@alemcodon You dumb ass tiff is amazing it looks ruff because hes right on the edge of a car that snaps like a bitch when, you finish 3rd in Le Mans was witch happen in 1990. then you can talk shit but shut it till then....
@dwildkat Bullshit Man, Just look what the LFA did on the nurburghring, plus not really fair to compared a 6.0L V12 against a 4.8L V10 and funny enough the toyota engine has more impressive figures considering it capicity than that ferrari u mentioned,
@dufunk10 Hey relax dude...I was only correcting your statement about a RWD front engine car. in that class the GTO is the better track car, bigger engine or not. Plus 7:38 minutes on the ring isn't that impressive...the GTO should do at the very least 10 seconds faster
Finally, a supercar for women. Vogue magazine recommends the lavender exterior with the black interior, but not white because that would be a fashion faux pas.
OMG guys, maybe he's sliding on purpose. Do you think that guy who had a chance to drive that beast (it is a beast) doesn't know how to drive to get faster lap ? Maybe you criticizing him would kindly show us the video with your behind the wheel action, of course the wheel of LFA as I understand you got to know so much about this car's hjandling.
@gornes You're so right! You can clearly tell he's sliding it around by the way he punches the throttle. Imagine arguing that Tiff Needell is a bad driver, some people haven't got a clue!
so this cant be a fastest lap run. hes driving like he has parkinsons. wheres the smoothness on the throttle and steering. hes driving that lfa like hes on gravel
When he does the full review could anyone tell me what song it is when he's about to get in the car please...searched everywhere and still can't find anything close!!
@President2Europe Wanna know something kinda funny, it was actually a boyfriend who bought it for her. Now I don't like her or anything, but looking at the car she owns, and how she personally has never crashed any of them, I find it pretty funny that if you put her and you in a serious race in this car, I bet she would win. Now thats funny.
Lol it's fun to read all the comments about why the car is sliding haha. Sliding the car is NEVER fast. Simple as that. He is just showing off in this video for the
It's not hard to slide a car when going slow, the hard part is to not slide it when you are going fast
@pretty00lights true... bt what people dont understand is how it is much harder to drive a rear wheel drive car round a track vs the gtr or the 911 gt2 rs round a track with their all-wheel drive... bt tiff was just driving for fun not as serious as it appeared to be...
either tiffy here is provoking oversteer by stomping on the gas mid corner, or the car has very bad mechanical grip. it's like a drifter's car...is toyota trying to recreate the AE86?
on the other hand, what we all need is a "foot-camera", and a "dashboard-camera", juz like the Japanese did on Best Motoring, and this video is complete
it slide rounds corners becuz it didn't generate enough grip like a morden F1 car, if you look around footage of old F1(like the "Moss-and-Fangio era", or the Turbo-F1 era), you will see cars simply slides round corners becuz the cars don't have sufficient grip to send it through the corner flat.
the driver doesn't deliberately slide the car to show off his skills, it simply becuz the car doesn't not have enough downforce nor sophisticated traction control, one touch of the trottle(which the driver must engage) will make the car goes sideways INSTANTLY. And as I mentioned, sometimes on some cars, going sideways doesn't meant slow--juz ask any rally driver =]
@volante8657 I think the car slides around alot because Tiff Needell is purpopsefully over driving the car to show when you go past the limuits of grip the car is still very forgiving.
no, the LFA is particularly "light at the rear" as to most cars, Tiff did race a Turbo F1 so I think he should know when and how to slide a car.
and you should watch those "dog-fight" films of fifth gear(and as I mention before, on-board footage during the Fangio-era), and comparing it to those D1 drifters, from there you will see the difference of "sliding a car purposely" and why Tiff is sliding a car
@volante8657 Why would you say its light in the rear when the weight distribution is 52/48 back to front.no I think Tiff Needell is just over driving the grip
i specially quote the word "light" doesn't meant the car is PHYSICALLY light,
wt i meant was, and I THINK, is becuz the anti-roll at the rear was too stiff for the handling of the car, thus making the back tyres unable to withstand the lateral G's generated in a corner, and therefore making the back slide out way too easy then it should have been
@kainj100 ,, I dindnt say I can do better, but at least I know he was in the wrong gear. When you start driving a real car then you know. So I urge you to get off your video games and get off your bicycle.
@Rastamut I actually wondered why he changed up and I'm pretty sure it's because he didnt want to crash in to the wall, i basically think he changed up so the car would be in a higher gear and so it would be harder to spin the wheels so the back end doesn't just snap out, it did look pretty ferocious. What do you think man?
Wow that sounds good! Except for that annoying little change beep. I don't want my supercar telling me when to shift, I'm fine looking at the tach myself.
