The LFA, then, was a freak, a car like
McLaren F1 made with no apparent regard for cost, just to be the best it could be. Lexus is rumoured to have lost thousands on each so it’s no surprise no replacement was commissioned. And while that might seem sad, it means its reputation never ran the risk of being sullied by some successor built to return a profit.
In the end Clarkson called it ‘the best car I have ever driven’. For me it was always the
Ferrari F40 until the
LaFerrari came along, but the LFA is in that league, a car better than the sum of its incredible parts, better you sense, even than its creators intended it to be. A landmark, in other words, whose like we will not see again.
