Trick or treat!
Criteria for being a Halloween Hypercar? Amazing performance, stunning design, delicious details and exclusivity for the ages.
What meets these criteria in spades?
The 2012 Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package — an orange stunner with V10 legs for miles and a bite to sate even the sweetest tooth.
Enjoy these photos – we have never seen many of them published in their full glory, and they are worth considering in detail.
Interspersed are the LFA’s official specs from Lexus.com.
Overall, the Nurburgring pack brought a fixed rear wing, an extra 10-horsepower, firmer and remapped suspension and transmission, and a 7.14-second lap time around the green hell.
Here is Chris Harris in the driver’s seat.
2012 Lexus LFA Nurburgring
0-60 MPH Acceleration |
3.6 seconds [*] |
Top Track Speed (electronically limited) |
202 mph |
EPA Fuel Economy Ratings (city/highway/combined) |
11/16/12 [*] |
Aerodynamic Drag Coefficient |
0.31 |
Transmission |
Six-speed Automatic Sequential Gearbox (ASG) rear transaxle, with forged magnesium-alloy shift paddles |
Maximum Speed in Gears:1st Gear2nd Gear3rd Gear4th Gear5th Gear6th Gear |
52 mph76 mph104 mph135 mph172 mph202 mph |
Drive Wheels |
Rear-wheel drive with TORSEN® [*] limited-slip differential |
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Displacement |
4.8 liters (292.914 cubic inches) |
Horsepower @ RPM |
552 @ 8,700 [*] |
EPA Fuel Economy Ratings (city/highway/combined) |
11/16/12 [*] |
Transmission |
Six-speed Automatic Sequential Gearbox (ASG) rear transaxle, with forged magnesium-alloy shift paddles |
Brakes, Front |
Opposed six-piston, monoblock calipers with differential bores and 15.3-in (390 mm) Carbon Ceramic Material (CCM) discs |
Brakes, Rear |
Opposed four-piston monoblock calipers with differential bores and 14.1-in (360 mm) Carbon Ceramic Material (CCM) discs |
Overall Length |
177.4 in (4,505 mm) |
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Type |
72° V10, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection with 10 independently controlled throttle bodies (one per cylinder) |
Displacement |
4.8 liters (292.914 cubic inches) |
Valvetrain |
Four cam, four valves per cylinder, with dual Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVTi) |
Compression Ratio |
12.0:1 |
Horsepower @ RPM |
552 @ 8,700 [*] |
Torque @ RPM |
354 lb-ft @ 7,800 [*] |
Redline |
9,000 RPM |
Piston speed @ redline |
32 feet per second (approx.) |
Emission Rating |
Certified Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV2-LEV) |
Suspension |
Double-wishbone front/multi-link rear Coil springs; remote-reservoir shock absorbers with Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) piston rods and nickel-silicon-plated main cylinder walls exclusively developed for the LFA; forged-aluminum components; mounted to aluminum subframes |
Steering |
Rack-and-pinion with race-tuned Electronic Power Steering (EPS) system |
Brakes, Front |
Opposed six-piston, monoblock calipers with differential bores and 15.3-in (390 mm) Carbon Ceramic Material (CCM) discs |
Brakes, Rear |
Opposed four-piston monoblock calipers with differential bores and 14.1-in (360 mm) Carbon Ceramic Material (CCM) discs |
Wheels |
BBS forged-aluminum. 20 x 9.5-in (front), 20 x 11.5-in (rear) |
Tires |
265/35ZR20 (front), 305/30ZR20 (rear) Bridgestone Potenza ultra high-performance tires [*] exclusively developed for the LFA |
Type |
Two-passenger supercar |
Construction |
Aerospace-grade carbon fiber monocoque |
Weight Distribution, front/rear % |
52/48 |
Center of Mass, height |
17.7 inches (450 mm) |
Overall Length |
177.4 in (4,505 mm) |
Width |
74.6 in (1,895 mm) |
Height |
48.0 in (1,220 mm) |
Wheelbase |
102.6 in (2,605 mm) |
Ground Clearance |
4.5 in (115 mm) |
Curb Weight |
3,263 lb (1,480 kg) |
Fuel-Tank Capacity |
19.3 gal (73 L) |
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