Well the new decade of 2010 has arrived, no Tokyo Auto Salon for me (which Ill admit Im not too disappointed over), so instead I went to the big show in the UK which takes place at the same time as TAS - Autosport International. This is Europes biggest motorsport show and there is plenty to see from grassroots stuff to F1 and everything inbetween so plenty of sportscars to see too, along with supercars, and none better or rarer than the new Lexus LFA above...
and below. I like it, very aggressive and underneath it is nothing short of amazing with its 560bhp, 4.8L V10 engine, carbon fibre/aluminium bodywork,6 speed sequential gearbox and multi-link suspension.
Alas the price puts most off - €580,000 in Ireland, with a vetting procedure also (Lexus wont sell this car to just anyone) and a rumoured 2 year compulsory lease on the car too..
Almost makes the £120,000GBP Nissan GTR SpecV look cheap....
Maybe modify the 'normal' R35 by spraying it midnight purple (note the reg)
Probably the biggest news at the show for me though was the annoucement that Sumo Power / JR Motorsport in partnership with Nismo will be running a pair of R35 GT1's in the new FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010
But will it visit Le Mans this year and race with the 2009 winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP? Ill be there in June so will find out...
Also on display was the Bloodhound SSC - aiming to raise the land speed record to 1000mph....
with help of a hybrid jet/rocket engine from a Eurofighter Typhoon jet, which has an F1 engine onboard the car as the fuel pump.....
The Brawn BGP001 certainly drew the crowds..
as did 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button
and I think the BGP001 will go down in history as 1 of the great F1 cars, like this classic Maserati 250FPart 2 coming soon
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