Lexus Is Open To Making An LFA Successor – If We Ask Nicely

Lexus vice-president Koji Sato has admitted that, under the right circumstances, they would consider a successor to the LFA supercar, which was discontinued in 2012.

It may have taken Lexus the better part of a decade to launch the original LFA, but when it did appear, it received universal praise. In fact, Jeremy Clarkson says it is the best car he has ever driven, so it’s little surprise that the carmaker has some interest in producing a successor.

During a recent interview with Autocar, Sato urged the media to make requests for a new LFA to help such a car become a reality.

“I love it but we need your help. We need strong requests for a new LFA from the media. This can help us proceed,” Sato said. We, for one, are happy to make such a request: Lexus, please build a successor to the LFA.

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The sky-high price tag of the LFA certainly played a factory in Lexus struggling to sell all 500 units, as did the fact that it launched just after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. However, the naturally aspirated 4.8-liter V10 that was tuned by Yamaha is the stuff of legends.

Writing about the LFA’s soundtrack, Jeremy Clarkson once described it as a “baleful howl.”

“At high revs, it sounds like a million bonfire-night sparklers, amplified through AC/DC’s mixing desk and fired into the face of whoever it was you just overtook. It crackles. And then, when you think it can’t rev any more, the crackle turns into a baleful howl. It’s time to pull on the paddle, feel the clonk and settle back in the exquisite seat, ready for it to start all over again,” the journalist wrote.

One could argue that Lexus recently got its mojo back with the launch of the LC 500, and with a high-powered LC F said to be just around the corner, it is clear that it isn’t shy to return to the supercar world.