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Lexus LF-A too hot to handle - on fire at Nurburgring

27 May 2009 4 Comments

Lexus LF-A Fire

The Lexus LF-A hasn’t been out for long but the yet-to-be-released super-spectacular performance car’s already catching on. On fire. Literally. The poor baby was spotted at Nurburgring, parked on the side, smoke billowing all around.

No word on who was behind the wheel when the fire started but Toyota was supposed to have a group of Toyota big whigs (test drivers, dealers, executives) take the LF-A around Nurburgring. Toyota’s next-in-line CEO Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota’s founder, was also set to take a lap or two around the infamous ‘ring.

  • j-a-z ⇒ 5-28-2009 at 1:22 am said:

    HAAHHHHA

    First day on the track and this!

  • uglydawg ⇒ 5-28-2009 at 8:22 am said:

    Ahhh, meethinks someone not used to stickshift!

  • Ghidorah ⇒ 5-28-2009 at 6:18 pm said:

    Well this is new territory for Toyota. Good thing this did not happen after the car started selling.

  • Indian Autos Blog ⇒ 6-9-2009 at 1:23 pm said:

    saw a mclaren f1 bursting into flames here - http://www.automotoportal.com/article/mclaren-f1-sets-things-on-fire-literally

    these supercars now and then show they are red-hot properties! i’ve also seen a Fiat Grande Punto test mule going up in flames. As long as all the firey incidents happen in the testing stage, buyers have nothing to worry about.

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