The definitive account of the car Jeremy Clarkson once described as ‘The best car I’ve ever driven’
The Lexus LFA was built to be the absolute pinnacle of supercar making, to match the world’s best in a way that was distinctively Japanese.
It is unique in layout, with a front-mid V10 naturally aspirated engine, a carbon fibre composite body frame, active aerodynamics and many other one-of-one packaging features. Nearly all its components and systems are clean-sheet designs. It was limited to just 500 cars, and it never covered its costs for its manufacturer.
But it is not just the engineering that is unique. So is the way it came to the world. It is the product of one small team, led from start to finish by one man, Tanahashi Haruhiko. He demanded almost complete freedom from the usual Toyota Motor Co bureaucratic system, and placed perfection above a fixed delivery date.
The LFA took nine years from conception to launch, and the story took many remarkable convolutions. This is that inside story, by Tanahashi-san himself. A book as detailed and personal as the car.
- 272 pages
- 328 x 249 x 25 mm (13 x 9.8 x 1 in)
- First published 2024 by Nana Agency Ltd, Tokyo.
- English language.
- Printed in the UK - distributed by The Road Rat Ltd, Bicester, UK.
