Lexus LFA - Jay Leno's Garage

This is what happens when a company like Toyota gives its engineers some play time.

It’s been 10 years and this is still the best sounding engine+exhaust tune! Carrera GT is a close 2nd.

10 year's later, still the best sounding sound from a stock car in the world.

It's 2021, and this car is still my dream car. So technologically advanced and yet so violent and raw.
And no one can hate that noise!

LFA = Legendary F***ing Automobile.

Its funny to see these comments. Anyone who really doesn't give an inkling about engineering will NEVER understand why this car is special. This is the definition of an engineering exercise. On top of which it hits all the right marks to maintain exclusivity allowing the car to appreciate over time. This is a technological marvel. If anyone actually spends time at the race track trying to tune their car and understand what makes you go faster this car will be a huge point of interest. 

Used the Toyota f1 motor manufacturing plant to make these motors. This is true f1 technology for the street. This is one of the most complete cars ever made

The sound is amazing. Great car.

As much as I'd like to cruise the streets with a 1000hp monster STi, you've just got to appreciate and drool over the amount of work, thought and engineering that went into a masterpiece like this. It's literally a work of art. The body lines, the sound it all tells a story...and that story is built for speed. It's just(excuse my language) fuckin' amazing. Everything about the thing reeks of intelligent engineering. Just beautiful.

I'm into muscle cars but If I won the lottery I'd buy one of these just for the sound.

10 years later and this car has appreciated very nice…. Still the arguably the greatest sounding car of all time.

I wish Toyata had taken it's design cues from this car for the new Supra.

Jay does his research. Often times, he knows more about the car and brand than the spokesperson haha.

To set you people straight, here are some facts as to why the LFA has a ludicrous price tag:

1) Toyota definitely took their time in developing the car. Almost a decade. First 5 years, they designed it with aluminum in mind. But they noticed that aluminum was too heavy, so they scrapped that and started again with carbon fiber. As we all know, carbon fiber is an incredibly expensive material to be used in just about anything, especially on cars.

2) One of the LFA's main features is the engine, which is a very powerful V10, but it's smaller than a V8 and lighter than a V6. That's because the facilities and equipment used to build the LFA's engines, are the same facilities and equipment Toyota had used to build engines for their Formula 1 cars. That's why they were able to make a very compact but very powerful engine. In short, the LFA incorporates some F1 technology in itself.

And yet, despite the price, Toyota does not earn a single penny after selling all of their 500 LFAs. Crazy.

Almost 10 years after it went into production, I would still buy one if I could. Amazing engineering.

Best Japanese super car ever to come out of Japan. This car is aging so gracefully, it looks better today than it did at its release and the world is finally taking note as seen with market value. Over 10years of development and complete attention to detail with absolutely no expense spared. A work of art and engineering, an automotive masterpiece that I hope to be able to drive before my days on earth are numbered. Very grateful to be living during this glorious age of the super sport car.

Ladies and gents, put on your helmets brace yourselves, because the GTR fan boys are coming and they're coming in full force.

This sounds a 1000 times better than 2014 F1 cars.

The sound of the V10 is awesome.

Thank you YouTube for recommending this after 9 years.