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Originally Posted by brewksy
The LFA is a technical marvel and despite being overpriced, it sure wins votes for being a great driver's car.
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The LFA is not a technical marvel. It delivers about 85% of the current supercar performance for 150% of the price.
Supercar buyers vote with their wallets, and very few voted for the LFA. Toyota had to pressure their dealership owners to buy the things.
They came up with some ridiculous lease scheme for the LFA because they were convinced there would be an immediate Ferrari-like used market for them where the cars would be selling for double the original selling price. So you couldn't even buy one, you had to lease it. If I remember right, the lease payments were all up front and came out to almost the full price of the car (or some other very large number).
The LFA is a great car, and I'd certainly want one in my driveway. It's just an even better example of how badly Toyota stomps on their own ****s when trying to market a performance automobile. In spite of that, the FT86 seems to be a success. Let's hope this opens the door to more good things from Toyota.
-Justin