Why the $1 Million Lexus LFA Is the Best Road Trip Supercar - 9k RPM V10 Sound (POV Binaural Audio)

[@TedwardDrives]

What supercar would you take on a 1,200 Mile Road Rally?

[@Zsword92]

LFA

[@IseyWasTaken]

GTC4Lusso, wont even need a support car

[@yukitoiru3372]

I would love to drive an Porshe 959

[@folder4183]

Bently Continental GT Supersports

[@sidelnie]

Aston Martin Rapide S 8spd

[@wavemusic]

I'm so jealous, that seems incredible to be able to drive one of these let alone for 1200 miles!

[@2URLex]

Anyone who calls an LFA overrated has an issue with their own vehicle never being on such a level. Hell the 1LR-GUE earned its place in Yamahas museum and qualifies as a musical instrument. It’s hype will never drop.

[@2seep]

The LFA is overrated. It’s just a good exhaust made by Yamaha put on a v10. If Yamaha made exhaust, many other cars would sound better. It’s made by Yamaha so obviously it’s in their museum.

[@2URLex]

@@2seep sounds like a hater to me. You have a problem with giving credit where it’s due, this car is purpose built right down to its tactile features. Especially when it’s a car people can’t afford by normal means. They’re proud of what they built is why it’s in a museum, Yamaha built other engines for companies like Volvo and Ford too ya know. Now Infiniti is overrated lol

[@2seep]

⁠@@2URLexI’ve never said that the LFA wasn’t a good, it’s an amazing car. People just elevate it above it’s status, the only thing that the LFA has going for it is high revs and sound, many better cars out there which provide a much better driving experience. And why even mention Infiniti? Infiniti is rightfully rated, it’s shit now used to be good, but not any more, but they do come out with amazing an amazing car every once in a while

[@AmericanAristo]

​@@2seep It's more than just a "a gOoD eXhAuSt" bud lol. You have no idea what you're talking about.

[@manny7662]

@@2seep I see what you mean. It's not the fastest car it's not the most practical, but it is was purposely made to be the most fun to drive. but it was overlooked because of it's ridiculous price.

[@ARentz07]

I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing the LFA in Tedward videos. I love the fact that we get to see the LFA not only in high-quality video and audio, but also being driven like it should.

[@TedwardDrives]

Thank you!

[@Kiss__Kiss]

Tedward, You're Living the dream!!! I love it!!!

[@Durbanite2010]

YES best engine sound ever. If I ever won the lottery, I would buy an LFA just to hear it. Brilliant car.

[@GustavoVegliaVicO.M.]

a luxurious and sporty toyota with a reliable, powerful and incredibly sounding yamaha engine is everything any car enthusiast could ask for. Total dream car.

[@jordanjoestar8839]

I can only drive it in GT7 but man does it sound gorgeous. I had some friends over and they wete randomly scattered about the house, by the end of my race i hadnt noticed they had all stopped what they were doing and zoned out watching the car doing laps 😂

[@TheJMedia]

The sounds like the LFA makes is pure eargasm!

[@CarFresheners]

ive been waiting for this vid for so long. the lfa has been my fav car for so long and with you being one of my favorite car review channels I couldnt wait for this!!!!!

[@fizzcarreviews7997]

Your only defense is it’s sound

[@paolowalters4462]

Oh man I was in ottawa and I wish I saw this one with my gf! My ultimate dream car but for now I’m happy with its little brother the IsF. Enjoy the ride!

[@jeffs3119]

I knew a guy who drove this car from CA to the Midwest and can you imagine my surprise when I heard the cold start from that exhaust, chef's kiss. I remember walking by and thinking it was a sick-looking Lexus and nothing I'd seen before, and then he started it up. Didn't hit me until later that I realized what I actually saw that day. Like I knew the guy was a big shot and drove some nice ass cars but I was still young and knew little about the car at that time as the GTR was being talked about nonstop.

