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Originally Posted by MatadorRacing_F1
The author can go suck a ****. The LFA will rape an SLS around a track. It is not a drag racer, and the feel of the car as described by most who have reviewed it, is razor sharp, exhillirating, as close as you will get to a race car on the road. No need to rev it, because it has an awesome miderange. It has a torque band like a table, not narrow at all.
The SLS is a bruiser and while a great car, certainly not in the same breed as the LFA.
For reference;
http://www.pistonheads.com/roadtests...p?c=47&i=22218
And I could go on. |
Apparently like a very LOW table.
What's that joke about VTEC? "VTEC: Because some people want a catchy word to tell the world that their engine doesn't make power until 5000 rpm."
The gist of the review is that through
ALL performance categories the two cars are basically equal. But the Lexus has a horrible transmission, and to get any performance out of the engine you have to whip it really hard, all the time.
Some more quotes:
"In the SLS, the balance between steering and throttle is more natural and better weighted."
"Although the numbers may tell a different story, the commendably progressive SLS feels as though it pulls more lateral g's than the LFA, which is hindered by a slight front-to-rear grip imbalance and a more brittle suspension. On the racetrack, this is rarely an issue. But through patchwork corners, the Lexus feels busier, more nervous, and less stable."
Basically from a handling perspective the LFA is too much a racecar. Not the do-everything masterpiece that someone told me that all supercars apparently are made to be. The authors feel that the SLS is better. It pulls 1.00g laterally and is good under any condition.
Like I said earlier, the LFA is not the best supercar out there, but I believe it should have been. My faith in Toyota sadly does not change the facts that they made some poor decisions in their design choices.