For a car like this i'ts all about the driving experience, you can tell by Tiff's statement and the look on his face that this is one of the most enjoyable cars in the world right now, just listen to that intake noise!!
In car, it actually sounds very similar to a 10 cyl version of the McLaren F1!
God I love the sound of that thing. For a Lexus I'm pretty impressed. And Tiff is the man behind the wheel. Sure better than the blowbag from the other "gear" show.
@moom2003 Oh yeah no doubt he is one hell of a driver. You can tell by the way he shifts and handles the wheel. I like how he pushes it to the limit and shows us just what it's made of and lets the car speak for itself.
Out of all these cars, LFA is the only car that was raced the Stig in soaking wet conditions, yet he ran the fastest wet lap time. It was 3 seconds faster than the Gallardo in wet conditions.
@SpeedKlz Agreed the LFA on a track is more than a match for anything Porsche Ferrari Lamborghini Aston Martin or any exotic carmaker has to offer.Money as Tiff Needell said who cares the lucky people that can afford these won't give a stuff if they choose to go with this its because its unique and it has the performance to match..To be fair how much fun was Tiff Needell having and he's probably the most revereed of all car testers/car evaluaters so the LFA must be quite good.
@SpeedKlz Top Gear test track is nothing..,I'd prefer the Nurburgring lap times as holding more of a real test of all round performance than that of the top gear test track.Thats why I think the LFA has it all over alot of its supposedly superior opposition that costs 1/2 of the LFA's price.
@suprastar2 The fastest Nurburgring lap time of LFA according to Chief Engineer is 7:18. That is still A LOT faster than the GT2, ZR-1, LP560 etc. GTR is not even comparable. The Chief engineer has repeatedly answered to journalists with 7:18 as the fastest lap time of LFA.
The price comparisons are absurd since LFA comes fully loaded with every option imaginable right down to Mark Levinson sound system with 14 speakers while all other supercars base price are for a stripped down model.
@SpeedKlz I wonder if that is the time for the Nurburgring Edition LFA as I have heard the test driver Akira Lida mentiion that the factory LFA does a 7.23 with a clear track.Also remember the new 911 GT2 RS has also done a 7.18 also officially aswell but as you have mentioned I don't think theres to many others that are close.
@suprastar2 That could be possible that it is the Nurburgring edition lap time. The 7:18 claim by the chief engineer has been around for a long time (around 8 - 9 months ago) so I doubt the Nurburgring edition development had begun at that time.
Still, I am not 100% confirmed it was not the Nurburgring edition the chief engieer was saying runs in 7:18. All I know, the journalists asked him about the LFA hot lap time so it SHOULD have been about the standard LFA.
@SpeedKlz I would think that 7.18 claimed time would have to be the Nurburgring Edition as that has the updated aero parts and the semi slick street legal rubber so if I were to guess I would hazard to say that it would have to be the Nurburgring Edition that is capable of that time.
@SpeedKlz Are you sure 7.18 for the factory LFA I have tried looking everywhere for that time and have tried wikipedia and google for that laptime.The only quote I have come up with for a laptime is from the test driver I mentioned earlier of 7.23.
@mrshine67 his steering imputs are just like they should be when driving a car in it's limits. He's all the time making adjustments to the steeringwheel and also feeling how the frond end grips to the road, just like you do with a race car with a fast steering. The way his driving looks from inside hansn't got anything to do with the smoothness of the lines of the car.
What an awesome driver Tiff is. Price of the LFA is still ridiculous. Japanese car companies don't remember their 90's sports cars do they? RX7 and the Supra were pretty affordable and quick.
That was a great video. When watching a professional driver you realize that in your wildest boyhood dreams you will never be that great of a driver. I guess video games are the only average mans chance to drive.
Lexus claims this car is meant to compete with 599 GTB which is a grand tourer and isn't so good on a track due to soft suspension. But they're not fooling anyone.
They're just trying to hide the fact that Ferrari 458 Italia might be better and half the money.
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So far we know, that Ferrari 458 - shifts much faster and smoother
- is more comfortable
- has better engne with better power/displacement ratio, more torque and better fuel economy
- it might not have as stiff chassis or handle as well due to higher ride height, but I think the depth of abilities it has clearly outshines that of Lexus.
I'll tell you why Lexus is so expensive. They build those huge carbon fiber machines and they're saying they belong to production costs of LFA, when in fact they plan to mass produce carbon fiber in the future. Toyota wants to become the biggest carbon fiber producer in the world, they want to destroy all competition.
Unfortunately, those 500 fools buying this car for 3 times the money it's worth, are unintentionally gonna finance their demonic programme.
