Lexus Electrified Sport Concept Previewing a LFA successor

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https://bestcarweb.jp/backnumber/373204?prd=1

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Introduced in 2025 Lexus LFAII is sure to be on the market with V8, 4L twin turbo !!

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The BC Scoop Team developed a scoop entitled "2025 LFAII Revival" in the December 10, 2021 issue, and the response was remarkable.

On the other hand, Toyota held a Toyota electrification strategy presentation on December 14, 2021, where the existence of the Lexus electrified sport, which is a super sport of BEV, was revealed, and the readers also said, "The scoop of the best car. I think there were many people who felt that "was wrong !?"

And Toyota unveiled the GR GT3 concept for the first time in the world at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022.

What is the relationship between the Lexus LFA II, the electrified sport, and the GR GT3 concept? We will deliver detailed information such as what kind of development will actually be shown.

We will show you important information that cannot be obtained in other magazines.

Collected sports

GR GT3 concept

 

[supra93]

Some clearer photos.

 

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More photos from Lexus.

 

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More photos from Lexus.

What a bulbous mess. It looks horrible.

 

[Houston.RZ34]

...woah, that thing looks good - The next 20 years of car design are going to be interesting.

 

[z_ya_later]

...woah, that thing looks good - The next 20 years of car design are going to be interesting.

Was thinking about this as well. With such different components in EVs, designers will be free to create some very unconventional designs. What Lotus did with the Evija is pretty incredible too.

 

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[Captain_Kirk]

https://s.response.jp/article/2022/05/05/356908.html

Is it over 50 million yen !? New information on the successor model of Lexus supercar "LFA", finally starting development

Lexus' world-class supersport "LFA" is finally back !? Rumors of a successor model have been constant for several years, but 10 years after the end of production, scooping powerful information that development has finally started. Obtained by the site " Spyder7 ".

LFA is a 2-door supersport that Japan is proud of, which reigned at the top of the Lexus premium series "F". It is equipped with a 4.8-liter V-type 10-cylinder engine, with a maximum output of 560ps and a maximum torque of 470Nm. The price of 37.5 million yen (about 45 million yen for the Nürburgring package) was also talked about. From 2010 to 2012, only 500 units were produced worldwide, and it can be said that it is now one of the legendary units.


In December 2021, Toyota unveiled a total of 16 BEVs (battery EV cars) for the first time in the world at the "Battery EV Strategy Briefing Session". It was rumored that the "Electrified Sport" in it was the successor model to the LFA, but in reality it seems to be very different.

According to the information obtained by Spyder7, the powertrain is rich in a 4.4-liter V8 twin-turbo gasoline engine + electric motor hybrid. Moreover, the maximum output is said to reach 1000ps. It seems that development is underway with the aim of accelerating from 0 to 100km / h in less than 2.3 seconds and cruising in EV mode for 30km.

The exterior design is just an expectation, but it will inherit the long nose and short deck style of the electrified sports and the "GR GT3 Concept" exhibited at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022.

According to the information, the door part is large, and a diffuser is set in the under rear part considering the cooling effect. The front mask should retain the image of LFA while incorporating a new generation of Lexus sports design.

The world premiere of the LFA successor model is expected to be around the end of 2024. The market price will exceed 45 million yen for the Nürburgring package, and it is likely to rise significantly to the 50 million yen level.

 

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It looks like all they did was graft on the old LFA's lower bumper, side vents, and mirrors.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

https://lexusenthusiast.com/2022/06...fied-sport-concept-is-on-display-at-goodwood/

 

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[Captain_Kirk]

https://www.carscoops.com/2022/07/l...use-twin-turbo-v8-from-lc500-endurance-racer/

Back in late 2021, Lexus announced a slew of electric concept cars, and one of them was the Electrified Sport Concept, a sleek sports coupe said to be an all-electric halo car to succeed the legendary LFA.

However, according to a report from Japanese publication Mag-X, this LFA successor could also potentially spawn a traditional ICE variant in addition to the pure EV version, and the engine it uses could be quite an interesting one.

Back in 2018, Lexus unveiled an endurance racer based on the LC500 set to race at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, and a year later they fitted it with an all-new twin-turbo V8 that was said to be a testbed for future production vehicles. Initially, it was speculated, and even somewhat confirmed based on prototypes floating around, that this engine would make its way into a high-performance “LC F”, but the project was reportedly shelved.

Now, Mag-X’s report claims that rather than a hotter LC, this engine could make its way into the second coming of the LFA as a substitute for the cancelled GR010 roadgoing Le Mans Hypercar.

That being said, as exciting as this potential news may be, it seems like quite a reach given Lexus’ push towards electrification. On top of that, it was reported by none other than Mag-X themselves a year ago that parent company Toyota was allegedly stopping development of V8 engines, which is only supported by things like the Tundra and Sequoia ditching their V8s in favor of V6s for the latest generation.

In order for Mag-X’s new report to come true, Toyota would theoretically need to make financial sense of developing two separate versions of an all-new halo car, restart work on a cancelled twin-turbo V8 project despite reportedly stopping development of V8s altogether, and make it all work in a platform that was in theory only designed to be an EV (unless this was secretly the plan all along). Not exactly an easy feat for a car that will undoubtedly be sold in very low numbers.

However, should these talks of a twin-turbo V8 LFA successor turn out be true, it would certainly be the crown jewel of the performance renaissance Toyota/Lexus currently has going on with cars like the Supra, GR Yaris/Corolla, GR86, and IS500.

And if recent speculation is to be believed, the news could become official as early as next month. Seeing as the USA was the biggest market when it came to LFA sales, the leading theory is that Lexus could break the news at the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance, which would make sense given how many debuts they’ve done there in the past.

Not only that, but the original leaked Toyota/Lexus product launch roadmap from 2020 did have the LC F slated for a 2022 debut, so it seems only time will tell whether or not this new Lexus halo car will come to fruition.