The Lexus LFA is a 2-door coupé from Lexus, built from 2010 to 2012, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Under the bonnet: 4.8 . Kengo Matsumoto (chief designer) drew it.
Where it came from
The Lexus LFA (Japanese: レクサス・LFA, Rekusasu LFA) is a two-door sports car produced between 2010 and 2012 by the Japanese carmaker Toyota under its luxury marque, Lexus. Lexus built 500 units over its production span of two years. The development of the LFA, codenamed TXS, began in early 2000. The first prototype was completed in June 2003, with regular testing at the Nürburgring starting in October 2004. Over the decade, numerous concept cars were unveiled at various motor shows and the first concept appeared in January 2005 at the North American International Auto Show as a design study. In January 2007, a more aerodynamic design was introduced, and in January 2008, a roadster version was showcased.
The production version of the LFA debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2009—commemorating Lexus's 20th anniversary—and the official manufacture of the car began on 15 December 2010 at the Motomachi production facility in Toyota, Aichi. Production ended in 2012. The 4.8 L 1LR-GUE V10 engine built by Toyota in collaboration with Yamaha, as fitted to the LFA, produces a power output of 412 kilowatts (560 PS; 553 hp) and 480 newton-metres (350 lb⋅ft), sufficient to give the car a 0–97 km/h (60 mph) of 3.6 seconds and a maximum speed of 325 kilometres per hour (202 mph). The LFA's body mass is composed of sixty-five per cent carbon fibre-reinforced polymer, and incorporates various lightweight materials such as aluminium, titanium and magnesium. Lexus ended production of the LFA on 17 December 2012, two years and two days after it commenced. The LFA has received awards includi
Under the skin
Power comes from 4.8 . It weighs 3483 lb. It shifts through a 6-speed Aisin SA6 automated manual. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 2605 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Toyota, Aichi (Motomachi plant), Japan. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan Leaf, the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Lamborghini Aventador — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Lexus catalogue sit the Lexus ES (V20) and the Lexus GS 450h.
What it costs now
The money question first: $19,400–$28,000 is the typical asking range today, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $7,740–$9,260 a year. Insurance sits around $1,920–$2,940 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.