[@lukasbaardson8532]

OMG I LOVE THE WAY THESE SOUND!!!!

[@faheemabbas3965]

A shame that politics and profit will never let us have cars like the LFA made ever again.

[@spongeborgtheford4971]

GMA T50/T33?

[@IseyWasTaken]

More like the fact like nobody bought one

[@POVShotgun]

Are you serious lmao. We are literally in hyper car era. There’s literally everything out there that you could want.

[@PremierAutoMan86]

Nah, this car just came out before the crypto bros and tech entrepreneurs started cashing out.

[@ablockofcheese7546]

Sir this is a Wendy's

[@ChrisKim-eo9ku]

Living in Australia, the police are so strict here! Most highways have a 65 mile-ish speed limit. Anything over 130 km/h (or 80 mph) and BAM, be prepared to pay up and maybe even lose your license

[@mtadc1545]

I got done last month for going 110 in the 100 zone on the Bruce Highway 😒. It’s definitely thing business here. The worst part are the stupid do gooders who support the BS.

[@omegadomega]

​@@mtadc1545Slower is safer, even if it's less fun.

[@ri0t263]

Speeding laws across Canada are brutal. In British Columbia you can get impounded for 40km/h over the limit. On top of that our speed limits are very low around cities, as low as 80kph in on some 4 lane highways. You have your car taken away for 75 mph on those stretches, even when it's perfectly safe.

[@longhornduck]

I'm also from the lower mainland. I got impounded going 151kmh in an 80zone. Point I'm trying to make is and what they don't tell you is 41+ kmh is excessive speeding. So keep it at 40 and you'll be alright😇

[@ri0t263]

@@longhornduckThat's exactly what people do on Highway 1 between Hope and Abbotsford, speedlimit is 100 and traffic flows at 135, lmao.

[@longhornduck]

@ri0t263 Yeap! It's been a while but I know that there's a straight away from Abbotsford to Chilliwack on highway 1 of course. Which is very tempting to open up. I'm in Burnaby so that would be an expensive cab ride home🙃 Of course I'm not saying or trying to incourage speeding but I find sea to sky highway in the evening time the best to open up.

[@Volt-riot]

What about Alberta? I think that some of the speed limits are strict.

[@gilboman]

@@Lemingtona-x5g only on certain sections of the autobahn.

[@n-power-automotive]

I knew headphones were the right choice for this video! My gawd every time I hear that engine 🤤 What’s funny is the DCT in my Elantra N probably shifts faster than the LFA’s transmission, but that slower shift is just so beautiful, almost shifts more like a sport bike.

[@WaterfallJoe]

Tedward this is such a great video! I love the section where you drove through the Hero's Tunnel here in Connecticut, I drive that road daily! So awesome man, living the dream!

[@ralphlazio505]

One of the most beautiful, harmonious engine sounds in the automotive industry. It’s too bad that Koenisseg and Bugatti‘s don’t sound like this. That collaboration with Yamaha certainly did put a good name with Lexus engineers.

[@bgd73]

That is a dream. no toyota fan.. but this 72 degree v10 is the only "real" mathed version for the limited world to use. (there is not another 72 degree) Amazing ride. Love the sounds.

[@FRivera98]

1:16 Love blasting through that tunnel in my Type R, can’t even imagine how it must feel in an LFA🥵

[@NBPT428]

Just unbelievable throttle response and sonics. It's amazing that the other extreme of this car in the Toyota garage is a stripped Corolla. Have fun👍

[@shawnlichtmann977]

Canadian here. Out east, the laws are tight. But in bc, it's a joke. Radar detectors are legal. Say you were doing 200 mph down the highway, didn't pass anyone, and did nothing illegal other than speeding. For the first offense, it is a 1 week impound, $600 ticket, and if you're a resident bf bc, there is a 3 year dangerous driver penalty on your insurance which is $300/year. In all it costs about $2000. And no criminal record either lol.

[@nolimitdriving8252]

The LFA is one of the best sounding cars ever made!

