---
title: "Lexus Boss Wants to Build an LFA Supercar Successor, Eventually"
description: "'I would like to do it, but we have other priorities for now,' said Yoshihiro Sawa."
date: "2017-10-25"
modified: "2017-10-26"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/15424/lexus-boss-wants-to-build-an-lfa-supercar-successor-at-some-point"
categories:
  - "Lexus News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Lexus"
  - "lfa"
  - "Supercars"
---

# Lexus Boss Wants to Build an LFA Supercar Successor, Eventually

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Thanks in part to its decade-long gestation period, the [Lexus LFA](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13141/12-brand-new-lexus-lfas-are-sitting-around-america>) was an exceedingly expensive car to produce. Even at its hefty sticker price of $375,000, Lexus lost money on every LFA sold. But hey, good things come from those who pay. (That *is* the saying, right?)

But could Lexus make the same mistake again, if it chose to dive back into the supercar market?

When asked by *[Autocar](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/lexus-boss-dreams-new-lfa-supercar>)* whether or not his company would like to do it all again with an LFA successor, Lexus president Yoshihiro Sawa responded with [both sides](<https://www.healthline.com/health/left-brain-vs-right-brain#left-brainright-brain-theory2>) of his brain, essentially saying, "Sure, but probably [not right now](<https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/broke-guy-empty-wallet-closeup-portrait-stressed-upset-sad-unhappy-young-man-standing-looking-isolated-against-white-36508502.jpg>)"—presumably to the relief of his accountants.

"I really want to do an LFA successor, and it is important to have dreams, but for now it is a very complicated situation," said Sawa. "It’s a very difficult question to answer as I would like to do it, but we have other priorities for now." Those priorities apparently include the upcoming [UX compact crossover](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/8332/lexus-ux-crossover-will-go-to-production>) and a [three-row, Range Rover-baiting RX](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12048/three-row-lexus-rx-coming-to-tokyo-motor-show-in-october>). (You're killing us, man.)

Featuring a monstrously atmospheric, 552-hp, 4.8-liter V-10, the Lexus LFA howled its way to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and topped out at 202 mph. Nowadays, the [LFA's old plant in Motomachi](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/10545/lexus-lc-begins-production-where-the-lfa-used-to-be-built>) is being used to assemble the strikingly pretty LC coupe. While it's been eight years (almost to the day) since the production-spec LFA first introduced itself, we imagine a modern-day LFA 2.0 would feature electrification and a much more prominent predator grille. Which sounds...pretty damn alluring.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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