By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Here’s some great stories written by the CarDomain community:

• The Lexus LFA. Can you think of a better way to spend $375K?
• First look at the new Disney/Pixar Cars 2 characters “Grem” and “Acer.” AMC love!
• Hot Rod Magazine pits a 427 Cobra against a 2011 Super Snake. Who do you think wins?

All this and more over at Autoholics.com.

By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

Speed compares two of the most popular supercars on the market, the all new Lexus LFA and the all new Audi R8 V10! Which one do you like?

Lexus LFA vs Audi R8 FSI

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

Toyota’s efforts in Formula 1 may have ended, but the final run of their F1 cars sure didn’t hold up the rest of the action during the Toyota Motorsports Festival. Joining the race versions of the LFA, Toyota had a nice surprise for everyone, in the form of a production version of the LF-A, sporting a rather catching shade of matte black. Next to the race cars it sounded much quieter and refined, but it didn’t look any slower when it shot past the main straight.  Continue reading at Speedhunters.

—By Dino Dalle Carbonare

By Antonio Alvendia

Antonio Alvendia

As you might imagine, everyone who’s anyone in the automotive industry was at the annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas last week. While many pessimists have complained that this year’s show was smaller than any other SEMA in recent years, there were quite a few notable announcements, releases and debuts this year. (And those who did show up to the show were serious about doing business, not just a bunch of useless tire kickers.)

While there was much on the news front in terms of debuts, to be honest, there was nothing that excited me personally more than the new Lexus LF-A. I might be a bit jaded, as I am a Toyota man. My first car was a Toyota, and I’ve owned many many different types of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in my life; I’ve lost count of the actual number, but if you figure that I currently own 6 Toyota/Lexus vehicles, then I’m pretty sure the total number is somewhere around twenty. Yup, TWENTY! So maybe I do have a slight personal slant towards the Lexus brand, but regardless, I think the new LF-A that Lexus debuted at SEMA is nothing short of amazing.

Sure, there are skeptics out there who complain that the LF-A hasn’t yet beat an R35 Nissan GT-R’s record at the Nurburgring. There are also people out there who also say there are a lot of other cars they would rather buy for the LF-A’s hefty $375K price tag. Sure it’s pricey. And yes, maybe the R35 GTR can currently beat it around Nordschleife. However, in my mind, there’s just no denying how outstandingly bad ass the LF-A is. Continue reading and view more photos on MotorMavens!

By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

LFingA is right…having just returned from SEMA and seeing a production version LF-A in the flesh I am impressed all over again. I’ve seen a couple of LF-As in the flesh leading up to this, there was a nice red concept version at Toyota Megaweb in Japan that I molested, and then there was the Nurburgring race car at Tokyo Auto Salon last year. Yet something was different about seeing this production LF-A at SEMA.

First off, it looks F-R-E-S-H in matte black. As much as I think everyone wants to say matte black has jumped the shark as a color, it still looks damn good and I don’t think its going away anytime soon.

Continue reading "LFingA" »

By Fireball Tim

Movie Car Design Master

Clambering over mounds of insane car nuts, I scampered for the doors to SEMA. Elbow clocking, crotch kicking, upper cut chucking. It was a nasty scene. BUT, I managed to get in with only a broken collar bone and a head gash. Only 4 inches long right through the left eye. But don’t worry. I’m ok.

And what did my good eye perceive? … Camaros. Ug. So, while everyone’s posting Camaros, I’ll post other stuff. Like this! My hotel.

Continue reading "Fireball SEMA Day 1! It's Open!!!!" »

How many years? No one is quite sure. Probably two or three. And it’s going to be $170,000. Somehow I had missed that part. $170,000??? Seriously, is anyone really gonna pay that kind of coin for a Lexus? Anyway, it just got spotted getting ready to do some laps around Nürburgring. More over at Jalopnik.

While CarDomain’s editorial staff is slaving away preparing for SEMA, our buddies at Road & Track are over in the land of the Rising Sun, eating wicked tempura and snapping photos of all the crazy hotness at the Tokyo Motor Show. Of course, they got us shots of the Nissan’s vicious looking new GTR, and while the Skyline name might not be making it to the States, the legendary performance will be. We can’t wait to catch a glimpse of one of these beasts in the wild! But there was plenty of other killer stuff on display. Like check out the Daihatsu’s Mudmaster! It looks like a classic Microbus that’s been hitting the gym—and taking the juice! And don’t miss Lexus’ stunning LFA! Talk about sexy! For more coverage from Tokyo, head over to Road and Track—and don’t forget to check out their slide show and video footage!