150 Lexus LFAs Coming to The U.S, Some Info on Leasing Prices

Yesterday, it was revealed that Lexus would only be leasing the LFA in order to circumvent speculators looking to buy the car and sell it for more. There was a few different questions that came along with that - like, how much would it cost to lease the LFA?

Out of the planned 500-unit run, 150 LFAs will be heading to the United States and 10 to Canada. No LFA will be built unless it is ordered - Lexus has already began accepting "purchase applications" for the car in October. They are also designating 15 Lexus representatives trained specifically to handle LFA customers.

Those representatives will be stationed in Lexus' four U.S regions: West, Chicago, New Jersey and Atlanta, as well as Lexus' headquarters in California. LFA buyers (excuse me, "leasees") will have the option to choose their own dealer for delivery of the car.

Lexus will then purchase the required equipment for that dealers and hire a special technician that will service the car. A lot of expense is clearly going to be involved in this! It most definitely is being done as an image-building exercise - no profit will ever be seen from the LFA project.

Also, the apparent price for leasing a LFA is supposedly in the $10,000 per month range. That's a lot of cash! How are customers going to take to paying that much for a leased supercar? The weird arrangement could end up costing them some sales - we'll see.