New Concept Nissan Spotted On Freeway

[RyanS13]

Hey whatsup. Driving today down the 91 in socal, this was driving next to us. It had big things over the front end of it and fenders and stuff so you couldn't really see the exact body.

It had cut-outs in the back of hatch thing for what looked to be like a nissan emblem, but the emblem was removed. The front lights looked real similar to z33 lights. It looked real nice.

Could this be a new 240, Z, or GTR concept?


Here's a picture of it, the only picture I could get it hit the brakes and got off the freeway, maybe because he seen me taking pictures.


http://i30.tinypic.com/soxsp0.jpg

[DreamN]

Interesting...

[RyanS13]

Looking at the new Lexus LFA in pictures though, It looks real similar, But this car had like everything covered up, just like a concept car. There was some different stuff about this car too than the Lexus LFA.

[hailandkill]

http://lexusenthusiast.com/images/weblog/07-06-12-lexus-lf-a-spy-shots.jpg

looks like a lexus lf-a to me

edit: bah beat me to it

[soreballz]

Yeah, that's not a Nissan of any sort.

[RyanS13]

This ones lights where different though, they didn't come down to that point on the bottom, they came to a point at the top. Sorta like those lights but flipped over. And it didn't have that grill on it. It was just smooth until the bottom scoop thing.

[soreballz]

It's an LFA, dude.

[Shadowhunter]

Two things are for sure, the wheels are the exact same and so are the side scoops, looks like an LFA to me.

[jays_240]

Look like toyota lfa...but i could be wrong

[Nezahualcoyotl]

http://www.thetorquereport.com/07_lexus_lfa_concept.jpg

[Sam_Well.13]

eLeFAnt.

iono why some forums called this LFA, elephant... maybe cuz of the ridiculous price tag @ $350,000 yet a its not as fast as your typicall 911 turbo @ $150,000..

[RyanS13]

Yea Maybe an older model of the LFA or something I don't know. It definitely wasn't the same front end as the one in the pictures though.

Sorry about that.

[driftn_silvia]

Yea thats definetly a LF-A

[aoiken3]

whatever it is, i'd rock one of those

[RyanS13]

whatever it is, i'd rock one of those

Me too, but for $350,000, I'd buy a better car.

[miravete]

anyone seen the Lexus commercial of the "LFA" ??

its on a dyno, and theres microphones on the exhaust which the speakers lead to a wine glass...

the LFA accelerates, and eventually breaks the wine glass...

pretty classy commercial...

so yeah, the ops pic looks like the one from the commercial...im assuming its an LFA :)

[K_style]

It's an LFA, dude.


Yep.. For sure..

[Kougeki]

I liked the episode they did on Top Gear about it.

[exitspeed]

Yep, it's a LFA concept, not a production concept.The closest thing Nissan has to that that we know of is the Essence concept which is far more beautiful then that thing.

[WanganRunner]

I really like the LFA, although it *is* spendy.

[Mi Beardo es Loco]

anyone seen the Lexus commercial of the "LFA" ??

its on a dyno, and theres microphones on the exhaust which the speakers lead to a wine glass...

the LFA accelerates, and eventually breaks the wine glass...

pretty classy commercial...

so yeah, the ops pic looks like the one from the commercial...im assuming its an LFA :)
I agree. Remember too, that the original LS400 commercial, I'm showing my age a little here, was wine glasses stacked on the hood of an LS while it's on a dyno and no glasses fell. I think Lexus was playing off of that a bit.

[Bricksquad1017]

looks like that new lexus 4 shure

[LimeLite Racing]

Looks like a waste of 350k.
Pretty cool that you spotted it though

[conrad_s13.5]

jesus,..the things i would do with that much money instead of buying a car like that!....lol

[240sx123$]

lol @ 350k

Lexus must REALLLY not want to sell any of them.

[VNG704]

If I could afford one, I'd get one whether a $350k car made any sense or not. I guess that's why only the rich will own it.

[DALAZ_68]

jesus,..the things i would do with that much money instead of buying a car like that!....lol

buy a fucken house...maybe not here in SoCal though...LOL

lol @ 350k

Lexus must REALLLY not want to sell any of them.
hence why there only leasing them out i believe...

[240sx123$]

Yeah, thats right, you lease it for some ridiculous amount, and at the end of the lease, if youre "deemed worthy," you have the option to buy.

C'mon Toyota, be real.

[skylinrcr01]

Well I'd guess its a toyota/lexus or a Nissan/infinity because the desgin center for toyota/lexus is in Newport and nissan is in San Diego. A while abck I spotted one of the new ISs running around mission viejo with all the camo on

[skylinrcr01]

buy a fucken house...maybe not here in SoCal though...LOL


hence why there only leasing them out i believe...
They are only leasing them because they dont want their supply exhausted, then people selling them at 3x the cost. Its a way of controlling their pricing. Although, to me it seems they are just delaying the problem with resaleng. Kinda like DLC in video games, makes them less valueble for resale. whatever. its a load of :bs:

[drift freaq]

They are only leasing them because they dont want their supply exhausted, then people selling them at 3x the cost. Its a way of controlling their pricing. Although, to me it seems they are just delaying the problem with resaleng. Kinda like DLC in video games, makes them less valueble for resale. whatever. its a load of :bs:
^^^^^^^^^^^
This is a ridiculous statement. The cars are listed at 350k they are not about to sell out of them!

LOL like others have said who the hell is going to pay 350k for a Lexus/Toyota?

If the car was priced at 100k people would be buying them but at 350k you could buy so many other cars for less.

