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...oh dear! Well, Toyota did spent 10 years developing this so maybe they came up with a breakthrough...??

Also I love how you call it a Supra replacement. WRONG! It was never called a Supra, Toyota never intended it to be a Supra and it shares nothing in common with a Supra save for its drivetrain. Its a hell of alot more car than the Supra is, and while the price tag is pretty high, could be cheaper, its much higher quality than the Supra.

I dont know .. I cant decide if i like the car or not. The side profile reminds me of the supra, the rear looks nicely put together, the interior is nice - and i thought alright based purely on looks i would price the car at 100-150k.

And then i saw the price tag .... and then i felt let down. Its one thing to ask for 150k. Its another to ask for 300k upwards.

I love the V-10 sounds fantastic but i am extremely disappointed by the power output.

Has anyone noticed the Ferrari V8 has MORE POWER AND TORQUE! And costs LESS! ... I expected more from Toyota- Nissan did a far better job in my opinion!

The Lexus does not look like its worth 370k - It does not provide as much power in comparison to its competition - the interior is okay - the design looks like a 100k supra. Im sorry i was expecting more especially for 370k and especially because i thought Toyota was coming guns blazing.

In my mind the Acura NSX was much more of an achievement as a Japanese supercar!

p.s- the GTR is not a supercar its a supercar Killer ;)

Ferrari 458- V-8 : 4499 cc : 570Hp 378 torque : weight 1480 kg(not sure if its dry or wet) price- ~175k

I think the stats speak for themselves.

In comparison, Toyota/Lexus didn't just have to think outside their box, they had to design, fabricate and consequentially produce "outside the box". Toyota given their product line and the products theyve made until now had no real choice but to make the car this expensive.

They could have did a similar price to the 959 where Porsche charged a third(MSRP) for the car in comparison to how much it cost them to make that great beast. Porsche sold the 959 for a 3rd of its value. This car alone almost bankrupted porsche given other things that were going on in the economy at that time.

The same applies to Lexus, if they charged a value price, they would have lost alot of money in everything that went into R&D, engineering and building of such a higher quality super car(compared to their own line-up i mean), and this would also weaken their brand overall, as even Toyota took a hit when the current economy took a hit.

Sorry to droll on, but im just replying as to why Toyota chose this route with pricing. I admit its quite high, but i would still pay this price, and Toyota didn't have much choice when you think about it in terms of financial sense.

But my point is at that price you gotta give more. It maybe Toyota's first time - but they have the resources and engineering to pull it off.

Then again if the car looked beautiful it would be justifiable, but you cannot describe the car as beautiful. And the 458 is just drop dead gorgeous.

I dont think ive every dreamt of the day i would say this - but the Ferrari is the more responsible and smarter choice of the Lexu 0.0!

I think Toyota could give it more 0omph(dont mean just speed) and they just might but that would probably be a higher model...with a slightly higher price tag. Think something along the lines of LF-A-R. It would be wise to offer buyers of these cars performance mods/bolt ons(even less restrictive exhaust etc) for essentially a free price given how steep the cars price is.

I definitely think Toyota should have taken a bigger loss on the MSRP, lower price, because as much i love Toyota, they don't have the image of rivals in this Niche segment which won't help. Im sure all 500 will be sold but still...its tough goings, specifically outside of Japan.