The last Lexus LFA rolled out of the Motomachi factory in Japan on December 14th 2012 ending a production run of exactly two years.
The Lexus flagship model ended with number 500 being bid sayonara by the team of 175 specialists and Chief Engineer Haruhiki Tanahashi who had been driven by the passion to create a world class supercar and ‘make Japan proud’.
‘I’ve lived and breathed supercars for the past decade. Specifically, one supercar, LFA. Very few people have the opportunity we had to create a world-class supercar from a blank sheet of paper.’ – Haruhiki Tanahashi.
Although I have never had the good fortune to get behind the wheel of an LFA, I am of the opinion that Tanahashi-san and Lexus succeeded in their endeavour.
The only criticism I have ever heard leveled at the Lexus LFA is its price per horsepower quotient. Well, hold on to your hats ladies because I am about to ask a stupidly obvious question which has somehow been overlooked.
When has that ever been a consideration when applied to a supercar?
I have never once heard someone say that a Pagani Zonda (random example) is somehow less desirable if you divide the retail value by its power output.