@SpeedKlz it is not very comfortable from reviews? actually in every review they say it's a pretty comfortable car and please don't start talking about the interior because it's not that the reason why the LFA is much more expensive.
apparently the stig posted a 1:22.4 seconds on the corvette zr1 and 1:22.8 on the lexus lf-a....the lexus's time was done on a wet track while the zr1 on dry..the zr-1 is 6.3 liter supercharge producing 630+ hp and the lexus is 4.7 liter producing 550 horsepower....
@powersliding The LFA competes in the SP8 class in the Nurburgring and VLN 24-hours endurance races and they are planning on continuing to race. It has been winning the SP8 class and placed #18 out of 300 cars overall in just one year since first race.
SP8 class is the "near stock" class. That means, the engine and transmission system should be to stock specs. If you look at the Gazoo racing LFAs, they both are 560 PS like the stock LFA. The transmission is also the same single-clutch manual.
i think its best to avoid corvette fan remarks...must be really daft to compare a piece of art with a piece of crap(corvette) eventhough they both can produce the numbers.
Tiff loves to have the electronics turned off for the fun factor. I don't see the connection when someone compared this with the Corvette. The LFA out classes and out techs the Corvette hands down. Nice driving Tiff. Would have liked to see how the car handled from the outside more.
It didn't look like a clean lap. Tiff was having some issues keeping the LFA on the track (or, rather, the tarmac at Rockingham is that tough to manage with any car setup). Plus, those beeps! That would annoy me if I had to listen to those on the road.
@youlance29 The 100K ZR1 is also made with shitty plastic, has a shitty interior, is not nearly as exclusive, has leaf springs in the back, is over powered etc.
@youlance29 You are a fking dumba** fanboi if you think the ZR1 can keep up with the LFA AROUND A RACE TRACK!
The LFA has run a fastest lap time that is 10 seconds faster than the ZR1 around nurburgring. It is not even a race. If you want proof, look at the C6-R ZR1 getting demolished in the Nurburging 24-hours endurances race in the SP8 class. LF-A has been winning endurance races and the C6-R is eating sht!
@johnyeros Well ask the 500 (most of which are Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche owners) who have made the LFA all sold-out. The demand was far higher than the supply so those millionaires/billionaires have the answer.
look at tiff smiling after the first corner lol i love this guy
jumoreno43 3 weeks ago
People who says that tiff is a bad drive dont even know what driving is.
MrFreijan 1 month ago
0:40 FUCKING AWESOME!!!
jayman81424 4 months ago
tin needle is a faggot driver my man dnt have a clue...
alemcodon 5 months ago
@alemcodon Your just a fucking jigalo and the only thing you can drive is a screw driver up your arse!!
nas4m 4 months ago
@nas4m wtf's up ur ass? The man mangles cars everywhere he goes, watch the soarer drift vid, the ferrari crash.....and hes clearly a homo.
wot u got a crush on him or something?
alemcodon 4 months ago
@alemcodon You dumb ass tiff is amazing it looks ruff because hes right on the edge of a car that snaps like a bitch when, you finish 3rd in Le Mans was witch happen in 1990. then you can talk shit but shut it till then....
TheDerekpreston 3 months ago
im betting it would take the stig like 10 minutes or so less.
ThatOneKidThatSkis 6 months ago
that's fuckin masterclass for just ordinary mortals driving their pandas out there :D
PedroMirrordead 7 months ago
Tiff is such a lad.
lucrativeelfmongrel 8 months ago
Finally a supercar for people with cataracts!
Peterdolomite 8 months ago
Tiff, WTF is all that wheel sawing about?
Stop it!
angusdawe 9 months ago
@angusdawe I'm sure Tiff knows what he'd doing.
lucrativeelfmongrel 8 months ago
It's nice to see Tiff isn't one of those limp-wristed wheel shufflers. Crossing arms is the way of the dragon.
robiulahmed 1 year ago
did the car auto shifted at 0:46?
ToInfinity1 1 year ago
@ToInfinity1 i think it just gained grip from that oversteer
HeRmItDaShE 11 months ago
@ToInfinity1 Looks like it did, electronics to save the engine lol
g60scuzz 9 months ago
@ToInfinity1 yeah what was that? :s
mrsaadali 6 months ago
Tiff awesome skills!
usforeignpolicy 1 year ago
You can see why this thing could eat anything on a track, never has a RWD front engined car came close to achieving what this car can do on a track.
dufunk10 1 year ago
@dufunk10 yea.....right until the ferrari 599 gto came along
dwildkat 1 year ago
@dwildkat Bullshit Man, Just look what the LFA did on the nurburghring, plus not really fair to compared a 6.0L V12 against a 4.8L V10 and funny enough the toyota engine has more impressive figures considering it capicity than that ferrari u mentioned,
dufunk10 1 year ago
@dufunk10 Hey relax dude...I was only correcting your statement about a RWD front engine car. in that class the GTO is the better track car, bigger engine or not. Plus 7:38 minutes on the ring isn't that impressive...the GTO should do at the very least 10 seconds faster
dwildkat 1 year ago
hard handling there
DeliciousBADBOY 1 year ago
Finally, a supercar for women. Vogue magazine recommends the lavender exterior with the black interior, but not white because that would be a fashion faux pas.
nickys34 1 year ago
This old guy can drive... He's very, very good...
op3l 1 year ago
8 people were rich enough to buy the LFA, but were too late because they all sold out.
