AutoWeek, deep into its future products predictions, reports on a couple of Japanese performance cars that could redefine the sportscar landscape. The first is the long-awaited, all-wheel-drive Nissan GT-R, which AW says will arrive as a 2008 model. It'll largely be a competitor to the Chevrolet Corvette, immune from Japanese competition for decades, and priced in the $60,000 range. From Lexus, the LF-A -- introduced in concept form at the 2005 Geneva show -- will reportedly vault the brand over Porsche in the sports-car wars. To be unveiled in fall 2007, coinciding with the Japan Formula One race moving to Toyota's turf, the LF-A, says AW, will get a 500-hp V8, not the V10 as had been in the works. The price had been reported to be $170,000, placing it in range of Aston Martin and out of the range of all but the most well heeled. Set your calendars now.

Mr. Bean himself announced this morning that the new GT-R will be a Nissan, not an Infiniti, thus finally stuffing over a year's worth of speculation. The announcement, in front of the International Motor Press Association at the New York Auto Show also confirmed what we all basically knew -- that the GT-R will arrive on our shores in 2008. Commence the dance of joy!

 

This is old news, but that's the first pic of the Lexus I have seen. I wonder how many people will pay 170 large for a Toyota....

 

nice $60,000....IM GETTING A GTR...IM GETTING A GTR....

 

Dunno, but they are also talking about a Hybrid version of this too.

 

+1. except with options and mark-ups, we'll be paying in the 70-80k range.

 

yeah but better than 80k base....which might have put it out of my range...

 

The front shot of the Lexus looks a lot like a Honda S2000.

 

I heard rumors in from Nissan dealers in So Cal they will be in the 100K range after dealer mark up.

 

i call BS on that

max will be 80k fully loaded....it cant possibly compete or sell as a 100k car

 

Right....

And the scumbag carsalesman that was autioning off the "Additional Dealer Markup" on the new Camaro on ebay was full of it.

Buy it now was $20,000

And it SOLD!

 

I dont realy like the front on the Lexus, but the GTR is HOT! So do you think that they will have them in late 07 like most cars? I want to mark my calender.

 

The same people who buy Aston Martin ... just because Ford is the owner doesn't mean it will be made by the same people or in the same factory as the Mustang...

Also, you get the added reliability of Japanese cars versus the nonexistant reliability of Italian cars and English cars

 

that lexus was on lexus' site about two years ago, it used to be my desktop photo, but that was a lllooonnnngggggg time ago!!!


look in the concept section of toyota and lexus website, they have cool things...

 

I hope you are right. I want to get one, but not for 100K though.

 

spring 2008.