It isn’t day by day we see a Lexus LFA on the market. However it’s a tragic day once we discover one out there on Copart. This explicit LFA does not look too dangerous, however given its rarity and carbon-fiber building, it is not a cheap repair. The truth is, it may price half 1,000,000 {dollars} to place this automobile again on the street. How do we all know? This is not the primary time we have seen this silver LFA.
Again in March, this actual LFA was featured in a YouTube video from ThatDudeInBlue. The proprietor crashed it in January, photographs of which ended up throughout social media. The 11-minute clip takes us via the injury, which does not look that dangerous. The passenger door is clearly toast, and a brand new rear fascia is required. The motive force-side quarter panel additionally has a gash. It looks like a comparatively simple repair.
All of these components are carbon fiber and really costly to interchange. Within the video, the proprietor says the door alone is $40,000. And the the quarter panel wants changing as nicely. Past that, there’s potential injury to mechanical programs. Amongst different issues, the LFA’s adjustable wing seems inoperative. And the exhaust is knotted up, too.
Per the video, the plan was to restore the automobile. The proprietor stated the fee would seemingly be someplace within the $400,000 to 500,000 vary, however that is apparently not taking place, because it’s now on Copart awaiting an public sale date. The automobile has completely different wheels from earlier than, and the hood is lacking. Facet and mechanical injury is listed, and curiously, it does not have a key both. We aren’t certain how lengthy it has been with Copart, however a date of June 21 is talked about within the Sale Info part as when it was final up to date. Hopefully it hasn’t been sitting outdoors with the inside and engine unprotected from the weather.
Regardless of the injury, Copart lists the estimated retail worth at $710,000. Lexus solely constructed 500 LFAs throughout its brief manufacturing run; this is hoping somebody steps in to avoid wasting this one from turning into a really costly components automobile.
H/T to Journey for sending us the tip!