CHRISGT34 1 year ago
beep
bonskiiTV 1 year ago
There worst part is I can't even do this on Need For Speed.
mthalali 1 year ago
Go on Tiff!
lucrativeelfmongrel 1 year ago
Tiff is the man!
superfast30 1 year ago 8
@superfast30 His driving is just amazing, so good!
lucrativeelfmongrel 1 year ago
OMG guys, maybe he's sliding on purpose. Do you think that guy who had a chance to drive that beast (it is a beast) doesn't know how to drive to get faster lap ? Maybe you criticizing him would kindly show us the video with your behind the wheel action, of course the wheel of LFA as I understand you got to know so much about this car's hjandling.
gornes 1 year ago
@gornes You're so right! You can clearly tell he's sliding it around by the way he punches the throttle. Imagine arguing that Tiff Needell is a bad driver, some people haven't got a clue!
lucrativeelfmongrel 1 year ago
Great sound
heinedenmark 1 year ago
so this cant be a fastest lap run. hes driving like he has parkinsons. wheres the smoothness on the throttle and steering. hes driving that lfa like hes on gravel
pretty00lights 1 year ago
Look at all those quick steering adjustments I wouldn't have done! Tiff is the man.
vk45de 1 year ago
When he does the full review could anyone tell me what song it is when he's about to get in the car please...searched everywhere and still can't find anything close!!
Very nice car that though! (Y)
Musicmadman1000 1 year ago
sooooo sick. less beeping next time and better camera angels
nickshirley18 1 year ago
tiff ur my hero, whipping this lex like there's no tomorrow w/ a smile on the face =)
djayuknow 1 year ago
Tiff says " Whoaaaaa a bit of oversteer whoaaaa now a bit of understeer and a little oversteer and we rocket out of the corner whoasaaaaaaa"
smccoy311281 1 year ago
Lexus thinks the people who'll buy this car don't know when to change gears.
clintonpuah 1 year ago 5
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PreludeH22A5 1 year ago
@clintonpuah Man that's a Japanese thing all together. I believe the Mazda RX-7 FD era had the same thing. It is quite annoying.
CHRISGT34 1 year ago
@clintonpuah And your probably right because driving skill doesn't increase with the size of your wallet.
mmmmmtasty 4 months ago
@clintonpuah indeed!! paris hilton bought one..
President2Europe 3 months ago
@President2Europe Wanna know something kinda funny, it was actually a boyfriend who bought it for her. Now I don't like her or anything, but looking at the car she owns, and how she personally has never crashed any of them, I find it pretty funny that if you put her and you in a serious race in this car, I bet she would win. Now thats funny.
sexyitalian891 2 months ago
Tiff rules!
urudufusmisrael 1 year ago
every corner i was liek NOOOO be CAREFUL!!
SKStylez 1 year ago
He's not sliding it, he's controlling the oversteer with opposite lock.
afthefragile 1 year ago
@afthefragile
that's my point, but (seems) someone else didn't get it at all
volante8657 1 year ago
@afthefragile hahah well doesnt that mean that hes sliding it??? if he wasnt sliding he wouldnt be using opp lock
pretty00lights 1 year ago
That's some car control right there
MTC0316 1 year ago
Camera angle is not very good.
enemay 1 year ago
Lol it's fun to read all the comments about why the car is sliding haha. Sliding the car is NEVER fast. Simple as that. He is just showing off in this video for the
It's not hard to slide a car when going slow, the hard part is to not slide it when you are going fast
sdimm 1 year ago
@sdimm
not 100% true
people like Colin McRae(and countless Flying Finns) cannot won their champions if they are not sliding their cars :D
volante8657 1 year ago
@volante8657 And the cars were sliding cause they were going so fast rather than them forcing it to that :)
sdimm 1 year ago
@volante8657 Colin is not from Finland....
pretty00lights 1 year ago
@sdimm very true. I dont think a lot of people understand the physics of driving a car fast through a corner so i will simplify.
sliding around is badddd
no sliding is good.
