A Lexus LFA – number 188 out of 500 examples produced from 2010 through 2012 – will cross the auction block in mid-August. It has 76 km (47 miles) on the odometer and retains factory wrap on the steering wheel and the seats. The selling price is expected to fall between U.S. $700,000 and $900,000.
The listing states that an unnamed Californian car collector bought the car, put it into a climate-controlled room and never actually drove. Despite being 12 years old, the supercar is in mint condition.
The exterior is finished in the model’s standard white color, but the interior has been customized with white leather on the wheel and the seats, red on the doors and the transmission tunnel, and black on the dashboard.
Lexus has originally envisioned its LFA model (see video) as a challenge to Ferrari and Lamborghini. Aside from having a sophisticated chassis built from carbon fiber, aluminum, magnesium and titanium parts, it took advantage of a purpose-designed 4.8-liter V10 that delivered 560 PS (552 hp / 412 kW) to the wheels through a six-speed DCT. Sprinting from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) took only 3.7 seconds.
