Lexus LFA | A Proper Goodbye 

this car is so perfect i swear

Now thats a complement.

xD

National Geographic actually did an in-depth documentary of the LFA years ago.

@@biglee13m Yea I think the lexus dealer posted it on here.

You never watched top gear then hahaha

Simply stunning! Thank you for the video and effort that went into making it! Could I possibly request an asmr flying lap vid?

You should of seen Jeremy Clarksons review on it, one of the best reviews

Preach

That’s because the LFA isn’t that great. For its price especially...

Negative the car is garbage and a waste of time for toyota! The Corolla is the best of the best!

@@cowmoo007 yikes

@@cowmoo007there’s a saying says “does donkey knows what good is ?”

@@hypnotiq the car has some good feedbacks tho.

@@cowmoo007 Corolla not even close for this matter, B T.

@CHL “the amount of pompous cringe this 3rd generation fart sniffer put out” Jesus Christ mate reading that almost killed me, been laughing for 10 minutes straight. Funny as hell 😂

@@cowmath77 CHL, the LFA is basically Chisato and Takina Inoue's favourite cars.

@Akiz Biri I heard the car was a financial flop for 400k a piece, perhaps they should have sold it for 600k.

@Akiz Biri you can’t sell a car for less than what it cost to make.

@@turbopickle9720 That's true to a point, but there are economies of scale when you produce more than 500 cars. Toyota absolutely could have brought this car to price parity if they'd looked at a longer term timeline with it.

​@@turbopickle9720 this is true but most of the cost comes from the development, not the production which actually makes the car more expensive to make than to sell. Cars are expensive because of how much they cost to develop. To really make a profit you have to recoup the cost of developing the car in the first place, the production is quite inexpensive relative to the R&D that goes into it. It's why mass production, affordable cars, share platforms and platforms are generally speaking updated rather than fully redeveloped when a new generation is released. The price is based not just on the cost of production but also the expected sales of the car, as well as the amount produced relative to the goal that is making a profit over the development costs. It's why less manufacturers are developing manual sports cars, because they don't feel the millions, sometimes billions, of dollars spent developing the car is going to make a real profit. It's why the Mk5 supra was a joint project between BMW and Toyota, same with the BRZ/86 between Toyota and Subaru. Honestly Lexus probably could've lowered the cost by increasing production and making them for longer, but it's possible they weren't equipped to produce the car at a larger scale and that still doesn't mean people would have bought it. Your brands image plays a large role, and Lexus isn't particularly known as an expensive Supercar brand. Most people walking into a Lexus dealer aren't looking to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars.

@Akiz Biri with the new GR Super Sport hyper car coming out I think they still do!

I love this comment. Salute

Amen! 🙏

Preach

Yep this and the GMA T.50, hopefully outfits like Cosworth and Yamaha continue to produce these ICE power!

@@anydaynow01 I mean Toyota spent over 10 years, and 1 billion dollars, this is an amalgamation of what seems like peak technology at the time, literally letting engineers create what others can only dream of being able to create.

Kobunilmiels agu

They stated that this car was over engineered. All to make sure it delivered the reliability of toyota and performance of mclaren f1

bruh fucking same

@@zacksmith5963 Zack Smith, Takina Inoue also ever drove this LFA last year.

Well duh, I mean lots of things sound better than chairs. Most things in fact.

It’s not bad, but over rated. You can make the noise with a bent soda can

the bests sounding car ever

@@zesty206 It's between this one and the Carrera GT for me.

@@clapanse the cerrera is meh

i thought it was too short for everything that they had to cover. i really expected this to be a "Life on Earth"-length documentary that spans several DVDs, in a gift box, that you display on a mantel, lol. one DVD should be dedicated for Mr Smart's interview.

Agreed.

A masterpiece of engineering indeed. However, it lacked pedigree, history and the design was/is too cautious. I’m not surprised there were unsold examples. It will take time and docs like this for people to truly understand what it is all about. And even after all that happens, the vehicle will never have a Ferrari or Lamborghini aura. In stead, it will remain an honorable mention.

@@thebulgarianguy8461 Um... what? Are you trying to be one of those annoying contrarians? Did you even watch this video? Have you looked at the comments...? The common opinion of this car is genuinely the EXACT opposite of yours. Ferraris and lambos of the era will NEVER have the aura, specialness, and passion of the lfa. If youve been anywhere near literally any video where the lfa appears beside some average supercar, all everyone talks about is the lfa. People completely ignore everything else. Some make jokes about people who bought a ferrari instead of this car back in 2011. You have the opinion of car journalists from that era...

