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The Lexus LFA’s spiritual successor was recently spotted driving around Southern California.
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These spy shots are our latest look at the next Lexus supercar, which could be powered by a hybrid twin-turbo V-8.
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While we don’t know what the low-slung coupe will be called, there are rumors that it will be called the LFR.
When the Lexus RC ends production after this yearthe brand will be left without a sports car for the first time in a long time, but that might not last too long. We’ve been eagerly awaiting more details about the Lexus LFA’s spiritual successor, and recent spy photos show that the racy two-door coupe is getting closer to production. And guess what? It’ll have a gas-powered engine.
A Car and Driver reader named Kory Hughs graciously sent us a couple of photos of the next Lexus supercar covered in camouflage and driving around the mountain roads near Big Bear Lake, California. While the new images only show the driver’s side and rear end of the car, they do provide a glimpse of the quad exhaust pipes, confirming that there’s an internal-combustion engine under the rakish coupe’s long hood. The powertrain is expected to combine a hybrid system with a twin-turbo V-8, but we’re still waiting for Lexus to confirm those details.
Kory Hughs – Car and Driver
This isn’t our first look at the LFA follow-up, which will reportedly be called the LFR. We’ve previously seen spy photos of it testing at and around the Nürburgring. Unlike the car that was recently spied in California, the ones that were lapping the famous German racetrack used different types of fixed rear wings. It also wore yellow warning stickers, which suggest it features electric power in addition to its combustion engine. Our spy photographer also captured some images of the car’s unfinished interior and claimed that the prototype was lapping the ‘Ring in under eight minutes.
It’s believed that Toyota’s Gazoo Racing division is working on building a new GT3 car for a full-fledged racing program, which it hinted at back in 2022 with a concept that looks an awful lot like the forthcoming LFR—or whatever it’s going to be called. Considering a prototype is now testing on public roads, we should learn more about the LFA’s replacement sometime next year, and we think the production version could possibly debut for the 2027 model year.
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