[@nicks6384]

Saw this LFA in Waltham this morning. Traffic was heavy so I couldn’t hear the exhaust note, beautiful car!

[@clardrives9301]

I know everybody loves the exhaust and for good reason, but I bet the induction noise from inside the cabin is 1000 times better.

[@seank5536]

I look forward to your videos every week! keep it up

[@Aggressive_Splooge]

Thank you for being respectful on my highway in Canada.

[@jc-jg9pp]

Was really excited for this video when I saw the teaser on your Insta, so hyped

[@camoaesthetics]

One day I will have two of these cars. That way I can bring a friend on canyon drives to enjoy it alongside me. In my opinion, this is the best work of production automotive machinery we’ve ever gotten. But I’m also biased and enthralled with the creators of LFA, and how unlikely it was for that car to become reality. The LFA is a love story between the car and our passion for them. It’s spirit ascends any monetary price given to it. Priceless. I can’t wait for the day my dreams, effort and persistence transmute themselves into reality.

[@jeremiahex]

Took one of my E60 M5s on a 1,300 mile road trip. Enjoyed every mile! Weeks later on a 700+ trip. Love it!

[@MayankLongiany]

Good luck with the repairs, bud. But I'm happy for you!

[@jeremiahex]

@@MayankLongiany Ha-ha. Luck is for dudes that got no money and no balls to work on M cars.

[@mitchellsteindler]

6:15 good lord

[@JZ_Cars]

Really Love that car. It is a work of art and a marvel of engineering all rolled into one.

[@johnnybxy1373]

Those downshifts are just 🤌

[@memorimusic420]

Beautiful shots, beautiful video, beautiful car!!!! and beautiful tedward ;) ghahahha

[@TedwardDrives]

!!!! thank you

[@ralphs8057]

1:08 Heroes tunnel? My favorite when I drive to NYC.

[@victormwendwa425]

If you lift off the throttle when shifting, it smoothens the shift; kinda like you would in a manual

[@Adison0529]

That SF90 at the beginning though 👀 As much as I loved the whole video, I condemn the 8:15 "etiquette". For whatever reason people notoriously do it in northern part of Poland but I have never seen anyone doing this in southern part (possbily because shoulders in the north are so wide you could easily use them as lanes). It is genuinely terrifying to cycle on the side of the road up there. Even worse when there are left turns to some restaurants etc. and you stop as close to the left edge of your lane and you have trucks not slowing down a bit, going ~80 km/h to your right. In my life I have been to the north for less than a year in total and I have witnessed way too many accidents & close calls caused by slow drivers using shoulder to let a whole ass traffic jam pass them, being then blocked from merging back into the lane when there was an obstacle or someone using the shoulder and caused by people using shoulder to blast through with speeds of around-the-speed-limit 90 km/h so they don't have to stop/slow down. It is a nice thing to move out of the way using the shoulder, but I highly recommend using a bus stop/parking lot to do so. But if you want to do it regardless, please make sure you have a clear line of sight in front and behind you so that you don't suddenly find yourself being metres away from a cyclist/pedestrian in front while going 10x as fast as they do and with your left being blocked by a faster driver. Thanks for coming to my pep talk.

[@TedwardDrives]

Desolate forest for miles. There’s no parking lots. No bus stops. Literally nothing.

[@Adison0529]

@@TedwardDrives You're probably right, I did not really think of this road being probably as long as Polish highways and being in the middle of nowhere. It just looks like main non-highway roads here. My point still stands, but now I kinda get how there could be no people walking/cycling there at all.

[@imwithname843]

$1 Million....................oooookkkkkkeeeeeiiii

[@CommunistPilot]

I love you Tedward. Thank you.

