Toyota and the Lexus brand have quite a grand electric vehicle development plan, at the end of 2021 by the group president Akio Toyoda to reveal the future global strategy, while announcing 16 pure electric concept cars, the next will be put into mass production. The Lexus Electrified Sport, which was revealed earlier, has been confirmed to be the successor to the performance supercar LFA, although the latest rumors point out that the new generation of LFA may also have a V8 engine version.
When the Lexus Electrified Sport was announced, the original factory deliberately let the concept car appear with the LFA in the film, and then the official also confirmed that the concept car was the early design of the new generation of LFA. At this point, it is almost certain that Lexus has plans to launch a new generation of LFA, and it will be a pure electric supercar. However, a recent foreign media report may be able to revive the spirit of internal combustion engine enthusiasts, that is, LFA may have 2 power models, one of which is naturally pure electric power, and the other is V8 engine.
According to insider information, Gazoo Racing is working on the development of a second-generation LFA powered by an internal combustion engine, which should be published around 2025. If the new car can really be launched in 2025, the development time should be before the 2030 electric vehicle plan was announced last year.
At present, there is no exact information about the new generation of LFA, according to foreign media reports, sources pointed out that the new car will use a 4.0-liter V8 twin-turbo engine, integrated with a gasoline-electric power assist system, and the maximum output is expected to be 700 horsepower. The flagship sports car abandons the carbon fiber chassis of the previous generation LFA in favor of Toyota's TNGA-L architecture, and the obvious benefit is to reduce costs and make the price more reasonable.
The GA-L architecture is currently used on toyota crowns, Lexus LCs and LSs, but is not configured with a 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo engine. The 90s did have a 4.0-litre engine code-named 1UZ-FE, but it wasn't built with a booster turbo and was discontinued in 2000 and unlikely to appear on new cars in 2025.