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Renderings: SuperGT Lexus LF-A GT500

K keshy
Posted onJan 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM

Super GT Lexus LFA GT500 (1)

If you’re a SuperGT fan you would know that Team Petronas Tom’s drivers Jyuichi Wakisaka and Andre Lotterer took the overall GT500 win in their Lexus SC430 last year. They may have won that but I’m guessing retaining the title will be an even bigger feat for the team.

Super GT Lexus LFA GT500

Nissan has been campaigning its new GT-R in the series for two years and are more than just capable of challenging for the title. Honda has recently revealed the HSV-010 that has been specially designed to compete in the series so Honda will be a very formidable competitor in 2010. So with the field of competitors getting stronger, the aged SC430 will have to retire soon and this begs me to ask the question, what next? What car does Toyota have that could charge for the title and give it’s competitors a run for their money? Well truth be told, none, except for the very-expensive, very exclusive, and very desirable Lexus LF-A.

Super GT Lexus LFA GT500 (2)

Toyota has not confirmed the LF-A’s entrance, in fact the V10 supercar’s entrance into the series is nothing more than just rumours now. Despite that, the global automotive blogospheres are alight with talk that an announcement of the LF-A’s entry into the series is imminent and the announcement will be made later on this year.

Super GT Lexus LFA GT500 (3)

So as we eagerly play the waiting game, there are those among us enthusiasts that have come up with their own version of what the racing LF-A could look like. Iain Chandler, a skilled 3D artist from Australia came up with these renderings of the GT500 LF-A, all six of them. It may not be official, but it definately gives a good indication of how the racer could look like. And hopefully it works to pressure Toyota into contesting the LF-A. GT-R vs HSV-10 vs LF-A … now that would be a great race.

Super GT Lexus LFA GT500 (6)

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Source: Iain Chandler/DeviantArt via Autoblog

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    pokemon
  • Jan 10, 2010
finally...a great battle of V8's...
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    gt-arghhhh
  • Jan 10, 2010
The LF-A is a V10...... not a V8... same goes to the Honda HSV-10
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    pokemon
  • Jan 10, 2010
gt-arghhhh...

HSV-10 powered by 3.4 V8 la...
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    william
  • Jan 10, 2010
honda is tested with a 3.4 v8... but when race that time dunno yet... might switch to v10.
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    vlbyvictor
  • Jan 10, 2010
whoa.. this super GT is a must WATCH! all new models.. be prepared GTR!
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    netmatrix
  • Jan 11, 2010
Its a rendering la, not a finalized car. But great job. I wonder if those teams can afford such a high priced car for SuperGT?
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Price of the production LF-A is probably irrelevant. SuperGT cars are bespoke race machines that only resemble the production model it represents. It would cost way more than the production model
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    netmatrix
  • Jan 12, 2010
All of the SuperGT cars bought off the shelf like Lambo, Porsche doesn't cost as much as LFA. Heck i think you can buy both the Lambo and Porsche with the LFA. The cost of having the car is so high, where else the budget to make it SuperGT class would probably be the same with every team. Just the car cost is eating up the budget. Thats what i think really.
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It depends on which teams and where you want to be on the grid. In SuperGT, Lambos, Porsches racers etc are originally built to race in FIA GT class races. GT class are based on actual production cars where at least the chassis is from a production car. And they are always at the back but cheaper to race.

However the front running teams in SuperGT are more prototype-like racers with shells that resemble roadcars. Underneath the shell these cars look sort of like F1 or LMP cars. Underneath the skin you probably can't tell what make it's supposed to be. Of course I think for the engine probably the block must be based on a production engine. Not too familiar with SuperGT rules. This is where something like the LFA would run. It would have next to no technical resemblance to the production car and so the cost of the production car itself wouldn't affect the race car costs that much. The race car costs millions anyway
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