Lexus LF-A Production Version set for Tokyo Unveiling?

I have high hopes for the LF-A and hope it gives Lexus some real respect and attention as it's cars are almost forgotten by the public at large.

The main image on this page is how I would love the car to appear but I assume headlights will be toned down - I think it looks incredible and the LF-A Roadster shown some months back is a stunner.

Yeah, it lost, but why exactly?

And Clarkson whined about the harsh ride, come on. That's what you want if you go for cars like this.

//edit: Oh, great, password error and there goes the comments position. :o

1. I didn't make a comparison, on its own you simply cannot call an IS-F boring. Did you drive it? I did, regardless of any comparison, it was NOT boring. 2. Sport Auto, famous French magazine that you can hardly called biased towards Japanese cars, named it one of their most positive surprises of 2008. And it was in good company with cars like Lotus Elise, KTM, Gumpert, ...

but when you're spending £50k on a car, or even just admiring a £50k car, you have every right to compare. to me, the IS-F wasn't as good as the M3 (i test drove them both) but ultimately, i preferred the C63, which, by the way, doesn't have a bone shattering ride so apparently you can have your cake and eat it too, ceven...

but in regards to the LF-A, i thought Lexus had officially scrapped this project? i personally think that Toyota should be working on a Supra replacement, maybe even with a diesel engine. something that could take on the TT TDI?

@schnell: I read a number of tests/comparisons of the IS-F and: 1. it was not loosing every comparison; 2. even if it was behind m3 or the likes, the difference was very minor (merely a few points), which is a good result taking into account that bmw has been manufacturing Ms for some twenty years, whereas IS-F is Lexus' first performance car. A very good beginning, I would say!

As far as German snobbery, there probably is a lot of that. But when you look under the hood, and under the car and really look at how the car is built, and where some car companies cut corners and some don't, I think you would find the quality of the parts in a German car are superior in many ways.

Look at things like the quality and grade of wiring, electrical tape, parts construction, hoses, placement of critical components in regards to saftey and functionality in the even of an accident, door and hood latches, panel gaps inside and out, trim pieces, coverings underneath the car to protect against debris and noise, etc.

The Japanese car companies are masters of emulating and marketing someone else's design. Having said all that, I still prefer Honda to any other Asian company.