Facts

How he isn’t already is beyond me.

@@Calvin1911 I think nowadays people want to see a talking flailing tube man in front of the camera.

@@raymonds7492 Yeah,tbh,I can't stand the guy,but there's a certain energy about him that you just can't ignore,no matter how much you want to.

@@blairbrown4812 if we're talking about who I think we're talking about I happily ignore them

@@SupremeMoFo I have no idea who you are talking about lol.

It's a savagegeese thing...

Hands-down 💯

Best car review on the internet

What else would you expect from the best car review channel on the internet?

Much more than a review, it’s an homage to a beautiful work of craftsmanship and pays respect to all of the work that went into making such a fine automobile. My local Toyota/Lexus dealer has one and I was looking at it a couple of weeks ago. I had no idea it was such a special vehicle. Thanks for telling the interesting story behind it.

on a TH note, the entire cast knew they were going to do make the documentary and hence removing all the usual "subscribe and hit bells" bs, gets into the car, hit the feels. These guys might not be the best alternative to the old Top Gear, but got my deep respect.

this is the technical review and Throttle House's is the emotional review. This showed how special the car is and Throttle House's review showed how emotionally connected the car can be.

I’ve always said throttle house is the closest thing to top gear a you tube channel can be. Top notch

Like the start of a James Bond film.

Take a look back through the Miata series if you haven't. Those are done just as well and are very interesting. Mr. Geese is also great at subtly packing in humor throughout. One of my favorite parts of the intro was laying in the testimonial "I hit subscribe on accident, my life improved by 1.6%" over an otherwise serious video. I lol'd. Much better than asking people to please subscribe.

Always is.

I maybe watched 10 videos on this channel so far.. The quality is really amazing.

@@mrnicktoyou Quantum of Solace.

Jeremy gets in the RCF: Why isn't this like the LFA. 😒

That's Jemery Clarkson for you

The same fool who claimed that the Lexus SC430 was the worst car ever built.

Another one of Jeremy "Clawnson"

@@Atombender Bias is an awful thing for a journalist to have. They just didn't want to admit that Lexus was hot on the heels of Mercedes.

Agreed

I love the McLaren F1... But the LFA is best sounding car of all time

Hehe. I read that exactly the way he said it.

Btw where is your grease money fellow. Scott? I mean he help build the channel. Then 1 night u order out and bam he is out? Bs bro

Not a single bit of *B R O W N*

YES

@@freed14760 Looking at your other comments I feel you need an immediate brain treatment

Ya it's gorgeous the sound is

That thing sounds angry and evil ... in all the best ways.

Honestly, Yamaha takes what they know about musical instruments & bakes that cymatics into the intake sounds. I have a 2020 edition MT-03 that I daily on dry days & its new so I have to keep the RPM's bellow 7K for the first thousand miles. Even with a in-ear sound suppression plugs + a full face helmet, the engine sound from 4K to 7K sounds so good it made my tear up the first time I got on the freeway // having played a lot of driving sim games over the years, it sounds like a WRX or Lotus Elise // just pulls steady with globs of smooth torque & what feels like more than enough power for a 380lb wet bike + 165lb rider // its much more comfortable than my previous 2 supersport 600cc bikes, Honda F4 & Suzuki GSX-R600 // & I trade in my race tuned Honda Grom for it // & glad for that too // Yamaha & Toyota partner up to make amazing engines & their upcoming electric motors for Hybrid, PHEV & EV are similarly excellent with cool sound //

Thanks. This video was very difficult to makem

Pretty sad, isn't it, especially when BMW has built some great sounding N/A cars. Think M1. Turbos are fast, but the engine note is lacking. Euro particulate filters are the final nail in the coffin.

audi: We'll put speakers under the rear bumper

BMW will do you one better, one of the exhausts on the i8 is a speaker. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HZgL-d56cA8.html

Well that goes for all car manufacturers now unfortunately

Every modern BMW will be in the scrap heap. None of them are memorable enough for people to actually care about collecting 50 years from now.

“The Stig says this [the Ferrari F12] is the only car in the world that can hold a candle to the Lexus LFA”. -Stig agrees.

