The V10 is iconic, but I am sure those sound engineers at Yamaha will make the TTV8 sounds good as well. Looking to see where this design will go as it will probably be the last ICE Halo car in Lexus line up.
@@Asiansxsymbol search the web toyota rookie racing is using a customer racing AMG GT3 in super Taikyu series driving by Akio Toyoda you can see the shape and dimensions are very similar to AMG and even the engine sound very similar to the test car in the video
This strikes me as their version of a Mercedes AMG GT I wouldn't name it LFA anything. That should stand alone. Sounds like a big displacement V8, even though we know it's only 4.0L priced like a AMG GT, around $150k (presuming its made of steel, not carbon fibre), as a V8 send-off vehicle, should do very well
I was going to post the same thing and saw your comment. Totally agreed. The sound is deep, almost Corvette deep but definitely has a lot of AMG vibes going on. It's unfortunate such beasts are going to become extinct in the near future. The whole push towards 100% electrification is misguided at best.
@@devoemewborn9541 exactly, it wasn't successful at all at the launch due to being too expensive for a Lexus, but I still can't imagine any LFA sucessor being less than 2/3 that price
@@richardreichardt0 Lotus started using Toyota engines from 2001 for the S2 Elise with the 1.8 4-pot. Later they picked up the 3.0 V6 from Toyota for the Evora, which is basically the same engine as found in the Emira👍
Lotus has become legendary for how the chassis melds together with the driver into one. True, Lotus has left the engine to Toyota. I commend that choice. Excellent.
or they can put gr yaris stuff in a prius or lexus IS or gr 86 or maybe continue the final edition lotus elise production with same system maybe they can have electric drive and a shortened piston version of the inline 3, so much more smooth and immedeate torque vectoring with less need to cool down as often when driving fast
But did u clearly hear the WHINE at the second turn as it downshifts... Maaannn that was music to my ears... It literally just did a perfect whine that u can only see in video games, as its seriously difficult to replicate in real world... And that too without a supercharger... Granted the acceleration sound is like a gorilla roar instead of a lion, but I can be down for that if Lexus can deliver on the other factors... Namely handling and the cornering speed...
A bit of a fun fact is that Toyota's Rookie Racing is currently using a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Super Taikyu. Probably to gain some useful data to help with the GR GT3.
Pertaining to the LS i just got one on loan from the dealer and i keep saying i love that car. I think they should have put that engine and tranny in the LC and call it a LC400. Its light on its feet, just as fast and you could boost it making it even faster than the LC500. Id rejigger the naming for the hybrid to be LC600. I know that's pie in the sky the LC has maybe 2-3 years of production life left. 😚
Thats actually a sound of a naturally aspirated V8. You won’t hear the very throaty induction sound from that distance if there are turbochargers there. Very reminiscent of the current AMG GT3’s V8 - because it’s also naturally aspirated. We might see Lexus copying AMG’s strategy here: big displacement naturally aspirated V8 for the race car then smaller displacement turbocharged version for the road car.
To be honest, just about the sound, I think it sounds like more of a LS Swap muscle car, than a car from de "LF" lineup. I don't wanna believe, but it looks like they are using the LFA past, as a marketing strategy. I hope not, I hope it will be a respectful successor to the LFA Performance wise, looks pretty good, ngl
LFA is my top of the top dream... if i shall choose 1 car it would be LFA and after seeing it will have some kind of reborn... i couldnt be more excited... its been more then 13 years.... but i dont think there will be ever as much effort in car as was in LFA... just absolute unit of a car.
This is a GT3 test car not the road car. That's why it shifts so fast. You can hear the straight-cut gears. The road car will likely use the 10AT because that thing can handle a lot of torque.
It’s so hilarious seeing all these street car fans act like they know what they’re watching. This car doesn’t sound like it’s got a turbo, and based on the engine and style, it’s very obvious Toyota wants to take on the AMG
as far with looks, i thinks its beautiful, love the callbacks to the LFA and their previous cars. has the looks of the AMG GT, specially with the doors.
Nissan, for example, uses Borg Warner for their transmission in the R35. I imagine Toyota/Lexus will look to someone like this for their performance car versus spending millions on development.
@@andrelima5124 BMW, Mercedes, and Bentley race car V8 engines sound just as good as this. Wtf are you on about? M8 GTE, AMG GT3, and Continental GT3 sound more or less the same as this 🤦♂️
@@nanobyte5567 nah, the M8 is no longer racing in the wec championship and had a muffled exhaust note, the Boatley GT3 sounds good with a deep rumble that gearbox is amazing but this Lexus got that higher pitch roar, the AMG GT3 uses the naturally aspirated V8, if you pay attention to what I've said you would know that I'm talking about TURBOCHARGED V8's, hence why I mentioned the AMG GT4.
