Being such a masterpiece, I always wonder why the LFA didn’t do well when it first came out. Yet now you see them selling for damn near $1M. It’s like Van Gogh. No one appreciated the work of art until it was gone. But why?
Being such a masterpiece, I always wonder why the LFA didn’t do well when it first came out. Yet now you see them selling for damn near $1M. It’s like Van Gogh. No one appreciated the work of art until it was gone. But why?
The performance and power specs were from a previous era of super cars. When they released the car in 2012 it was past its prime, it was originally intended to be released earlier(believe 2007) but they had to redo the chassis because it was too heavy. 553hp in 2012 didn’t look enticing for $375k when Lamborghinis and Ferraris were putting out 700hp for the same money, and a GTR 1/3 of the price offered the same level of performance. You simply had to be a diehard Lexus fan to buy one.
Now that it’s old enough people are starting to see its collector value. That’s why prices are sky rocketing. On top of that the push for alternative fuels and smaller engines make people see the value in having a NA high revving V10.
The extended period of low interest rates and rampant speculation of collector items that followed has boosted a lot of NA supercars to insane prices. This has only been amplified for the push to electrify and higher emissions standards leading to smaller turbo engines.