£340k Lexus order book full

• £340k Lexus order book full

There is no doubt that the Lexus LFA is a phenomenal piece of kit, but a few eyebrows were raised when its price was unveiled at €368,000 (around £340k).
For any car that's a lot of money, but particularly for the first supercar from a Japanese company that also makes junior executive saloons and the Toyota Prius.
The argument made by some that Ferrari 's spectacular new 458 Italia and the forthcoming McLaren MP4-12C could be bought together for the same money, or thereabouts, seemed to hammer a good few nails in the LFA's coffin before the Japanese supercar was even born.
However, just three months after it was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show, the formal expressions of interest - that's those from credible people - have already exceeded the number of cars that will be built. Just 500 will be made in total. Who's laughing now?
However, those wealthy folk who are too busy or have forgotten about the LFA still have until mid-March to register interest, before Lexus essentially chooses who can buy the big-money, carbonfibre-constructed, V10 machine. Lexus will allocate the 500 it's building across 56 countries, and in the meantime has put a car on display at Lexus Park Lane in London.
So, just as a refresher in case you're thinking about it, the LFA has a 4.8-litre V10 producing 552bhp and hits 62mph from a standing start in 3.7 seconds. Lexus says it 'represents the pinnacle of advanced automotive design and engineering.'
Still, we wonder what the depreciation will be like?