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Okay, so like everyone else i felt a special stirring in the pants when i saw how gorgeous the GTR is in the steel. But now i've seen the shots of the LF-A being punted around Nurburgring I'm starting to think of the opinion that the Lexus is a more attractive looking machine than the GTR.

I pray that one day i'm in the position to be facing this dilemma, but i'd seriously consider the LF-A as a purchase over the GTR just for the way it looks and the intoxicating V10 sound.

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And hats off to Lexus/Toyota. As part of the cars development they are racing it in the upcomign LeMans 25hr race. Largeyl std, with only safety and fuel cell mods for compliance to regs, the thing is going to be raced in its intended relaease state of tune.

They are also using young engineers etc do that they get valuable experience, so great for development of staff as well.

If they bag a good result then its great for bragging rights, if they suck they can blame the young team and the fact that the car is still in its development phase.

First impression is it has it ont he GTR for me. Looks brilliant, sounds emotive, the only question is performance?!?! That said the R35s look is realy growing on me and i am sure an exhaust change will make the note a bit more emotive

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If Toyota have the audacity to charge $163,000 for a queer looking luxo-barge like the SC430, I can only imagine how exorbitantly priced the LF-A will be.

So even if the production version matches the R35 'Ring time, you can expect to pay a 911-GT3-style price of admission to have your more aesthetically pleasing bodywork.

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All weather conditions? Who in their right mind tries to punt a performance car quickly in the rain? Visibility sux, roads have oil weeping out of them. When its wet its A to B time. SO have never understood the whoel traction in the wet thing, Sure its nice not to be thrown off the road, but any decent car is perfectly safe in the wet. Now if we are actually racing, then sure its a bonus. But who of us if we owned either of these cars would be racing them?

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Hats off to you then. I cant afford one, so no point me even thinking about it. Though, if i was going to track one i wodl be concerned about the cost of tyres and pads for one. But also after 18 months of playing with one at 5-6 track days a year what is the gearbox going to be like. Not to mention the kms on the engine which i read needs to be freshened before the old RB26 needed a timing belt change :laugh:

To me, Nissan have doen wonderful things with the GTR, but they have forgotten the roots of the brand. ie a Datsun that is cheap and reliable to get performance out of for a long time :banana:

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that engine rebuilt at 100,000kms or every year or whatever is BS. it's a rumour spread by certain people to disuade folk from buying cars without nissan warranty. the plasma coating is supposed to be good for over 500,000kms and some say as many as 1,000,000! on top of that it is only microns thick. 150 of them and wears no more than 10 microns per 100,000kms!

but you are right, it will be a bloody expensive car to track with tyres and pads costing a bomb. also the general wear on the thing wont be too nice. sandblasted front half after all those 200k+ runs down the straight, lots of underbody damage from ripple strips and gravel traps, bushes all shagged from hard use etc. I guess it's no different to any car but it's a big difference when some are starting with a $20K R32 and some are starting with a $150K R35....

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