tiff saggressive streering and throttle is badddd
smooth on\off throttle and steering control is goood
pretty00lights 1 year ago
@pretty00lights true... bt what people dont understand is how it is much harder to drive a rear wheel drive car round a track vs the gtr or the 911 gt2 rs round a track with their all-wheel drive... bt tiff was just driving for fun not as serious as it appeared to be...
ammthizzowner 1 year ago
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@ammthizzowner The 911 GT2 RS is RWD
grannigrann 1 year ago
@ammthizzowner 911 gt2 rs is rwd.....not awd
mooda4208 1 year ago
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lucrativeelfmongrel 1 year ago
@sdimm youre an idiot, just because you powerslid your bitch ass neon when it rains doesnt mean shit.....that was skillful driving
acuradan623 1 year ago
@acuradan623 haha what are u talking about man?
ofc he drives good but not fast...
sdimm 1 year ago
WHATAFUCK...
who is the driver?
onehunterr 1 year ago
@onehunterr Tiff Needell is his name he is a old school F-1 and Le Mans driver.
suprastar2 1 year ago
remark:
if Tiff is sliding a car purposely, he would put the back out before he touches the apex of the corner, not after the apex
volante8657 1 year ago
they should make it where u can turn off the beep :)
TheSmartdude11 1 year ago
orgasnic :D
cdbg3 1 year ago
either tiffy here is provoking oversteer by stomping on the gas mid corner, or the car has very bad mechanical grip. it's like a drifter's car...is toyota trying to recreate the AE86?
isftish 1 year ago
@isftish
toyota did the AE86 with the FT-86, me think the LFA would be the Supra with Veyron-level of technology
volante8657 1 year ago
I really like the way that engine revs, so damn fast :)
pansho550F 1 year ago
Tiff likes to test cars with the traction control off, for fun you nimrods!!!
brut4ltrooth 1 year ago
on the other hand, what we all need is a "foot-camera", and a "dashboard-camera", juz like the Japanese did on Best Motoring, and this video is complete
volante8657 1 year ago
VrrrrMMMMMMMM *beep* VrrrrRRRRMMMMMMMM *beep* VrrrrrrrRMMMMM *beep*..... silly Lexus
Flabernat 1 year ago
It needs front grip. its too twitchy. & you dont have to slide around turns to go fast
MetalMilitia1811 1 year ago
@MetalMilitia1811
it slide rounds corners becuz it didn't generate enough grip like a morden F1 car, if you look around footage of old F1(like the "Moss-and-Fangio era", or the Turbo-F1 era), you will see cars simply slides round corners becuz the cars don't have sufficient grip to send it through the corner flat.
volante8657 1 year ago
@volante8657
the driver doesn't deliberately slide the car to show off his skills, it simply becuz the car doesn't not have enough downforce nor sophisticated traction control, one touch of the trottle(which the driver must engage) will make the car goes sideways INSTANTLY. And as I mentioned, sometimes on some cars, going sideways doesn't meant slow--juz ask any rally driver =]
volante8657 1 year ago
@volante8657 I think the car slides around alot because Tiff Needell is purpopsefully over driving the car to show when you go past the limuits of grip the car is still very forgiving.
suprastar2 1 year ago
@suprastar2
no, the LFA is particularly "light at the rear" as to most cars, Tiff did race a Turbo F1 so I think he should know when and how to slide a car.
and you should watch those "dog-fight" films of fifth gear(and as I mention before, on-board footage during the Fangio-era), and comparing it to those D1 drifters, from there you will see the difference of "sliding a car purposely" and why Tiff is sliding a car
volante8657 1 year ago
@volante8657 Why would you say its light in the rear when the weight distribution is 52/48 back to front.no I think Tiff Needell is just over driving the grip
suprastar2 1 year ago
@suprastar2
i specially quote the word "light" doesn't meant the car is PHYSICALLY light,
wt i meant was, and I THINK, is becuz the anti-roll at the rear was too stiff for the handling of the car, thus making the back tyres unable to withstand the lateral G's generated in a corner, and therefore making the back slide out way too easy then it should have been
volante8657 1 year ago
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volante8657 1 year ago
So much g-force it shifted the camera! And those things are stiff!
FeroceFilms 1 year ago
That beep would drive me crazy!
TheCruizer 1 year ago 42
@TheCruizer what is that?
St8Solja 1 year ago
@St8Solja: I think, this is some kind of a shift indicator.
A simple flashlight would be too easy for the generation playstation. ;)
TheCruizer 1 year ago
@TheCruizer you can turn it off
bronze5420 1 year ago
He botched it at 1:52... He was in the wrong gear.
