--- title: "Lexus Commits to Electric LFA Successor" date: "2025-12-04" modified: "2025-12-04" authors: - name: "Joel Feder" job_title: "Director of Content and Product" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/joel-feder" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/lexus-commits-to-electric-lfa-successor" categories: - "Lexus News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "Coupe" - "Electric Vehicle" - "Supercar" --- # Lexus Commits to Electric LFA Successor ![Lexus LFA Concept hero]() The Lexus LFR seems as if it was vaporware all along—as if some part of a misdirection campaign. But if you had the Lexus LFA returning as an EV in the future (*And it looks like [we did!]()*) then you just hit a Bingo. The Lexus LFA Concept debuted just outside Fuji, Japan on Wednesday at Toyota's Woven City complex alongside the [Toyota GR GT and Toyota GR GT3](). If the LFA Concept looks familiar that's because it should, and it is. The car debuting is the very same [Lexus Sport Concept that was revealed in August during 2025 Monterey car week](). The car that debuted in California still hid its interior; that came during the Sport Concept's second debut in November at the Japan Mobility Show. ![Lexus LFA concept]() **Lexus** Now the very same concept has morphed, but only in name. Toyota and Lexus CEO Akio Toyoda debuted the LFA Concept alongside its new race car and street-legal race-car derived siblings. But few extra details have been provided. The LFA Concept has been confirmed as an electric car that is said to explore the potential of a battery electric vehicle sports car. That sounds like prep talk for get prepared for the LFA to debut in the coming years as an EV flagship. ![Lexus LFA concept]() **Lexus** This was further reinforced by Toyoda himself who said, "certain car-making techniques and skills must be preserved and passed on to the next generation. The Lexus LFA Concept is a BEV sports car concept model being developed alongside TOYOTA Gazoo Racing’s GR GT and GR GT3. In the footsteps of the Toyota 2000GT and Lexus LFA, the Lexus LFA Concept embodies 'Toyota’s Shikinen Sengu' for preserving and passing down techniques and skills from car -making veterans and, based on the aspirations of those veterans." Toyoda went on to say that the new LFA Concept "not only passes on such techniques and skills to the younger generation but also evolves them." The LFA Concept has been confirmed as sharing its structure with the Toyota GR GT, which means it's an aluminum frame with double wishbone front and rear suspension design. With a low seating position, that would mean Lexus would likely be unable to have a flat battery pack be part of the structure itself. A more likely design would be to configure the batteries down the spine of the vehicle and into a T configuration behind the two occupants where the GR GT's transaxle would normally sit (a similar configuration is used on the [Maserati GranCabrio Folgore]()). It's possible the production variant of the LFA Concept will be the first vehicle to use [Toyota's new solid-state batteries](). As for the LFR name? It's unclear what that was all about. [Lexus trademarked the nameplate in 2022](). Maybe it was misdirection or maybe it was planned and Toyota just isn't ready to let go of the LFA quite yet. *Lexus provided The Drive travel and lodging to bring you this first-hand report* ## Author Overseeing what you see, read, touch, hear, and interact with from the vast lakes of Minnesota, Joel Feder shapes how The Drive looks and operates as the head of content and product initiatives. On a daily basis, Joel leads the newsroom and editorial staff playing point on both short-term coverage and long-term strategic plans. His mission is to help ensure The Drive shapes the future of automotive media by helping the team execute original reporting, breaking news, and exclusive opportunities. Regarded as an industry insider and recognized by colleagues, fellow journalists, and manufacturers as a point-person and leader in the industry, Joel owns and runs the largest automotive professionals group on Facebook in an effort to serve and help others. Joel serves as a juror for the World Car Awards. In addition, he is the board chair and chair of the governance and nominating committee for Move Forward MN, a local non-profit that helps at-risk youth with barrier-free mental health and housing services. While you’re reading this he’s either on his computer or iPhone chasing the latest news or drafting a story. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]() [Bluesky]() [Email]()