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Vehicle: Lexus LF-A concept
Engine: High-output double overhead cam V-8
Horsepower: More than 500 hp
Height: 48.0 inches
Width: 73.2 inches
Length: 173.2 inches
Wheelbase: 103 inches / 2580 mm
Overall length: 173 inches / 4400 mm
Overall width: 73 inches / 1860 mm
Overall height: 48 inches / 1220 mm
Front tire size: 245/40R19
Rear tire size: 285/35R19
DETROIT, January 9, 2005 – Lexus unveiled the LF-A sports car concept at a press conference today at the 2005 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The two-seat concept blends the performance of an exotic sports car with the luxury refinements of a Lexus. Designed to express a bold new direction in styling for the Lexus brand, the LF-A concept is a vision closely aligned with the company’s Formula One commitment to achieving superiority among its rivals in speed, quickness, agility and reliability.
“The Lexus LF-A is like no sports car we have ever built—or even imagined,” said Jim Press, Toyota Motor Sales executive vice president and COO. “Currently only a concept, it is a realistic vision of how we might address the boundaries that define the exotic sports car landscape.”
The Lexus LF-A concept features an engine capable of developing more than 500 horsepower from a displacement of less than five liters. With a combination of optimum gearing, weight and aerodynamics, the LF-A concept would produce a top speed in the neighborhood of 200 miles per hour.
“The LF-A is theoretically developed to run a parallel course to our company’s efforts in Formula One racing,” added Press. “It would probably feature a powertrain and drivetrain configuration strongly influenced by whatever is being used in competition at the time.”
Inside, the LF-A is designed as a luxury high-speed capsule that blends extravagant comfort with precision operation. Although it is more than two inches shorter in length than the Porsche 911 Turbo, its wheelbase is nine inches longer.
At 48 inches, it is nearly identical in height to the Ferrari F430. And with a width of 73.2 inches, its splits the difference between the Mercedes Benz SL55 and the Aston Martin DB9.
While the LF-A makes a major statement in how Lexus would define exotic sports car performance, it was conceived to express the emergence of a new direction in styling for the Lexus brand, globally.
What the automaker says: "The Lexus LF-A is like no sports car we have ever built--or even imagined," said Jim Press, Toyota Motor Sales executive vice president and COO. "Currently only a concept, it is a realistic vision of how we might address the boundaries that define the exotic sports car landscape." The Lexus LF-A concept features an engine capable of developing more than 500 horsepower from a displacement of less than five liters. With a combination of optimum gearing, weight and aerodynamics, the LF-A concept would produce a top speed in the neighborhood of 200 miles per hour.
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Again, what happend honda?????
Vehicle: Lexus LF-A concept
Engine: High-output double overhead cam V-8
Horsepower: More than 500 hp
Height: 48.0 inches
Width: 73.2 inches
Length: 173.2 inches
Wheelbase: 103 inches / 2580 mm
Overall length: 173 inches / 4400 mm
Overall width: 73 inches / 1860 mm
Overall height: 48 inches / 1220 mm
Front tire size: 245/40R19
Rear tire size: 285/35R19
DETROIT, January 9, 2005 – Lexus unveiled the LF-A sports car concept at a press conference today at the 2005 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The two-seat concept blends the performance of an exotic sports car with the luxury refinements of a Lexus. Designed to express a bold new direction in styling for the Lexus brand, the LF-A concept is a vision closely aligned with the company’s Formula One commitment to achieving superiority among its rivals in speed, quickness, agility and reliability.
“The Lexus LF-A is like no sports car we have ever built—or even imagined,” said Jim Press, Toyota Motor Sales executive vice president and COO. “Currently only a concept, it is a realistic vision of how we might address the boundaries that define the exotic sports car landscape.”
The Lexus LF-A concept features an engine capable of developing more than 500 horsepower from a displacement of less than five liters. With a combination of optimum gearing, weight and aerodynamics, the LF-A concept would produce a top speed in the neighborhood of 200 miles per hour.
“The LF-A is theoretically developed to run a parallel course to our company’s efforts in Formula One racing,” added Press. “It would probably feature a powertrain and drivetrain configuration strongly influenced by whatever is being used in competition at the time.”
Inside, the LF-A is designed as a luxury high-speed capsule that blends extravagant comfort with precision operation. Although it is more than two inches shorter in length than the Porsche 911 Turbo, its wheelbase is nine inches longer.
At 48 inches, it is nearly identical in height to the Ferrari F430. And with a width of 73.2 inches, its splits the difference between the Mercedes Benz SL55 and the Aston Martin DB9.
While the LF-A makes a major statement in how Lexus would define exotic sports car performance, it was conceived to express the emergence of a new direction in styling for the Lexus brand, globally.
What the automaker says: "The Lexus LF-A is like no sports car we have ever built--or even imagined," said Jim Press, Toyota Motor Sales executive vice president and COO. "Currently only a concept, it is a realistic vision of how we might address the boundaries that define the exotic sports car landscape." The Lexus LF-A concept features an engine capable of developing more than 500 horsepower from a displacement of less than five liters. With a combination of optimum gearing, weight and aerodynamics, the LF-A concept would produce a top speed in the neighborhood of 200 miles per hour.
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Again, what happend honda?????
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