Rastamut 1 year ago
@Rastamut so you can do better
kainj100 1 year ago
@kainj100 ,, I dindnt say I can do better, but at least I know he was in the wrong gear. When you start driving a real car then you know. So I urge you to get off your video games and get off your bicycle.
Rastamut 1 year ago
@Rastamut I actually wondered why he changed up and I'm pretty sure it's because he didnt want to crash in to the wall, i basically think he changed up so the car would be in a higher gear and so it would be harder to spin the wheels so the back end doesn't just snap out, it did look pretty ferocious. What do you think man?
perra13 1 year ago
Wow that sounds good! Except for that annoying little change beep. I don't want my supercar telling me when to shift, I'm fine looking at the tach myself.
AudiABTr8 1 year ago
Instant Hard On! : )
biggametizo 1 year ago 15
eres el puto amo tiff
grampa80 1 year ago
im sure i will beat him on the track!
Vodje01 1 year ago
tiff goes everywhere sideways, I wonder if that's why he never won any serious races.
rosenfeld8 1 year ago 3
It's not too late, you can still order one! rjeanlouis@czag.net
rjl540 1 year ago
For a car like this i'ts all about the driving experience, you can tell by Tiff's statement and the look on his face that this is one of the most enjoyable cars in the world right now, just listen to that intake noise!!
In car, it actually sounds very similar to a 10 cyl version of the McLaren F1!
TheRighteous123 1 year ago
God I love the sound of that thing. For a Lexus I'm pretty impressed. And Tiff is the man behind the wheel. Sure better than the blowbag from the other "gear" show.
PonyPower71 1 year ago
@PonyPower71 Of course you're talking about Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear.... just wanted that to be clear to everyone reading.
TheArfdog 1 year ago
@TheArfdog Yeah you got it lol. Didn't want to mention any names but the other gear show was a pretty good clue.
PonyPower71 1 year ago
@PonyPower71 Yeah, I agree. Tiff was once a F1 driver, that's why he is so good.
moom2003 1 year ago
@moom2003 Oh yeah no doubt he is one hell of a driver. You can tell by the way he shifts and handles the wheel. I like how he pushes it to the limit and shows us just what it's made of and lets the car speak for itself.
PonyPower71 1 year ago
That's how you use a steering wheel!
BarryEssex 1 year ago
What's with the cheap sounding shift warning beep? I wouldn't want that in a $10k car let alone something of this caliber! :P
parad0x666 1 year ago
Some top gear lap times all driven by The Stig (white costume):
Lexus LF-A: 1:22 (Pouring rain and wet track conditions. Dry would have been 1:18.XXX)
Ferrari 458: 1:19.6 (completely dry)
Ferrari 599 GTB: 1:22 (completely dry)
Lamborghini Gallardo: 1:25 (Wet)
Out of all these cars, LFA is the only car that was raced the Stig in soaking wet conditions, yet he ran the fastest wet lap time. It was 3 seconds faster than the Gallardo in wet conditions.
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz Agreed the LFA on a track is more than a match for anything Porsche Ferrari Lamborghini Aston Martin or any exotic carmaker has to offer.Money as Tiff Needell said who cares the lucky people that can afford these won't give a stuff if they choose to go with this its because its unique and it has the performance to match..To be fair how much fun was Tiff Needell having and he's probably the most revereed of all car testers/car evaluaters so the LFA must be quite good.
suprastar2 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz Top Gear test track is nothing..,I'd prefer the Nurburgring lap times as holding more of a real test of all round performance than that of the top gear test track.Thats why I think the LFA has it all over alot of its supposedly superior opposition that costs 1/2 of the LFA's price.
suprastar2 1 year ago
@suprastar2 The fastest Nurburgring lap time of LFA according to Chief Engineer is 7:18. That is still A LOT faster than the GT2, ZR-1, LP560 etc. GTR is not even comparable. The Chief engineer has repeatedly answered to journalists with 7:18 as the fastest lap time of LFA.
The price comparisons are absurd since LFA comes fully loaded with every option imaginable right down to Mark Levinson sound system with 14 speakers while all other supercars base price are for a stripped down model.
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz I wonder if that is the time for the Nurburgring Edition LFA as I have heard the test driver Akira Lida mentiion that the factory LFA does a 7.23 with a clear track.Also remember the new 911 GT2 RS has also done a 7.18 also officially aswell but as you have mentioned I don't think theres to many others that are close.
suprastar2 1 year ago
@suprastar2 That could be possible that it is the Nurburgring edition lap time. The 7:18 claim by the chief engineer has been around for a long time (around 8 - 9 months ago) so I doubt the Nurburgring edition development had begun at that time.
Still, I am not 100% confirmed it was not the Nurburgring edition the chief engieer was saying runs in 7:18. All I know, the journalists asked him about the LFA hot lap time so it SHOULD have been about the standard LFA.
