I am sorry, but this LF-A is just a JOKE.
[size=5][b]Lease the Lexus LFA for $12,400 per month, $298,000 due at signing[/b][/size]
by [url=http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/jonny-lieberman/]Jonny Lieberman[/url] ([url=http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/jonny-lieberman/rss.xml]RSS feed[/url]) on Mar 17th 2010 at 7:27PM [url=http://www.autoblog.com/tag/featured/][img]http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/swipe-featured.gif[/img][/url]
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As reported, you cannot buy Lexus' first ever supercar. You have to [url=http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/23/report-lexus-to-lease-not-sell-all-500-lfa-supercars-in-ord/]lease the mostly-carbon-fiber-and-unobtanium LFA[/url]. That's sort of good news for the non-disgustingly wealthy, right? After all, leases are the cheap and easy way to get into a new car. Are you sitting down? [b][color=#ff0000]The monthly lease payment on the Lexus LFA is $12.398.44. For 24 months. That's $297,562.56 worth of [i]lease[/i] payments over two years, at the end of which you own [i]nothing[/i].[/color][/b] However, Lexus is quick to point out that the LFA's MSRP is $375,000, so you're technically not paying full price. And at the end of 24 months, lessees are free to plunk down an additional $93,750 (more than the base price of a very comparable [url=http://autoblog.com/model/gtr]Nissan GT-R[/url], we should mention) and buy their LFA outright.
Of course, you can't just waltz into your local Lexus dealership with $12,398.44 and [strike]rocket[/strike] waltz out in an LFA. Lexus has to actually select you to lease its (admittedly awesome) car. Once you're chosen, you've got 10 days to drop off a $10,000 deposit at your local Lexus dealer and submit to a credit check. We should mention that this will not be the only deposit and credit check Lexus requires.
Once your credit checks out, you then have to deposit an additional $50,000. To mini-recap, that's $60,000 down on a $375,000 car. Sounds reasonable (from a detached, algebraic ratio perspective) until you remember that you're not buying the car, just leasing it. All of this will be/is happening from March–June 2010. Production of the LFA doesn't start until December. We don't know how long each car will take to build, but [strike]customers[/strike] lessees will be required to go through a second credit check immediately prior to delivery. We're not entirely sure you really want to pass the second credit check. Here's why.
Remember the $12,398.44 per month lease payment we mentioned a couple paragraphs up? That's just the breakdown. All LFAs are being doled out via Lexus' 1Pay Lease Program. Meaning that to lease the LFA, you hand Lexus a check for $237,562.56, which is the full amount of the lease minus your $60,000 pair of deposits. Oh, and there's a $700 "aquisition fee." Plus tax, title, license and registration. The good news? Even though you have to lease the LFA, because of the lengthy approval/deposit process, each car is still made to order. Meaning that even though you don't own the car, you can still order it in Passionate Pink, a $3,000 option. [url=http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/13/how-the-other-half-500-live-lexus-lfa-pricing-guide/#continued]Make the jump[/url] to read the pricing guide.
[b][color=#ff0000]TOYOTA / LEXUS is being a complete JACKASS, making its potential customers to jump through some 20 hoops before they can own.........I mean LEASE the car.[/color][/b][b][color=#ff0000][/color][/b][b][color=#ff0000]LOL, what a fucking joke.[/color][/b]
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[b][color=#ff0000]I don't have 375K USD lying around. Even if I did, I'd buy myself a R8 V10, drive it to the local Lexus dealship, and laugh out loud at this insanely over-priced Toyta.[/color][/b]