Toyota Taking First Steps Towards LFA Successor

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engineer Haruhiko Tanahashi says that the company is in the early stages of prepping a successor to the LFALexus LFAJapan, 2010 > 20129 photos
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“I have the expectation that car will be launched. I personally hope the LF-LC will be built. I think most of Lexus’s concept cars have been turned into production cars,” said Tanahashi.

The new car will top the Lexus range, according to Tanahashi, but it will be cheaper than the $300,000 LFA.

Development is still in the early stages, and Lexus is going to add more F sport models to its range first.

“We want a whole level of real F products with a car like the LFA being at the top of it. It doesn’t mean we have something on the drawing board,” said Mark Templin, international boss of the Lexus brand.

The LF-LC debuted at the 2012 North American International Show.

Source: Autocar