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz I would think that 7.18 claimed time would have to be the Nurburgring Edition as that has the updated aero parts and the semi slick street legal rubber so if I were to guess I would hazard to say that it would have to be the Nurburgring Edition that is capable of that time.
suprastar2 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz Are you sure 7.18 for the factory LFA I have tried looking everywhere for that time and have tried wikipedia and google for that laptime.The only quote I have come up with for a laptime is from the test driver I mentioned earlier of 7.23.
suprastar2 1 year ago
wow edgy awesome v10
MrGTR1988 1 year ago
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I bet nobody thought tiff would be having that much fun in a lexus lol
TheVtieg6 1 year ago
he is a lit bit to violent with the throttle but it is obvious that he is a good driver
duca8063 1 year ago
BEEP BEEP BEEEP.... Fuck you!
PinzgauerFan 1 year ago
Tiff is one of the most unsmooth drivers i've ever seen.
mrshine67 1 year ago
@mrshine67 his steering imputs are just like they should be when driving a car in it's limits. He's all the time making adjustments to the steeringwheel and also feeling how the frond end grips to the road, just like you do with a race car with a fast steering. The way his driving looks from inside hansn't got anything to do with the smoothness of the lines of the car.
BEEMERFAN79 1 year ago
@mrshine67 I think hes just doing it for the camera's
suprastar2 1 year ago
I'd palm the wheel while sipping a double-double.
GasVein 1 year ago
I bet that Tiff just looooves that piip sound to sift up.
jkand 1 year ago
i can do better...
axsb 1 year ago
What an awesome driver Tiff is. Price of the LFA is still ridiculous. Japanese car companies don't remember their 90's sports cars do they? RX7 and the Supra were pretty affordable and quick.
obts10 1 year ago
That was a great video. When watching a professional driver you realize that in your wildest boyhood dreams you will never be that great of a driver. I guess video games are the only average mans chance to drive.
cycleriderman 1 year ago
Lexus claims this car is meant to compete with 599 GTB which is a grand tourer and isn't so good on a track due to soft suspension. But they're not fooling anyone.
They're just trying to hide the fact that Ferrari 458 Italia might be better and half the money.
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So far we know, that Ferrari 458 - shifts much faster and smoother
- is more comfortable
- has better engne with better power/displacement ratio, more torque and better fuel economy
- better interior
- better aerodynamics
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sspope 1 year ago
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- more advanced differential and traction control
- it might not have as stiff chassis or handle as well due to higher ride height, but I think the depth of abilities it has clearly outshines that of Lexus.
sspope 1 year ago
I'll tell you why Lexus is so expensive. They build those huge carbon fiber machines and they're saying they belong to production costs of LFA, when in fact they plan to mass produce carbon fiber in the future. Toyota wants to become the biggest carbon fiber producer in the world, they want to destroy all competition.
Unfortunately, those 500 fools buying this car for 3 times the money it's worth, are unintentionally gonna finance their demonic programme.
sspope 1 year ago
@sspope "demonic programme"- lol, go see doctor! :)))
PreludeH22A5 1 year ago
@sspope
But then let's not forget Ferrari has been making supercars for years and it's Toyota/lexus' first attempt.
TangoR34 1 year ago
@sspope You are full of shit!
- LFA is officially faster around a race track than the Ferrari 599 GTB.
- Ferrari 458 does NOT have even a remotely comparable interior. The base model comes with absolutely no luxuries stripped.
- Ferrari 458 is not very comfortable from reviews.
- LFA has a better power to weight ratio when comparable equipped.
- Both cars have a 62% rear and 48% front weight distribution. LFA is a front-mid engine car while the 458 is rear-mid engine car. WTF?
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz it is not very comfortable from reviews? actually in every review they say it's a pretty comfortable car and please don't start talking about the interior because it's not that the reason why the LFA is much more expensive.
Mickey937 1 year ago
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sspope 1 year ago
WOW!! Looks like Mr. Tiff is driving with no TC...
snoopz15 1 year ago
Tiff = Stig ??? he has the skill for it :P
Boocho88 1 year ago
damn that's a handful, Tiff is very good at what he does!
mrjost55 1 year ago
apparently the stig posted a 1:22.4 seconds on the corvette zr1 and 1:22.8 on the lexus lf-a....the lexus's time was done on a wet track while the zr1 on dry..the zr-1 is 6.3 liter supercharge producing 630+ hp and the lexus is 4.7 liter producing 550 horsepower....
powersliding 1 year ago
@powersliding Good points. LFA is a race track car meant to be raced around a race track.
LFA was raced around the track by The Stig when it was completely soaking wet and it ran a 1:22 (about as fast as the 599 GTB with 630 HP).