[skylinrcr01]

Thats what I was told, and people are going to and have paid over 350K for a car. Some rolls, bugattis, etc etc. The LFA is a hypercar and is priced as such. Just because we wouldn't doesn't mean someone else wont.

[drift freaq]

Thats what I was told, and people are going to and have paid over 350K for a car. Some rolls, bugattis, etc etc. The LFA is a hypercar and is priced as such. Just because we wouldn't doesn't mean someone else wont.

People are not going to look at a LFA as being in the same catagory as a Bugatti. Sorry its just not going to happen. The GTR is closer to that based solely on its reputation. It has a history of being a giant killer.

It is also at its price range a phenomenal giant killer. Toyota has yet to prove itself in this area and the LFA coming out priced at what its priced at is not going to to automatically sway people into believing it is.

A Hypercar is a earned status. Most Hypercars are put out by companies already experienced in building very successful Sports cars and Super cars.

Or a specialty company that builds nothing but Hypercars aka Konissegg. Etc..

Lexus and Toyota do not fall into these catagories in any way shape or form.

Nissan is the legendary Japanese monster car builder, not Toyota( yes Toyota built the Supra but it does not have the reputation that the Skyline GTR has earned) and even they(Nissan) know better than to price the GTR so high.

I would not hesitate to pay 80k for a GTR. I would not touch a LFA for 350k nor will most people unless they are rabid dyed in the wool Lexus/Toyota fans and even then I feel they will balk at this pricing.

So far I have yet to see anyone actually driving a LFA and I see all types of exotics that are in the same price range in my neighborhood.

[BoostSlideWayz]

yeah either nissan is jockin LFA or its just an LFA. i dont see anything that identifies this car as a nissan

[thenooblet]

i tink its dis one....

http://lexusenthusiast.com/images/weblog/09-05-11-lexus-lfa-spy-shots-2010-4.jpg

[BoostSlideWayz]

^ This thread is over with.

[zylvia213]

regardless car looks sick.

[5pecialist]

LFA: Proof that money can't buy you brains. Ferrari makes a better car for less money. Sorry, Lexsux.

[boobs13]

350-400k for this car damn, 500hp from the dealer if I'm not mistaken?

[!Zar!]

One could buy five GTR's for the price of one LFA.

And who spends 400k on a super car, only to buy a Lexus. Huge waste of Toyota's money.

But then again, they suck anyways.

[Ghost240]

I think you guys are missing the point of this vehicle. It isn't about the cost or even the performance. It's a balance of form and function. Nissan raised the bar in terms of being able to produce an extremely respectable "sports car". And when I say raised the bar, I mean in terms of production processes. If you know the story behind the LFA and the amount of research, development and time it took for it to come to production (10+ yrs and scraping the original chassis design), you would understand this car isn't meant for an enthusiast, nor some random wealthy person. Hell they sent the vehicle to Yamaha's acoustic division to fine tune the exhaust note. The mirrors are designed to guide air flowing over the chassis into the intakes as well as provide downforce as well as a bunch of other little intricate things. The GTR is an engineering marvel but the LFA is simply something out of science fiction, just because of the level of perfection in design and execution. It was designed to show the capabilities of Toyota/Lexus as a manufacturer, and they did it beautifully.

Toyota/Lexus doesn't even allow people to choose if they can buy one, you are selected. And they check everything from your credit history (2 to 3 times) to your vehicle ownership history (down to mileage, length of ownership and etc). They want people that appreciate the form and function to its highest degree.

Interesting how a forum of people who are all about fitment and stance and etc can't grasp that concept. Yes, there are a TON of other cars you could buy that would have matched if not better performance. But to be one of the 500 to own an LFA says alot.

[5pecialist]

But to be one of the 500 to own an LFA says alot.
*yawn* walk into a Ferrari dealer & try to buy the latest release. Not gonna happen. You'd be surprised at how many "newbs" came in to buy a 16M & were turned away!

Exclusivity as it relates to a commodity marque is just an oxymoron. Now to be one of the ONE to own an obscure antiquity... now that is something to behold. Otherwise, it's a commodity that will only go down in value.

[soreballz]

^^^^^^^^^^^
This is a ridiculous statement. The cars are listed at 350k they are not about to sell out of them!

LOL like others have said who the hell is going to pay 350k for a Lexus/Toyota?

If the car was priced at 100k people would be buying them but at 350k you could buy so many other cars for less.
Geez, Dave. I expect the soap box posts from you (which I thoroughly enjoy reading), but I sure didn't expect that sort of nonsense to spew forth from your fingertips.

It's not a GT-R. Get over it. I hate that people always bring up the "Eww, too expensive, the GT-R is better and way cheaper" nonsense. Newsflash, there's almost always something cheaper that is faster. I could build a Cobra kit car for less than $30k that would eat the asshole out of anything up to the $200k range on a track. But ya know what? APPLES TO ORANGES, MUTHAFUCKA. A kit car isn't a EVO, an EVO isn't a GT-R, and a GT-R isn't an LF-A. They're all very different machines, so the comparisons are useless.

Why did Toyota build this car? Because they can. To showcase what they can do to an automobile. And, IMO, they did it rather well. ESPECIALLY for their first attempt.

Annnnnd despite the high price tag, they won't have any problem selling them. They aren't marketed toward the same crowd as the GT-R.





Slightly related side note: Toyota has built some of the best cars on the road for decades. Now, after a few bad incidents in the past year or two (which killed MORONS who don't know how to stop a car with a stuck throttle, oooh, big fucking loss), everybody is saying, "Ohh nooo, Toyotas are death machines! Stay away!" Fuck off. Every car company ever has had problems like this. Some just manage to keep it out of the media a bit better than others.


/rant

[mrflip69]

LFA != hellaflush approved