Yeah, the LFA is all over the 2009 Tokyo Auto Show. Like a rash, even. But this LFA is irresistible -- it's the one that raced in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring. And it still wears the grit and tire marbles to prove it.
This LFA was shown in Yamaha's booth. After all, that company was largely -- perhaps entirely -- responsible for developing the car's 4.8-liter V10 powerplant for Toyota.
Oh, they had one of those on display, too. Jump with me.
Driving the LFA Racecar on the Nurburgring
With its cast-in coolant takeoffs, individual throttles, velocity stack induction horns, equal-length tubular headers and dry-sump hardware, it looks for all the world like a proper race engine. It's not, though -- this is a development version of the LFA's "production" engine.
Shame that only 500 production examples will be built.
Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor
billt9 says:
10:28 PM, 10/21/09
ya you go rivets and duct tape!
sabastian says:
07:19 AM, 10/22/09
That's actually pretty cool.
rick8365 says:
07:56 AM, 10/22/09
Beautiful engine.
estreka says:
07:13 PM, 10/22/09
I bet that engine sounds fabulous.