[@olivierb9091]

Begins vid with how practical this car is ... 3:45 Sorry for all this stuff in the car, don't have a whole lotta storage hahaha

[@darkknight8139]

The Lexus LFA: it is too expensive, is not the fastest, the gearbox is a bit clunky, handling is not the best and the interior is, well... not the prettiest. Have a look at the navigation screen. But that V10 sound makes up for all of that, big time. I can imagine that your face still hurts because of the enormous smile you must have had all day. And if it is not the sound, it will be the crazy level of engineering about this whole car you can appreciate. Wow, we will miss this car.

[@faizpuyol8632]

This is gonna be my favourite video 💀

[@joesmith9216]

such a rare car, these are amazing.

[@ianfoster9538]

I think what i find so fascinating about the LFA is that Toyota dropped this legend at their prime. To me, it's more than a flagship. I don't have a quick word for it but the car supercedes the brand, and there arent many cars out there that i think fit that bill.

[@TT92348]

The original NSX and maybe S2000 would also be another IMO. Bespoke platforms and represented everything about Honda at their peak.

[@ahmadahmal2942]

Lexus LFA might not be the fastest car BUT it is the fastest appreciated car in the world!

[@152iq9]

dawg this shit the greatest to ever hit the road

[@ScionSchnee]

Her downshift voice is phenomenal!

[@JKJ994]

the lfa sounds so good bro

[@Hqy22]

yayy LFA!!

[@dew62169]

Damnnn I'm from Ottawa shame I missed ya'll arriving

[@Poorschedriver]

If I were that car you passed in the tunnel, I'd immediately crash because life gets no better than that.

[@cars4life458]

I love lfa so much

[@박쿄-h2q]

My Best Dream Car... I Love it Super Car!

[@RyanRoadReaper]

Wow, I've got to drive those roads at least once in my lifetime! Hopefully in something cool, but definitely not in an LFA 😅

[@sesh3508]

I simply must click on every single LFA video I see until the day I die, Let alone a Tedward video

[@Braselton21]

SLS Black Series & Lexus LFA are now worth a Milly 0_o All these 2000s & 2010 N/A supercars are going to put in a museum soon.

[@Bushwackerinpa]

BTW in vermont passing on double yellow is legal.

[@francistrombley8813]

Imagine if they gave the LFA a manual

[@peternguyen9599]

As much as I like carbon fiber, I kinda wished they sticked with the aluminum chassis. The msrp would been a lot more cheaper, maybe they would make a lot more than 500 and most of all obtainable 😭

[@dantecolo4596]

A new LFA deserved to be made, with a v10 , 11000 rpm redline and over 700 hp

[@EagleWolfSparrow]

Lexus LFA plus Tesla Tech will be end game car. Phone controls and self driving with best sound engine

[@edalder2000]

If "Gran Turismo" ever came to life, The LFA would be the car for it. I swear that V10 should have been in an F1 car.

[@freshbenz]

Why is that radar detector pointing to the sky…? Should be pointed straight. Pointing it up like that doesn’t give it more range. It’s moving all over the place too, is the mount broken/loose?

[@420basco]

everyone loves an LFA

[@danieloceans9652]

LFA road trip?! Man, your are lucky

[@Zsword92]

V10 symphony

[@R19Robbin]

Such a unique machine 👌

[@DJCinthaBoy]

Imagine making the perfect vehicle and then just stopping. I know sales were an issue, but I beat if they brought it back it would be one of the best sold supercars.

[@cars4life458]

Id really like to see a review of the Ferrari Enzo

[@TedwardDrives]

Me too haha

[@jungerspross7922]

Id like him to visit Germany

[@frogator22]

I'm two days late but my god do I love this car

[@devlimbani]

Awesome! ❤

[@congn1950]

Love teward LFA ❤

[@akadanielmaia]

I remember those stuck on dealerships and being offered for 250k with delivery miles 😢

[@TedwardDrives]

I wish sooooo badly I was able to make that work in 2012.

[@mikealicious3848]

I can’t decide whether the Carrera GT or LFA sounds better. I go back and forth with it sometimes.

