its price.

LexusLion - 5/10/2008 11:00:23 PM

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The LF-A is going to be one sexy, fast beast!

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