On the LFA’s in-house test track. Each car gets tested for some 50 miles
In this week-long report, we followed the Lexus LFA from raw fiber to body, paint, and assembly. In this final chapter, we take it on the test track in Motomachi.Â
Each and every LFA that rolls off the line is checked like no other car. 7,000 items of the LFA, all previously checked, counter-signed, eternalized in evidence sheets, are checked again. Each check again is eternalized in evidence sheets. When I said it takes 8 days to make an LFA, I lied. It takes 8 days to make one, and then it takes a full additional week to check it. (Read More…)
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Tagged as Bertel Schmitt, chapter five, Inside the industry, Japan, Lexus LFA, LFA Week
Tagged as Bertel Schmitt, chapter five, Inside the industry, Japan, Lexus LFA, LFA Week
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