Since it was pouring rain, Hammond had later revealed The Stig said he could have run the LFA in bone dry condition in around 1:18.xx.
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz no, the lf-a is not a track car it is jsut that they raced it before launch.
powersliding 1 year ago
@powersliding The LFA competes in the SP8 class in the Nurburgring and VLN 24-hours endurance races and they are planning on continuing to race. It has been winning the SP8 class and placed #18 out of 300 cars overall in just one year since first race.
SP8 class is the "near stock" class. That means, the engine and transmission system should be to stock specs. If you look at the Gazoo racing LFAs, they both are 560 PS like the stock LFA. The transmission is also the same single-clutch manual.
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz yes but it does not mean it was designed to race, it is designed to be a supercar first and foremost
powersliding 1 year ago
@powersliding Remember that you're now comparing a 400k$ to a 90k$ car.
BEEMERFAN79 1 year ago
@BEEMERFAN79 just responding to those who want to compare a 90k car to a 400k car i guess....its just plain stupid
powersliding 1 year ago
i think its best to avoid corvette fan remarks...must be really daft to compare a piece of art with a piece of crap(corvette) eventhough they both can produce the numbers.
powersliding 1 year ago
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who would pay $400,000 for a toyota
furrybeans 1 year ago
if you look through the flares, splitters, air dams and wings....it can be spotted that maybe...this car was going to be the next supra..
powersliding 1 year ago
Tiff loves to have the electronics turned off for the fun factor. I don't see the connection when someone compared this with the Corvette. The LFA out classes and out techs the Corvette hands down. Nice driving Tiff. Would have liked to see how the car handled from the outside more.
swinglow33 1 year ago
the lfa is so beautiful (and overpriced) :)
sdijnfpo0jaisf 1 year ago
Because the chassis is made from carbon fiber, its 4x less flexible & more difficult to find the limit.....according to Tiff.
4g92mit 1 year ago
i love this view of tiff racing on the track, i think more cars should be reviewed like this. allows you to see how the car handles
an50331 1 year ago
Tiff needel is a showman and loves to drift. He does it with every rear wheel drive. He was not running a timed lap. It was merely a show-off lap.
He was doing drifts and power oversteers on purpose (you can see the huge grin on his face from the sides).
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
It didn't look like a clean lap. Tiff was having some issues keeping the LFA on the track (or, rather, the tarmac at Rockingham is that tough to manage with any car setup). Plus, those beeps! That would annoy me if I had to listen to those on the road.
resedabear 1 year ago
a 100K ZR1 would SMOKE 400K LFA
youlance29 1 year ago
@youlance29 The 100K ZR1 is also made with shitty plastic, has a shitty interior, is not nearly as exclusive, has leaf springs in the back, is over powered etc.
jayfulf 1 year ago 2
@youlance29 a ZR1 is about as advanced as a cattle grid.
veyronman 1 year ago 2
@youlance29 Sorry, but no.
dioseolo 1 year ago
@youlance29 You are a fking dumba** fanboi if you think the ZR1 can keep up with the LFA AROUND A RACE TRACK!
The LFA has run a fastest lap time that is 10 seconds faster than the ZR1 around nurburgring. It is not even a race. If you want proof, look at the C6-R ZR1 getting demolished in the Nurburging 24-hours endurances race in the SP8 class. LF-A has been winning endurance races and the C6-R is eating sht!
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz Prove it.
youlance29 1 year ago
too much oversteer to be a hot lap.. i think..
magla3oon 1 year ago
5th Gear is back better than ever.
rforracing 1 year ago
Supra Turbo looked better and cost 1/8th the price of this car.
There is no prestige at the club or the bar saying that you own a $400,000 Toyota, I mean Lexus...
venom5809 1 year ago
@venom5809 but i bet if they give you one u'll be bragging about it.
people always said: 400k for a LEXUS??? think about it.. people who can afford this kind of price aren't thinking about the price --
johnyeros 1 year ago
@johnyeros Well ask the 500 (most of which are Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche owners) who have made the LFA all sold-out. The demand was far higher than the supply so those millionaires/billionaires have the answer.
They will be able to answer that.
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
great video, not sure about the car though
crawlinoc 1 year ago
I'm sure its because he was driving it hard but the car seemed as skittish and a Viper on slicks on sandy asphalt.
DocWolph 1 year ago
where is the helmet, tiff? ;)
scaleopdriver 1 year ago
Nice drifting, Tiff! ;)
Stiggy37 1 year ago
holy sht that engine sounds like it revs so fast..
skyfaze 1 year ago
@skyfaze Because it does :) Goes up to 10k RPM.
endorphineLTU 1 year ago