The autoclave. A giant pressure cooker that limits the Lexus LFA production to one per day
Behind a nondescript garage door in the Motomachi plant in Toyota City is LFA Kobo, the LFA Works. Here, 170 men and women chase the holy grail of car making. Their mission: How to make a car super fast, super light, super safe, and affordable. They have mastered the first three. On the affordable they are still working. The holy grail is being chased in a supercar, the $375,000 Lexus LFA. (Read More…)
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Tagged as Bertel Schmitt, Inside the industry, Japan, Lexus LFA, LFA Week. chapter one
Tagged as Bertel Schmitt, Inside the industry, Japan, Lexus LFA, LFA Week. chapter one
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