Exluxivity???????? (I made a word) LF-A???

[PQ]

Lexus LF-A

Read an article that they will only make 500 of them.

Bad ass car BTW.

My son asked the question "Why do they do that? Only make a certain amount of a bad ass car?"

So, we were wondering............................ Why?

[FenwickHockey65]

They probably cost too much to mass produce them or something. Cars like the LF-A pretty much just serve the purpose of saying, "Hey look, we can build a cool car, we're so awesome."

Even so, I'm not sure why you would pay $375k for something that isn't as powerful as a $109k ZR1.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

They probably cost too much to mass produce them or something. Cars like the LF-A pretty much just serve the purpose of saying, "Hey look, we can build a cool car, we're so awesome."

Even so, I'm not sure why you would pay $375k for something that isn't as powerful as a $109k ZR1.

375K

Seriously?????

Damn.

I agree, I told my son about the ZR1, but I didn't know the Lexus was that much. F that.......


Anyway..................RICE!!!!!!!!!!


BTW, Fen, he wants to know why the Audi is considered rice?

[All-Or-Nothing]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Even so, I'm not sure why you would pay $375k for something that isn't as powerful as a $109k ZR1.

...because some things are more than just a pricetag.

[8cd03gro]

They're not going to make all that much money off the car. It's more of a publicity stunt like, "no we did not stop making anything worth a shit performance wise after the supra." The price is way over the top, but it's definitely worth more than the zr1 because of materials and such... not worth almost 400k though!

[LostInMoscow]

These will be nice cars to buy used IMHO. Take a look at the prices of the MB Mclaren SLRs now. They were $500K in 2005. You can pick one up with 5,000 miles or less on it for less than half that now. Great investment in 2005.........NOT!

[Hupperware]

Hope Toyota has the accelerator problem fixed for that one...

[8cd03gro]

Originally Posted by LostInMoscow

These will be nice cars to buy used IMHO. Take a look at the prices of the MB Mclaren SLRs now. They were $500K in 2005. You can pick one up with 5,000 miles or less on it for less than half that now. Great investment in 2005.........NOT!

If you're spending half a million dollars on a car, I doubt you give a damn how much value it loses.

[Blade]

I think its costing them more to make this car than the selling price. Lexus is pretty much using the LFA to bring some attention to its brand as more of a sports luxury instead of just luxury. A lot of consumers believe Lexus is luxury first, I agree with them. Not one of their cars inspires "sporty" for me. Maybe they will be launching a 2 door model that will kick some real tail, in the $50K range soon.

Now Ferrari and Lambo will make only 500 of certain cars, but those are high priced brands and they need to make their cars exclusive. This is frikkin Lexus, so I figured it was more of a cost and flagship thing than exclusivity.

[SleepWarz]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

They probably cost too much to mass produce them or something. Cars like the LF-A pretty much just serve the purpose of saying, "Hey look, we can build a cool car, we're so awesome."

Even so, I'm not sure why you would pay $375k for something that isn't as powerful as a $109k ZR1.

375k and still 3800 pounds....
ROFL. What was the point of that carbon fiber?

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by All-Or-Nothing

...because some things are more than just a pricetag.

Apparently common sense isn't one of them for some.

[SleepWarz]

Nor is value.

[Crowley]

Although it is a bad ass car, IMO it isn't worth the pricetag .. I feel they limited the production on this just for that .. to charge what they want because they know they cant sell that many of them ..

Crowley

[Rogue Leader]

Originally Posted by Blade

I think its costing them more to make this car than the selling price. Lexus is pretty much using the LFA to bring some attention to its brand as more of a sports luxury instead of just luxury. A lot of consumers believe Lexus is luxury first, I agree with them. Not one of their cars inspires "sporty" for me. Maybe they will be launching a 2 door model that will kick some real tail, in the $50K range soon.

Now Ferrari and Lambo will make only 500 of certain cars, but those are high priced brands and they need to make their cars exclusive. This is frikkin Lexus, so I figured it was more of a cost and flagship thing than exclusivity.

You're correct, Lexus is breaking even or losing money on each LFA.

That said theres a combination of factors that causes these companies to make these cars limited. Firstly the manufacturing process. This car is built by hand, and Toyota even invented some new CF weaving processes for certain parts of the car. Secondly people who buy cars like this PAY for the exclusivity. In the end this car is still a Toyota, and to charge astronomical amounts of cash for it people who buy cars like this not only need to know they are buying the pinnacle of technology, but that when they drive it down the street their neighbors are NOT gonna have one too.

Ferrari and Lamborghini are a bit different, they generally don't limit production of any of their cars and will build as many as people will buy. That said their cars are hand built as well so obviously they can't make as many as GM can make Camaros. Now both do offer occasional special editions or supercars like the F50 and Enzo and make them limited for the same reason the LF-A is, because even in the big money world they have to offer the fact that to charge a premium over an already super expensive car this special edition has this, this, and that AND its one of only 50.

When it comes to money or muscles, theres always someone who has more than you.