Good call with the hybrid option. In fact, what they could do is make it ICE only for the GT3 race car which will undoubtably be RWD, and then install some electric motors powering the front wheels to make the road car AWD on demand. AWD will enable serious performance, especially in terms of acceleration. I'm sure this would do 0-60 in something like 2.6 or 2.7s if they did go that route.
awesome video, however you have great id recommend upgrading your webcam it has a very low frame rate, im sure the audience wants a more clear video quality you got good camera presence.
Cool to see they're continuing development, I thought they had given up on it. Also, judging by the sound, it's not a flatplane crank, thank goodness. And, well...I really would've loved if Lexus put this engine in the LC coupe, too...from LC 500 to LCR...that car would get the power it deserved, even though the N/A V8 isn't actually lacking in power (IMO), but the car's pretty heavy and the engine doesn't have as much torque as its boosted competitors... Anyway, really happy to see this turning into reality!
It sounds like it's actually supercharged, not turbocharged (you can hear the whine), but it may be just straight cut gearing, which won't likely make it into production car (but may be used for racing).
From the sounds I can tell this is a racecar. Racing transmission like GT3 cars you can tell by the loud transmission whine. The engine sounds like the RCF GT3 racecar engine. Would be great if they make non turbo road variant with great sound. It's not as nice as the LFA V10 though.
For the LFA, Lexus took the help of Yamaha to get the sound right (and they did). Honestly, my first thought hearing this one was that Lexus instead reached out to Honda this time around (I'm thinking Honda RC211V here). Either way, I love the sound.
I don't think we can conclude anything about the street car transmission. This video has loud gear whine, so this is mostly likely the racing GT3 spec and gearbox. Also, the engine note is very similar to the RCF GT3.
I'm just so happy it's not electric like everyone was saying it would be. Lexus & Toyota seem to be carrying the ICE torch these days and I'm not complaining.
The V10 is iconic, but I am sure those sound engineers at Yamaha will make the TTV8 sounds good as well. Looking to see where this design will go as it will probably be the last ICE Halo car in Lexus line up.
Maybe... The last ICE performance car for now. After the electric sh!t will fail, the ICE will come back and the hybrids will win.
@@codincoman9019 I really hope ev’s are a fad like jinko jeans
Why does the subsidiary Lexus supercar surpass Toyota's very own top of the line Supra badge. Any one?
@@smokescreen2146 - the Supra is a more mass-market car with an engine configuration that BMW and the older Supras use.
@@pmayo7894 Fair enough.
The V8 is not a bad sound but that Yamaha V10 sounded otherworldly.
That car being tested is a gt3 race car with a v8, u can hear the transmission whine thats how u know its a gt3 race car, plus the massive wing.
It is AMG GT3 with different aerodynamics retrofitting for Toyota
you must have good hearing
Yeah sounds like a dogbox.
@@alex86hachiroku Toyota has its own GT3. Why would it use the AMG?!!!
@@Asiansxsymbol search the web toyota rookie racing is using a customer racing AMG GT3 in super Taikyu series driving by Akio Toyoda you can see the shape and dimensions are very similar to AMG and even the engine sound very similar to the test car in the video
This strikes me as their version of a Mercedes AMG GT
I wouldn't name it LFA anything. That should stand alone.
Sounds like a big displacement V8, even though we know it's only 4.0L
priced like a AMG GT, around $150k (presuming its made of steel, not carbon fibre), as a V8 send-off vehicle, should do very well
"only a 4L"
I was going to post the same thing and saw your comment. Totally agreed. The sound is deep, almost Corvette deep but definitely has a lot of AMG vibes going on. It's unfortunate such beasts are going to become extinct in the near future. The whole push towards 100% electrification is misguided at best.
I honestly doubt that would be under 200K
@@altairferoli Yeah wasn't the LFA like 375K on release?
@@devoemewborn9541 exactly, it wasn't successful at all at the launch due to being too expensive for a Lexus, but I still can't imagine any LFA sucessor being less than 2/3 that price
Sounds way better than I expected, in fact it kinda reminds me of the old Lotus Esprit Twin Turbo V8, fantastic! 👏
Anyone who uses Lotus as a benchmark for comparison is A-OK in my book!👍
sounds like group c saubers
Lotus uses Toyota engines pretty often, no?
