Lexus LF-A mule faster than a 911 GT2 in the ring!

[blue8]

A Lexus LF-A mule has unofficially recorded a lap time on the Nordschleife of 7 minutes, 24 seconds. This is not in dispute. What is in dispute is how many seconds faster the LF-A's lap time is than that of the 2008 Porsche 911 GT2, the previous "King of the 'Ring" record holder. Wikipedia notes that the fastest 911 GT2 driven around the Ring posted a lap time of 7 minutes, 32 seconds and was driven by Walter Röhrl, Porsche's company test driver and accomplished WRC driver and road racing pilot. Porsche was so proud of the feat that it produced a snazzy video of the run that you can watch here. watch here AutoExpress, however, which reported on the LF-A's remarkable lap time, claims that the fastest 911 GT2 lap time on the Nurburgring is 7 minutes, 25 seconds, but we could find no evidence on the web of a stock 911 GT2 ever posting a time that fast. Also note that a handful of other cars have posted lap times, but all are either tuner cars or limited production boutique cars like the Pagani Zonda F. Nevertheless, the Lexus LF-A's time is remarkable and puts in a class normally populated by purpose-built tuner cars. Its 4.8L V10 churns out a reported 552bhp while slapping the needle against a 9,000 rpm redline. A 210 mph top speed is said to be the car's upper bound, which makes us shake our heads. This is, after all, the brand that brought us the sarcophagus of a car that is the LS sedan. The production LF-A should be able to repeat the performance, but we'll have to wait a while longer while the Lexus supercar finishes baking in the oven. In the meantime, for Pete's sake, someone ship a Corvette ZR1 to Germany!

Source: Autoblog

I'm not sure what to think of this. I'll have to wait for the production version of the car to see if it can actually achieve that time. BTW, the LF-A is not a good looking car...

[RC45]

And again notice how the "test mule" is being presented for the record.

Imagine if Porsche posted every insane time one of their prototype or test cars produced?

The time board would be littered with sub 7m30s times

[rave426]

Forget all the mumbo.

A 4.8L V10 with 525bhp is very impressive...especially for a production "Toyota" (if true)

[RC45]

Originally Posted by rave426 Forget all the mumbo. A 4.8L V10 with 525bhp is very impressive...especially for a production "Toyota" (if true)

552bhp - thats a very powerful PlayStation - we know its bristling with technology

[Svensson]

Originally Posted by RC45 552bhp - thats a very powerful PlayStation - we know its bristling with technology

Yeah, finally Toyota is doing something useful with their F1 experience

[nthfinity]

Originally Posted by Svensson Yeah, finally Toyota is doing something useful with their F1 experience

It sure isn't helping their F1 cause, thats for sure LOL

[JoeHahn]

Must have been the same driver who supposedly clocked the GTR at 7:15 way back when.