---
title: "Is The Lexus LFA Worth Remembering?"
description: "Another question: Is the six-year-old, very rare luxury supercar worth $400,000?"
date: "2017-06-28"
modified: "2017-06-29"
authors:
  - name: "Basir Khan"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/basir-khan.md"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/11935/is-the-lexus-lfa-worth-remembering"
categories:
  - "Lexus News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Car Reviews"
  - "Lexus"
  - "lfa"
  - "Supercar"
  - "video"
---

# Is The Lexus LFA Worth Remembering?

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When Lexus debuted the LF-A Concept at the North American International Auto Show back in 2005 it was met with both praise and skepticism. After all, Lexus only made quiet vehicles surrounded by a theater's worth of leather and wood. Their lineup was often criticized for being too bland, too boring, so a sports car adorned with carbon fiber and Alcantara did not sound on-brand, let alone feasible. Two years later, Lexus brought a revised version of the LF-A Concept to Detroit to demonstrate its commitment to performance. Revealed alongside the IS F sports sedan, this second concept was much closer to production and confirmed that Lexus was, in fact, going to build a production model.

That production model, however, has come and gone. With a limited worldwide run of just 500 examples, this supercar is hardly seen in the wild. All 552 horsepower from its naturally aspirated 4.8-liter V-10 are rarely put to the pavement, and the Yamaha-tuned exhaust note is seldom heard. Perhaps it is because of its extravagant price that this one-off model has been forgotten. So is the LFA worth remembering? Doug DeMuro borrowed one to find out:

https://youtube.com/embed/PopzpO-Iu94

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