@@richardreichardt0 Lotus started using Toyota engines from 2001 for the S2 Elise with the 1.8 4-pot. Later they picked up the 3.0 V6 from Toyota for the Evora, which is basically the same engine as found in the Emira👍
Lotus has become legendary for how the chassis melds together with the driver into one. True, Lotus has left the engine to Toyota. I commend that choice.
Excellent.
If this truly comes to the public, my goal car would change from some variation of the 911 to this in an instant
It's a homologation special car I doubt there will be enough made to lower the price down to earth.
@@markm0000 It will be over 260k in Europe as I have news. A real supercar territory pricing.
how about arx3, gmat50 or gma t33 or gmat43 or scuderia glekanhaus scg008 ? maybe even mc murty spierling
911 sounds more obtainable
@@jameshumphrey3425 it most definitely will be, but a man car dream!
That new LS 500 is such a good design.
Doesn't have the high pitched F1 scream of that naturally aspirated V10...sorry turbos never have and never will beat NA engines
okay, go spend 1.9 million on an LFA then
@@SunSunSunnfacts
It can buddy listen to the ferrari v8 they have that f1 sound with a turbo
@@rks-bh6tb he doesn’t know the difference between cross plane and flat plane cranks. That’s why he’s saying that
@@runespaze yea facts
Holy moly. Sounds freakin badass. I personally like it, that lower deeper rumble.
The LFA V10 sound was the closest humanity will ever come to perfection. My god that scream at 6k+ rpm.
I know damn well the new LFA will be out of my price range. I’m excited to see if they share the engine with the new RC-F.
the rcf will get discontinued! Lexus is going electric
@@da1nonly_Q If theren is a twin turbo V8 for the new LFA I think it will trickle down to lesser cars.
or they can put gr yaris stuff in a prius or lexus IS or gr 86 or maybe continue the final edition lotus elise production with same system maybe they can have electric drive and a shortened piston version of the inline 3, so much more smooth and immedeate torque vectoring with less need to cool down as often when driving fast
But did u clearly hear the WHINE at the second turn as it downshifts...
Maaannn that was music to my ears... It literally just did a perfect whine that u can only see in video games, as its seriously difficult to replicate in real world... And that too without a supercharger...
Granted the acceleration sound is like a gorilla roar instead of a lion, but I can be down for that if Lexus can deliver on the other factors... Namely handling and the cornering speed...
That exhaust note is crazy! I don't think I've ever heard exhaust/engine that sounds like that.
Loved the V10 LFA sound much more.
LFR is such a cool name for the successor.
That sounds just absolutely fantastic!!! 😮 I wonder if it won't breach noise levels 🤔
Rich people don't care about fines anyway so it doesn't matter lol
@@xxx03930 exactly
@@xxx03930 Is that a bike? Not very familiar with bikes 😬
Lexus makes the best sounding V8s tbh
Not even close my friend
@@laurobernardo7807 then who would you say makes the best sounding V8s
@@danielmcintyre7405 Ferrari's 360/F430. Lexus is probably the second when it comes to V8 sounds though. LC500 sounds sublime, for example.
Nope, Jaguar takes the #1 spot without a doubt
@@0mniVerse777 aye, can’t hate on Jag fr
Explain to me how an EV will ever stir the soul like the sound track of this machine. Glorious.
never.
1: They can't
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2: See number 1
@@moloono1 3: see number 2
People mad about the engine , we should be happy we even got a LFA successor, even happier it even as a non elétric engine
Spot on with the sound. Really felt like I was hearing a mixture of a Ducati and KTM with that sound, beefier of course haha.
Beefier, eh? Mental image of a cow riding a Ducati, "Moooooo!" 😅
- Love. Thanks for including the sound! 🤘🏽
That thing is soooo sick.
A bit of a fun fact is that Toyota's Rookie Racing is currently using a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Super Taikyu. Probably to gain some useful data to help with the GR GT3.
👍Best of the best toyota/lexus lfa🎌🇯🇵
As a kid the little lexus fin always made me call them Batmobile’s. This has made my inner child smile and I want it now.
New dream car! ❤😮
YESSS, been waiting on this! I seriously hope it’s not going to be 400k
Pertaining to the LS i just got one on loan from the dealer and i keep saying i love that car. I think they should have put that engine and tranny in the LC and call it a LC400. Its light on its feet, just as fast and you could boost it making it even faster than the LC500. Id rejigger the naming for the hybrid to be LC600. I know that's pie in the sky the LC has maybe 2-3 years of production life left. 😚
Actually sounds eerie. Great job biting your tongue! I saw you holding back and we thank you
Thats actually a sound of a naturally aspirated V8. You won’t hear the very throaty induction sound from that distance if there are turbochargers there. Very reminiscent of the current AMG GT3’s V8 - because it’s also naturally aspirated. We might see Lexus copying AMG’s strategy here: big displacement naturally aspirated V8 for the race car then smaller displacement turbocharged version for the road car.
