Another Nurbg'ring record holder. This time it's a Lexus.
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Another Nurbg'ring record holder. This time it's a Lexus.
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/28/l...g-of-the-ring/
Holy crap.
Holy crap.
A Lexus LF-A mule has unofficially recorded a lap time on the Nordschleife of 7 minutes, 24 seconds. This is not in dispute. What is in dispute is how many seconds faster the LF-A's lap time is than that of the 2008 Porsche 911 GT2, the previous "King of the 'Ring" record holder. Wikipedia notes that the fastest 911 GT2 driven around the Ring posted a lap time of 7 minutes, 32 seconds and was driven by Walter Röhrl, Porsche's company test driver and accomplished WRC driver and road racing pilot. Porsche was so proud of the feat that it produced a snazzy video of the run that you can watch here. AutoExpress, however, which reported on the LF-A's remarkable lap time, claims that the fastest 911 GT2 lap time on the Nurburgring is 7 minutes, 25 seconds, but we could find no evidence on the web of a stock 911 GT2 ever posting a time that fast. Also note that a handful of other cars have posted lap times, but all are either tuner cars or limited production boutique cars like the Pagani Zonda F.
Nevertheless, the Lexus LF-A's time is remarkable and puts it in a class normally populated by purpose-built tuner cars. Its 4.8L V10 churns out a reported 552bhp while slapping the needle against a 9,000 rpm redline. A 210 mph top speed is said to be the car's upper bound, which makes us shake our heads. This is, after all, the brand that brought us the sarcophagus of a car that is the LS sedan. The production LF-A should be able to repeat the performance, but we'll have to wait a while longer while the Lexus supercar finishes baking in the oven. In the meantime, for Pete's sake, someone ship a Corvette ZR1 to Germany!
[Source: AutoExpress]
Gallery: Lexus LF-A Conce
Nevertheless, the Lexus LF-A's time is remarkable and puts it in a class normally populated by purpose-built tuner cars. Its 4.8L V10 churns out a reported 552bhp while slapping the needle against a 9,000 rpm redline. A 210 mph top speed is said to be the car's upper bound, which makes us shake our heads. This is, after all, the brand that brought us the sarcophagus of a car that is the LS sedan. The production LF-A should be able to repeat the performance, but we'll have to wait a while longer while the Lexus supercar finishes baking in the oven. In the meantime, for Pete's sake, someone ship a Corvette ZR1 to Germany!
[Source: AutoExpress]
Gallery: Lexus LF-A Conce
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It looks like a supra, if you get past the really ugly future=modern design elements the silly japs put on it.
And who cares if it ran faster, it's a mule, how many of those posted a fast time that their fanboys love to trhow around...
And who cares if it ran faster, it's a mule, how many of those posted a fast time that their fanboys love to trhow around...
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Well if the name of the game is to send purpose built concept/race cars to the Ring then what does the record time really mean. The Porsche GT2, Nissan GTR or ZR1 are production cars and to me that means more. What's to stop Porsche or Audi from building a semi concept LMP2 Spyder or R10 w/o decals or numbes and call it a road car and tear the track record apart.
IF Lexus builds the car to sell then great if not this doesn't mean much.
IF Lexus builds the car to sell then great if not this doesn't mean much.
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