Lexus to Reveal "Progressive Luxury" Concept Car at Tokyo Motor Show

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The LFA was ironically not developed under Akio Toyoda, but his various predecessors from about February 2000. He oversaw the last stage of prototyping and pilot production as President. I am not why many keep using "460" to describe future Lexus models, but it very clear that the 1UR-FSE will be discontinued in Lexus sedans/saloons and either 2UR-GSE or a new 5.0 litre will replace it in the 2017 LC500 and 2018 LS500.

Not really correct. The LFA was unofficially pushed and helped by Akio Toyoda internally at the time at Toyota. Akio Toyoda helped greenlight and push the LFA project forward from the very beginning, far before he was president or CEO.

There is plenty of Lexus literature online that shows how instrumental Akio Toyoda was to the LFA project. http://www.lexus-int.com/models/LFA/development-of-the-lfa-supercar.html