Best recommended video I've gotten wow UA-cam did its job. Didn't even know it was spied
To be honest, just about the sound, I think it sounds like more of a LS Swap muscle car, than a car from de "LF" lineup. I don't wanna believe, but it looks like they are using the LFA past, as a marketing strategy. I hope not, I hope it will be a respectful successor to the LFA
Performance wise, looks pretty good, ngl
It looks to be a gt3 car. Nothing to compare to the lfa from its sound and look
Be happy it isn’t electric bc they actually were planning on making this electric
@@rayhanrizvi334 I wouldn't care if it was electric or not
@@rayhanrizvi334 they didn't make it electric because they can't lol, look at their bev lineup, it's just the bz4x and it's pathetic
LFA is my top of the top dream... if i shall choose 1 car it would be LFA and after seeing it will have some kind of reborn... i couldnt be more excited... its been more then 13 years.... but i dont think there will be ever as much effort in car as was in LFA... just absolute unit of a car.
What will the pricing look like? Will it be a high-end sports car like an amg gt, a low end supercar like a GTR, or a full supercar like the LFA
This sounds and looks absolutely incredible 😍
I hope they keep the side exit exhaust!
Sounds amazing. The LFA was a pure exotic car, lets they build this one…
This is a GT3 test car not the road car. That's why it shifts so fast. You can hear the straight-cut gears. The road car will likely use the 10AT because that thing can handle a lot of torque.
It’s so hilarious seeing all these street car fans act like they know what they’re watching. This car doesn’t sound like it’s got a turbo, and based on the engine and style, it’s very obvious Toyota wants to take on the AMG
as far with looks, i thinks its beautiful, love the callbacks to the LFA and their previous cars. has the looks of the AMG GT, specially with the doors.
Looks awesome…price tag will be insane I’m sure.
We need Yamaha to work their magic. The LFA's exhaust note is something that I will never forget for the rest of my life.
Don't GT3 race cars have sequential gearboxes?
Yup
That explains it. But I'm not wrong in saying that Lexus doesn't have a transmission in production that is that good haha.
I want one! I cant wait to hear more information about it. I need to pre order one for sure
I thought I heard an electric motor in there, too. But yeah, that V-8 sounds incredible. Yamaha knows how to make engines sing!
The whine is the transmission, which loud transmission noises point this car to be the GT3 version not the road one
@@andreybrovkin1294 Ah, that makes sense.
the only thing this car has going for it is the sound 😂
The overall shape of the car has a Mazda RX-Vision Coupe look! Gorgeous!
Meh. Just classic long coupe profile like the rx vision
@@JonathanLittle001no
@@rks-bh6tb meaning?
@@JonathanLittle001 it doesn’t look like a rx lmao
*_Damn I can't wait to see what Toyota brings out 🔥_*
Sweet I like it 👍
That engine gives me memories of the Panoz Esperante from the late 90s. Wish more things sounded like this!
Nissan, for example, uses Borg Warner for their transmission in the R35. I imagine Toyota/Lexus will look to someone like this for their performance car versus spending millions on development.
intresting never knew they made transmissions too
Simply, well done, good video.
am i the only one who think this thing sound absolutely amazing, maybe not as good as the lfa but it’s not far behind in my opinion
Lexus never disappoints fr fr
For a turbocharger V8 engine it sound really good actually
BMW, Mercedes, Bentley etc can't make their twin turbo charged V8's sound like this
This is the race car version so it's not subject to regulations. The street version won't sound like this unfortunately.
@@GlooSbI know, I'm talking about their racecars GT3 and GT4 spec.
@@andrelima5124 BMW, Mercedes, and Bentley race car V8 engines sound just as good as this. Wtf are you on about? M8 GTE, AMG GT3, and Continental GT3 sound more or less the same as this 🤦♂️
@@nanobyte5567 nah, the M8 is no longer racing in the wec championship and had a muffled exhaust note, the Boatley GT3 sounds good with a deep rumble that gearbox is amazing but this Lexus got that higher pitch roar, the AMG GT3 uses the naturally aspirated V8, if you pay attention to what I've said you would know that I'm talking about TURBOCHARGED V8's, hence why I mentioned the AMG GT4.