[@Oliee7]

Can you review a camaro lt1 or alfa Romeo gulia v6

[@AllanCuttingedge]

LFA overrated? Don't think so. It was so underrated in the past and right now it's just at its right place I guess.

[@fizzcarreviews7997]

Explain how it is not overrated. You’re just saying what you think it should be but you can’t back it up

[@bddbgdfv5538]

The 10k fine is the maximum you can get for speeding, not the price for doing 150 km/h.

[@Wulf573]

I think this car woudn't sound as good as it does now if it had DCT.

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

Hmm, as long as it kept the redline and rapid gear shifts. It would make it sound a lot like the sequential V10 F1 cars of the past.

[@Wulf573]

@@dannyllerenatv8635 The pause from SCT is what makes it sound beter.Same as piano,if you play only one sound it would get anoying and boring but when you combine that sound with other sounds you get music.

[@TheElectricGhost]

@@Wulf573It's the same reason I adore the Aventador. That pause on the upshift due to the single clutch is immaculate. Some dcts pops between shifts but it's nowhere near as dramatic. Not to mention the downshifts that comes from the single clutch🤤

[@Wulf573]

@@TheElectricGhost FINALY im not the only one who gets it

[@IScoreUnderPressure4]

I think it would sound more aggressive with a dct, more like an f1 car

[@javierjimenez3627]

Somehow I prefer the E60 M5, even they are 2 different type of cars, German engineering is something else!

[@lotterynj]

What was the MPG......?

[@TedwardDrives]

Bad. On the highway I managed 17 driving very nicely. So on this trip it was probably closer to 12

[@onevilage888]

the lfa interrior is the best LIKE amg gts too. the best

[@beanboy1821]

that giant spider used to be in Arkansas haha

[@markrodz2633]

the day yamaha and honda make a high revving engine that would be the day.

[@matth8924]

How on earth do you get access to cars like these?

[@TedwardDrives]

All explained in the video :)

[@JKJ994]

8:37 oh naw bros a cop doing 75 on a public road in a V10😭

[@supraturboz]

Epic

[@bitkarek]

omg, overtakes? really? i havent seen that yet in US videos :D

[@robertmitchell9276]

Cool. I don't really see it as a supercar. Toyota's Hiromu Naruse died in Germany developing it and its still slow with a donkey transmission. The sound is phenomenal though, and it won't fall apart. Still 2 short of the harmonic brilliance of 12 = 1 + 2 = 3.

[@newbe46]

I think polar bears will understand if they listen to this engine sound

[@RONNİE-NACİ-ELMOFTİ]

is the LFA for sell?

[@TedwardDrives]

Nope

[@onevilage888]

how was the fuel economy?

[@TedwardDrives]

Terrible 😂

[@anonymousperson5441]

​@@TedwardDrives not weird since always high rev and low gears

[@TTGamingTrinh]

I see LFA in title, i click

[@sidelnie]

The gearing is too long on the LFA…It’s hard to cruise and enjoy the sound…Need to take it by the scruff of the neck which is not something I want to do all the time

[@TedwardDrives]

Top gear is pretty short. Sits way high in the revs on the highway

[@sidelnie]

@@TedwardDrives Aston NA V12 8spd has much better gearing…short first few gears for local roads, perfect 5th gear for rumbly highway cruising, and near silent overdrive gears.

[@VuNguyen-fv5jl]

Peak Japanese engineering. I bet this car will not require much maintenance

[@josephiousbrosif]

I'll never understand the impulse to put stickers on a beautiful car. Those rims are awful too. That came off really negative but overall love the car and love your vids.

[@itsyaboycris2987]

Radar is pointing to the sky?? 😅

[@banginzaza]

Until the cops follow you. Then you go 1 mph over for a skimpy ticket and 😂😂😂

[@guguigugu]

yea everyone is laser focused on their speedometer trying to avoid a TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE. insanity.

[@duckylucky6505]

But it's 10,000 $CAD, that's like a a $100 US and a case of Molson.

[@Christianfire18]

Oh yeaaaa