Sportscar/GT (and Le Mans) Rumours and Repetition - Page 110

**joeb** · 29 Oct 2012, 12:42 (Ref:3159495)

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Originally Posted by Ultimo

Is that the LFA that was being developed for GT2 before being canned?

It has the right shape. I wonder when this picture was taken?

Koenigsegg · 29 Oct 2012, 12:45 (Ref:3159497)

It's the Lexus LF-A. Aerodynamics do look a little bit different than the earlier pictures from this car.

Japanese Samurai · 29 Oct 2012, 12:50 (Ref:3159504)

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Originally Posted by joeb

It has the right shape. I wonder when this picture was taken?

Probably this photograph is taken at TMG these days.
He is in Nurburgring now.

Pandamasque · 29 Oct 2012, 13:13 (Ref:3159521)

The overall shape looks so much nicer than that VLN-spec car. I just hope it still comes with that V10 sountrack that the road car has

Simmi · 29 Oct 2012, 13:49 (Ref:3159543)

With all the talk about new GTE manufacturers I'd always written off the idea of it being Toyota.

Would be amazing to get this Lexus in the series. There's no way this is a potential (even more) extreme road-going variant is there?

gwyllion · 29 Oct 2012, 14:06 (Ref:3159547)

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Originally Posted by Koenigsegg

It's the Lexus LF-A. Aerodynamics do look a little bit different than the earlier pictures from this car.

I find it difficult to spot new aero developments on that windtunnel model.

Some earlier pictures of the the full size car as comparison.

This development car had a slightly different bonnet and a vertical turning vane in front on the front tyre.

Pandamasque · 29 Oct 2012, 14:44 (Ref:3159564)

The wheel arches seem wider on the wind-tunnel model. Especially at the rear: smoother and more integrated into the body.

carsten66 · 29 Oct 2012, 15:29 (Ref:3159587)

The car seems to have a more compact design on the whole and a shortened bodywork...

The Badger · 29 Oct 2012, 15:48 (Ref:3159607)

The duct on the bonnet/hood , looks smaller .

Pandamasque · 29 Oct 2012, 18:15 (Ref:3159680)

It's just partially covered, like the ones on the 458.

The more I look at it, the more the model looks wider.

Look at the rear wheel arch. The bulge is almost horizontal and stands out at a right angle on the older car. On the one above it nicely flows into the bodywork.

**FIRE** · 29 Oct 2012, 18:29 (Ref:3159687)

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Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

What is this? Source: Akira Iida twitter @akiraiida

Because of the large front splitter it looks like a GT3.

Koenigsegg · 29 Oct 2012, 18:51 (Ref:3159697)

Hood looks different also.

Simmi · 29 Oct 2012, 19:04 (Ref:3159707)

More positive news from Japan as YGK/Tokai University continue development on their engine and hybrid system.

Looks interesting, especially the test car.

http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...nce-14184.html

TF110 · 30 Oct 2012, 09:19 (Ref:3160025)

Here's a bigger image

Mt. Lynx · 30 Oct 2012, 18:11 (Ref:3160233)

A hint that that LFA is a GTE, is indeed the wider body. The older pictures are from the first iteration of the car, and subsequently built to the older GTE rules, before the wider bodies.

Simmi · 30 Oct 2012, 18:20 (Ref:3160236)

How would it work in terms of cost then if this is indeed a GTE? Isn't it a bit upper echelon in terms of price?

JHamilton · 30 Oct 2012, 18:36 (Ref:3160244)

I was thinking the same thing. I believe the road car cost extensively more than an average GTE chassis. I suppose in the case the race car is not as advanced however...

TF110 · 30 Oct 2012, 21:43 (Ref:3160317)

The road car costs 380,000 U.S. dollars. The Nurburgring edition is around $425,000. The cars that raced at the VLN races and N24 were just modified street cars. They retained the same suspension chassis engine (restricted) etc. They did weigh over 1400kg though, but were only 10 seconds off the pace of the GT3's. I have no clue how much that would cost. If you doubled the value it could be around 700k! Not sure how that would compare but doesn't sound cheap.

Simmi · 30 Oct 2012, 21:58 (Ref:3160323)

It doesn't seem like the sort of thing you could feasibly sell to customers unless they are prepared to make a loss on every car.

CTD · 30 Oct 2012, 22:00 (Ref:3160324)

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Originally Posted by Simmi

It doesn't seem like the sort of thing you could feasibly sell to customers unless they are prepared to make a loss on every car.

Doesn't Lexus already do that!?

Simmi · 30 Oct 2012, 22:01 (Ref:3160327)

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Originally Posted by CTD

Doesn't Lexus already do that!?

Yeah I think they probably do now you mention it. Maybe they wouldn't go to customers for the first couple of years - but let's not get ahead of ourselves with this wishful thinking.

TF110 · 31 Oct 2012, 04:06 (Ref:3160458)

Akira Iida is a Toyota driver. He tweeted the photo. So he knows the inside scoop but all he let on so far is that this is his 'next challenge'. He's piloted the LFA in the N24 races, and he's driving the Gazoo GT-86 Toyota's there also.

MitchZ06 · 31 Oct 2012, 07:31 (Ref:3160493)

According to DSC the LFA GTE will race at the N24 in 2013 with Iida as one of the drivers under Gazoo Racing.

TF110 · 31 Oct 2012, 08:43 (Ref:3160503)

Cool. Gotta link to the story?

Victor_RO · 31 Oct 2012, 08:52 (Ref:3160507)

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Originally Posted by TF110

Cool. Gotta link to the story?

It's on DSC, paid story though.

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