Mr. Glitterati

I have to admit. Lexuses have never interested me. They’re solid cars that know how to coddle their drivers with understated (if not a little bland) luxury, but they’re not exactly thrill-enducing or even exciting from a design standpoint in a way, say, Mercedes are.

And so when I saw the first Lexus LFA supercar concept that debuted way back in 2005 at the Detroit Auto Show, I thought, like so many fanciful concepts that don’t necessarily fit a company’s image, they’ll never make this thing. But I was wrong. And I’m here to report: It’s a beast.

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