Well no, actually. Half of what Clarkson says is bullshit, and the other half these days is questionable. Just look at the man. He should have retired years ago.

@@johntechwriter and you’re wrong

@@johntechwriter says the guy who barely driven more than 3 cars in life.. lol

@Martin Ru he is a Fith gear fa, don’t listen to him

Ahem, gearbox...

@@stevenkelby2169 You manual acolytes are insufferable. Move on.

literal babies ^

Bro is crying about not having Spotify and Google maps in a track weapon

​@@stevenkelby2169 I think that putting a DCT on it would slightly ruin the experience. The little jank on the single-clutch gives the car some character.

i find most lexus dealerships to have such great 90s architecture

@@butt5810 Many have been "modernized", sadly.

Batman probably lives underneath it

Actually jr smart is batman

@@butt5810 Lexus on the Park in Toronto is also cool looking

Imo, I think the Porsche Carrera GT takes that cake.

The LFA, Carrera and viper are my top 3 v10 engines.

@@jonasvalero The Carrera is that close it is matter of personal preference. I personally prefer this.

@@jonasvalero Nah, it's this.

It’s all subjective guys, calm down.

Selam abi

you won't

The chance of you getting a lambo is WAY higher there’s only 500 of these 😭

@@rashadvq He lives in japan but sadly his license is suspended, so even if he gets one he won't be able to drive

@@rashadvq unless you consider accidents in which it was totaled so maybe less than 500

FX SG is encyclopedic, those others are just comic books. The masses just don’t appreciate the difference.

I felt like I was watching the old Top Gear, hanging on the edge of my seat and enjoying some great production value for 50 minutes, without commercials. I've seen worse Car Shows on the television, frankly.

greatness isn't measure by your richard size your sub count your view count or your income/paytreon stream. IMO the goose puts out content that stands by itself. Nothing else needs be said when you watch it.

Sad, but somewhat understandable. The SG videos are more detailed about engineering and history than most care about. Your average kid of 16 (or 40) wants color and excitement, not discussion of the oil change process. Beautiful as these videos are, they're still for a specific kind of viewer.

That could be pretty good

Agrre. These guys deserve a pay bump

Yup. The quality of production is now up to a part where we the customers would pay to see your content. Similar to what Daily Drivers did to the movies about the m3 and 911.

Real talk.

@Simp Nation depending how the contract is made.

One of the admirable things about this channel is that they will put so much effort into reviewing a car that isn't being made anymore, and that likely none of their viewers will ever buy. Such a deep presentation of the engineering of a car a decade old is remarkable.

Not to shit on LFA, because it is one of my favorites, but it wasn't exactly the fastest car for it's price nor category. When you consider something like Murcielago SV, 599 GTO, 458, Gallardo SL LP570-4, 12C, SLS AMG, Viper, ZR1 Vette...

Ya that is true but unfortunately unlike other brands they just don't do enough most of the time it's a real pitty connections

@@neilmurphy845 yes I know its like that highschool athlete that the coach knows has amazing ability but only shows flashes of it in a game but never shows enough consistency

@@AlanForde-CheyneMS ya it's stupid

Yes, thats why its such a shame they couldn’t be bothered to do it to revive and build the new version of their own iconic sports car... would’ve loved to see what they couldve done with the mk5 Supra as a true from the ground up toyota engineering product, and not a redressed BMW..

I pray you have your moment the same way that Doug DeMuro just did with his Porsche Carrera GT!

Yes! The amount of time and effort that must have gone into this video must have been insane. Interviews, background research, dolly and drone shots everywhere. Lots of little touches (like closing the LFA book at the end) that no one else in automotive journalism does. Stellar, just stellar!!

Rcf?

@@bryce2jz ISF

Truth

Yeah, and guess what? You can almost buy 3 458’s for the price of 1 LFA. I’ll take the 458, and put $150k in mods to it, and slaughter the LFA in every aspect, and still have $100k to spare.

@@mmmmm4815 lol no you cant the 458 MSRP is 240k and you're literally comparing 458 to lfa that's such a fanboy move cant compare the legendary lfa with 458 and btw lfa price increases every day so yea

@@mmmmm4815 $150k in mods... What exactly are you going to do?

@@supraJZA80s I would have no idea. I do know that modifying supercars is very very expensive. But my point was that the 458, which is a great car, is so much cheaper than a front engine LFA. Just saying...

