New Lexus supercar decades away
Replacement for the V10 LFA supercar not in the short-term plan, says Lexus CEOThere's a strong desire within Lexus to develop a successor to the limited-edition LFA supercar released in 2010, but desire may not be enough says Lexus International executive vice president, Mark Templin.
It's true that the Toyota-BMW alliance will spawn a sports car from both companies, with a successor for the Toyota Supra due in 2016, and Lexus' upcoming large luxury coupe — the LC — is expected to follow it on sale as a belated SC 430 replacement by 2017.
But Templin poured cold water on recent reports that Lexus will also deliver an LFA successor as part of the Toyota-BMW deal.
"There's lots of desire; I would never say never," he said of another supercar flagship from Lexus, "but it's not in our short-term plan."
Templin said cars like the LFA didn't adhere to traditional six- to eight-year vehicle lifecycles.
"Don't take this the wrong way, but [Toyota/Lexus president] Akio Toyoda believes that every generation, that's every 30 years, a new generation comes through and every generation deserves a special car like the LFA," he said.
Lexus built just 500 units of the 4.8-litre V10-powered LFA super-coupe -- only 10 of which came to Australia priced at $700,000 – which delivered 412kW and accelerated to 100km/h in 3.6 seconds.
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