The Lexus LFA coupe emerged in a series of 500, with the last car rolling off the assembly line in December 2012. Each came powered by a 560-hp (418-kW) engine, yet the company failed to sell the entire batch. Now, Lexus VP says a new, similar series may launch soon.
Apparently, the Japanese luxury carmaker is ready and willing to design a new sport car, but is currently trying to understand whether the market demand and media interest are sufficient.
This is easy to understand, given that the LFA series was never too popular among critics. Why it failed to sell is also likely trivial: at U.S. $375,000 base price and U.S. $500,000 with all the boxes ticked, the car was universally considered wildly overpriced.
In October last year, car spotters have discovered a Lexus-branded coupe running road tests in a camo wrap (featured here). While some took it to be the new LFA, we believe it was just a development mule that the company used to test new tires.