@@khaledmaher6602 I don’t even know what you’re trying to mean by this comment. Are you saying the LFA or the 458 is better? 🤔 Bro, there are used 458’s for under $150k right now. And since the LFA is used too, it’s fair to compare used prices. The LFA used price is $500k at the lowest! That’s insanity! So yeah, I’ll buy a 458 for $150k, put $150k in mods on it (that’s $300k total now), and still have $200k left in my pocket! I’m sorry, but at $500k for a LFA, that is a joke of a price!

Bingo

Yamaha motors is an engine manufacturer who in this case send the engine to their musical department, that makes guitars, pianos and whatnot.

Here's the back story from someone who was in the piano biz. After WWII America assisted Japan in getting back on its feet, to reduce the possibility of Russian influence turning them communist. To that end, the U.S. government contracted New York piano maker Steinway to assist the Japanese in restarting their labor-intensive piano manufacturing industry. The result was two Japanese brands, Yamaha and Kawaii, which eventually became the world standard of excellence in mass-produced pianos.

@@VinumDeus the Motorcycle/motor engine business is currently completely separate to the audio business but they do share the same name and the Audio business does hold shares in Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

@@VinumDeus The motorcycle manufacturer was split off way back in the mid-1950s, shortly after the first motorcycles were made. Ownership has never been completely separate, but they are run as fully independent companies.

It's too good for Netflix. Netflix is hot garbage.

HBO only right in between Sopranos

It gets better as time goes on. I thought it wasn't bad when it came out. Now--seeing that rear 3/4--just insane.

@kim Jong-unsub ur trolling right

@@cwx8 Headlights and taillights do it for me.

@kim Jong-unsub I can agree w that. The body kinda reminds me of my Toyota 86, but lost sports cars have similar silhouettes I think. Also, the interior makes up for the price tag IMO but I get what you mean about exterior styling...and yeah 60-80 I can agree with I guess. This car was also designed like over a decade ago so old styling is expected

Yes most of the car at that time is now have a timeless design... like one-77, koenigesgg agera, lfa, huayra. And I'm talking about the first models not upgraded version of them.

a good investment if one could afford it

It is under-rated but it was grotesquely over priced

@@briansukhu4392 Its was only overpriced because they delayed the whole project sadly. But still the perfomance is insane today. And they made loss with every unit sold

@@briansukhu4392 must be a GTR fanboi

No it's not. It's all fakery. Performance was worse than older cars and even the awesome sound wasn't an honest engine note but a vibrating surge tank, and the interior sound is "faked" by using holes. The 6 years older Carrera GT sounds just as good, and Porsche just made an honest engine without resorting to trickery. It's a faster car too.

Yes please

whilst it is undoubtedly an engineering master piece and right at the top of my list, I dont consider it an all time great because it didn't offer anything new or even remotely ground breaking, which from Japanese company with an unlimited price and budget was a big disappointment for me. They talked it up as being an incredibly lightweight, with an engine revving too fast for analogue equipment which was horseshit. I never compare cars on numbers but Toyota fell short of their claims. Porsche had a V10 4 year previous with more power and torque and same displacement. it had an automate manual, when double clutch was common place, it produced the same power as n/a rivals at half the price and it wasn't any lighter.

@@dagnut All cars are 4 wheels on platforms. They all don't offer anything new to society. The LFA does what it does especially well therefore it is one of the all-time great cars.

@@trinkie who gives a fuck about society? I'm talking about performance. A 350k lexus should have been a technical marvel.

@@dagnut who says it isn't. The car is a masterpiece at sound while not have any electronic enhancers. And it wasnt supposed to have groundbreaking shit either because you don't make groundbreaking shit on order you make it when you do and then make it into some product. This was more of an entry into the supercar market and I would consider it the best one at in its class so its not groundbreaking but a really good car. LS was groundbreaking with led lights and self-parking features but people still didn't like and I think they learned their lesson. Build a brand first and only then people will buy it.

@@reenachauriya4931 I followed this car in magazines from around 2000 and yeahbit was supposed to be groundbreaking. Toyota where talking about the lightest materials and the highest n/a power weight f1 derived tech...blah blah

@@MarcinTheGod Fuuck a dual clutch...imagine a MANUAL with this beautiful sounding engine...would've been a dream come true

@@KardiFan2000 you got a porsche for that

@@peperoninja387 Yeah but this exhaust sound (tuned by Yamaha) sounds better to me.