I currently have a GT3 rs, i’ll def be buying one of these.
hope you´re right 🤞
Good call with the hybrid option. In fact, what they could do is make it ICE only for the GT3 race car which will undoubtably be RWD, and then install some electric motors powering the front wheels to make the road car AWD on demand. AWD will enable serious performance, especially in terms of acceleration. I'm sure this would do 0-60 in something like 2.6 or 2.7s if they did go that route.
The sound reminds me of Cadillac’s GTP car for IMSA and WEC, which is a compliment in my opinion
The sound reminds me of driving the AMR Vantage V8 in ACC... I'm a fan 👍
Sounds like a v8 and i was able to hear the high pitched sound of the racing transmission as well
Reminds me of the m3 gtr sound
awesome video, however you have great id recommend upgrading your webcam it has a very low frame rate, im sure the audience wants a more clear video quality you got good camera presence.
Cool to see they're continuing development, I thought they had given up on it.
Also, judging by the sound, it's not a flatplane crank, thank goodness.
And, well...I really would've loved if Lexus put this engine in the LC coupe, too...from LC 500 to LCR...that car would get the power it deserved, even though the N/A V8 isn't actually lacking in power (IMO), but the car's pretty heavy and the engine doesn't have as much torque as its boosted competitors...
Anyway, really happy to see this turning into reality!
WOOW. The cornering is hardcore in the rain. Sick.
that is damn quick in the rainy fuji
it sounds so different! Good different!
Very cool sound coming from that car!
It sounds like it's actually supercharged, not turbocharged (you can hear the whine), but it may be just straight cut gearing, which won't likely make it into production car (but may be used for racing).
From the sounds I can tell this is a racecar. Racing transmission like GT3 cars you can tell by the loud transmission whine. The engine sounds like the RCF GT3 racecar engine. Would be great if they make non turbo road variant with great sound. It's not as nice as the LFA V10 though.
For the LFA, Lexus took the help of Yamaha to get the sound right (and they did). Honestly, my first thought hearing this one was that Lexus instead reached out to Honda this time around (I'm thinking Honda RC211V here). Either way, I love the sound.
it sounds like a motorbike!
i Just wish this car was more affordable but overall this car will be a beast!
Side profile looks like an AMG GT, I even thought that was what was in the thumbnail.
the transmission sound 😍
I have seen the old LFA @24h Nürburgring. The sound was Amazing
It’ll be a masterpiece for sure
I don't think we can conclude anything about the street car transmission. This video has loud gear whine, so this is mostly likely the racing GT3 spec and gearbox. Also, the engine note is very similar to the RCF GT3.
2024 may be the best season for GT3 racing in a while
Adding straight pipes will make all the difference. About dam time they are coming out with the next step!
Just before he said it, I was about to say the sound of the LFR reminds me of a 4 stroke dirtbike
The V10 made that car. Gonna be tough to be as successful with a turbo engine.
Beautiful Beautiful and it sound nice
Lexus still knows how to make engines sound like pure bliss to the ears
Damn I can hear e-motors in the mix of sounds. Sounds sooo good! Hybrid is the way to go
Hate to break it, but GT3 race cars are purely ICE. What you heard in the video showing the car running was the transmission.
@@pmayo7894 dog gears I’m assuming
LFA is one of most underrated cars ever
If Lexus gonna go with a bang it should be a V10 mid engine that would be fire 🔥
And walk into another money failure that was the LFA? Makes no financial sense at all.
@@coredaqqer6197 yea I get what your saying financially it’s a bad idea ,but as a legacy just to say they did it would be cool
1:25 this thing sounds good. 😯
This could be there gt3 car they are testing so that might be the shifts you are hearing
You have to assume this is the GT race car testing with the straight cut gears. Would love to see a DCT come out of Lexus though.
Straight Cut Gears. You can hear the high pitched whine under braking
Sounds like an AMG TTV8 but even better, transmission sounds like a DCT too
We need an UPDATE video for this car since this was is over a year old...
I'm just so happy it's not electric like everyone was saying it would be. Lexus & Toyota seem to be carrying the ICE torch these days and I'm not complaining.
Sounds meeeeannn ! Love it
The low front end looks more late 90s sports car which looks good!
my guess is, its the same engine as in RC-F GT3 (5.4 V8)
LFA is a halo dream car for me. It's on my bucket list to drive one, but I'll just have to keep dreaming 😅
elegance to my ears
Sounds like a run-of-the-mill V8 to me
Can't beat the sound of V10.
That sounds great
Transmission sounds quick too