Lexus is trying to control the inflation that comes with launching a new exotic car, especially ones that are limited-production models. Exotic car speculators often drive up the price and usually end up destroying the marketplace. Lexus plans to only offer a two-year lease of the new supercar at a fixed price that has yet to be announced.

At the end of the term, leaseholders will have the opportunity to purchase the car outright, at that time the title would be released to the purchaser. As Lexus’ vice president of sales and dealer development Brian Smith tells it, his company wants “people out driving the car and not just parking it in a museum or selling it at an inflated price.”

Lexus will also train 15 LFA specialists that will be located at the company’s four regional outposts, and the automaker will also pay for dealers to receive the special tools and training that will service the vehicles. …click here to read more

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It seems as though the Lexus LFA has been around for years. The concept model was introduced at the Detroit Auto Show in 2005, which is considered a long time in the automotive world. Toyota teased us with updated revisions of the LFA in 2007 and 2008, along with the swirling rumors that production was on and then off again. After all of the hype and the years of teases & rumors the production version was finally revealed to the world at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show. You will still have to wait until early 2011 before you will see the supercar arrive on showroom floors. …click here to read more

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