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So true. If only they'd done more with Yamaha for the GT86 or the MKV Supra

I got a 3S-GTE in a Corolla. But life didn't turn out quite supportive of keeping that dream alive, so it's idle in a garage and the world is getting shittier every day.

@@Dowlphin I still want to throw a 3SGTE in an old Alltrac Camry. Hard to find them though.

@@rob_over_9000 Wow, I didn't know AWD Camry was a thing. I can understand why they would be hard to find, since it's even more of a keeper with that supreme snow driveability. Do you know by any chance whether the

@@Dowlphin Toyota only put LSDs in the 1993-1995 MR2 Turbos. E153 transmission. Monkeywrench sells them for $3500. At that point it may be cheaper and easier to just put an aftermarket LSD in an existing 1MZ-FE Camry E153. A Quaife or Kaaz is a little over a grand.

Get on SG's Patreon and unload that guilt!

Nah he will still try and sell over sticker to old people

No dealerships have integrity, just part of the business 🤷‍♂️

Have you noticed all the little rooms where the salesperson tells you, “I’ll have to get this okayed by the boss, but that would mean the kids go without new shoes this winter .”

and those engineers were inexperience, hence why it was delayed and even when released a Ferrari half it's cost performed better in every single ,metric.

No ferrari had just developed a platform that was new then ,so it cost a lot of money but then reused the platform as 488 and as F8 tributo .. cost drop significantly .. it is still aluminum and still way cheaper to produce than the LFA chassis

@@asterioslytsioulis4226 yes they further modified and refined the 458 platform for the later models. How does this have any bearing to the LFA(2010) and the 458(2009). You know if Toyota keep further developing and updating the LFA with later models who knows what could have been. 1 billion is a small loss. It cost Ferrari 7 billion to develop the 458 platform. You have to spend serious money to compete at this level. Heck the 2016 Alfa Guilia&Stelvio Quadrifoglio platform cost them 5 billion to develop by Ferrari Skunk works.

That's why I'm using yamaha bikes for 16 years, love that 3cyl crossplane engine sound...it's nowhere near LFA but...😉🤷

I've seen exactly one of these in person in my life, and when it drove by -- even at slower city speeds -- it sounded like an F1 car.

@@Jason-se1ke I heard this car coming at me on my KTM superduke 990 with open arkapovic race pipes. The LFA make my snap my neck back when we passed each other. Glorious.

that's absolutely true!! its exactly what happens to me every time i see an LFA video ! i have driven so many super cars! i own 1000hp gtr34 and still nothing moves me like LFA music

Thomas except the MX5 is not exactly collectible and increasing in value.

This is a car that definitely deserved the Savageese treatment.

@@kenim The LFA most certainly did. The MX5, eh, not so much. One is long in the tooth (LFA) and the other is fighting against time and BEVs.

Very true

Oh yeah! One of the employees told me it wasn't ever for sale; they wouldn't even accept any offer for it :O

Yeah Lexus north Scottsdale has a yellow one with like 200 miles on it sitting in the showroom for the last couple months. Every time I go for an oil change I try to forget it’s listed for half a million every time I stare

@@ADUSN of all three options das is probably the best one Depends on how you would translate engineering Ingenieuring isn't a word Maybe Ingenieurwissenschaften? In that case die is correct But I'd say Ingenieurswesen would be the better term

You must add "current" german engeneering. It was not like that in the day of the LFA. In 2010 when the LFA came out, BMW was still making V10 M6/M5, no fake noise, high-revving NA 5 liter V10. Sounding awesome. Then it all went to the gutter, with turbos and particle filters....

@@daliborpuchta1952 True. AMG also had had the 5.5L and 6.3L V8 engines. MMMMmmmm

@@PinHeadSupliciumwtf the word you’re looking for is “die Technik”

lol ever heard of porsche?

wow i wnna be like you i just skip that part xD

Yeah, but this compared to the stamped steel crap we usually see was a real treat!

Mine, too, because it's a view you never see unless you're a mechanic, and so much of a car's engineering is underneath.

Watch the National Geographic mega factory documentary on this car also amazing

This I got my drink, turned down the lights, put on headphones, turned the volume up and got lost in an amazing video about the one dream of mine that never went away for all these years since it came out.

Preach

Yeah I had to do it justice and play it on my big screen tv.