Lexus made my pants fit tighter...

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

LF-A = new NSX aka wonderful performer but ultimately not enough money for what you get

The NSX was beautiful, handled like a dream, braked like a phenom, but couldn't hang with its rivals because it didn't have enough power.

 

[FurbiesAndBeans 10+ year member]

Withdraw?

Certainly!

thats nothing compared to Eddie Griffin crashing an Enzo, //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

Looks like a gtr remake. But nonetheless, one sexy as car

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

I honestly don't see how people are thinking this looks like a gt-r? Looks more like a 370z to me.

 

[I Like Waffle]

Some of those cars are nice, but ill take a 68 chevelle with a good old 600hp v8 over those any day. Unless ofcourse i was getting it as a gift, then id take the most expensive one, sell it, and buy 15-20 600hp chevelles.

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

i was wondering when the zonda would show up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif thats my dream car

 

[Crimson Boom 10+ year member]

Chevelles with 600 hp usually can't make it around many corners without extensive modding, and even then, its not very refined

 

[Crimson Boom 10+ year member]

The NSX was beautiful, handled like a dream, braked like a phenom, but couldn't hang with its rivals because it didn't have enough power.

considering the segment 552 hp and its high curbweight(I assume) it is underpowered

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Some of those cars are nice, but ill take a 68 chevelle with a good old 600hp v8 over those any day. Unless ofcourse i was getting it as a gift, then id take the most expensive one, sell it, and buy 15-20 600hp chevelles.

No you wouldn't, so don't even bother saying that. If someone showed up to your door with the keys to a Koenigsegg, buying a chevelle would be the last thing on your mind.

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

Some rich Asian kid here on campus bought one and he gave me a ride a few weeks ago. It will rip your ****ing eyelids off in a straight line, then rip your eardrums off while cornering. The interior is beautiful, I agree. The exterior looks terrible IMO.

The dash amazed me. Definitely supercar quality. Looks are subjective, I'd say. I like the subtlety of it. A 900hp R34 Skyline could definitely pull a few lookers from a ferrari, I'd say, as an example, too. I'd take the GT-R over quite a few other cars that are exponentially more expensive.

However, for the price of the lexus? As others have said, Pagani. I'd go for that any day over it.

The considering of the GT-R is the fact that it not only has a super car engine, with the power, and balanced output curve (it may be turbocharged, but it puts a pretty balanced power curve, very equivalent to a larger V8/V10 or in some cases, a V12), but it also has the equivalent handling. The brake upgrade on the SpecV is milestones ahead of ferrari's brakes.

At Nordschleife, it managed a top time. Beating out all the lamborghini's, etc.

The only major cars ahead of it were the Enzo Ferrari, the Pagani Zonda F, the Maserati MC12, and it was virtually tied with the Corvette ZR1. It beat the Koenigsegg CCX, Porsches of all types, Bugatti Veyron, etc. The SpecV, though not in production yet, beat out the Enzo, and corvette, too.

But my fav car is the Zonda. Hands down. Looks do play a part.

 

[.M3THOD. 10+ year member]

The people buying this car won't be buying it for a performance aspect.
The sheer fact that it's production run is limited to 500 will be the main selling point.

The value only goes up from there.

You are soo right. The rich clamor for anything that is limited

The main selling point on this LEXUS is NOT the limited numbers. To be frank this car does not warrant the price tag, and if you think this LEXUS is worth nearly half a MILLION dollars, then you are nuts:laugh:.

Lexus understands this car is not perfect- looks or performance wise- but still cost them an arm and a leg to design/produce. Hence the price tag, and production numbers. Look at it as an experiment, not a fine world class automobile. Lexus obviously has the means to produce these but limited it to 500, not on the bases of prestige:laugh: but practicality. Nobody is dropping $400k to look prestigous in a vehicle put out by a car company which predominantly caters to the upper-middle class, and has put MILLIONS of cars on the road.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

Why drool over this car?

It

Is not prestigous

Is produced by a common company

Is not the top performer in its price range

Is not utterly beautiful for a vehicle asking nearly half a MILL

Is highly overpriced

Very few people would look at this car (just the car and it's number, nothing else) and come up with a $400,000 price tag

 

[Loud3 10+ year member]

If we are going into supercar/racecar territory,

2010 Devon GTX:

$525,000 gets you an 8.4l V10 making 650 at 6,100. It's rather expensive for what it is, and I'm not crazy about the body... but it has potential.

Ascari A10

$650,000 gets you 0-60 in 2.8 seconds from an astounding 625 ponies on tap from a 5.0l BMW V8.

And then you have the Gumpert Apollo...

 

[The HACKER 10+ year member]

lol....the car has nipples...under the headlights //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Loud3 10+ year member]

You are soo right. The rich clamor for anything that is limited
The main selling point on this LEXUS is NOT the limited numbers. To be frank this car does not warrant the price tag, and if you think this LEXUS is worth nearly half a MILLION dollars, then you are nuts:laugh:.

Lexus understands this car is not perfect- looks or performance wise- but still cost them an arm and a leg to design/produce. Hence the price tag, and production numbers. Look at it as an experiment, not a fine world class automobile. Lexus obviously has the means to produce these but limited it to 500, not on the bases of prestige:laugh: but practicality. Nobody is dropping $400k to look prestigous in a vehicle put out by a car company which predominantly caters to the upper-middle class, and has put MILLIONS of cars on the road.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

Why drool over this car?

It

Is not prestigous

Is produced by a common company

Is not the top performer in its price range

Is not utterly beautiful for a vehicle asking nearly half a MILL

Is highly overpriced

Very few people would look at this car (just the car and it's number, nothing else) and come up with a $400,000 price tag

Not a lot of companies can say their first venture just made a 7:24 lap record at the Nürburgring. Although, I will be waiting for the official call on that one.

Comparing to the 2010 911 Turbo, which was 7:39, and the 2009 GT-R which lapped in 7:38... Even the Spec-V has only done a 7:25 to date.

 

[Loud3 10+ year member]

Possible roadster option?!?