"At a moment when cars are getting larger and the electrification of the U.S. auto industry is happening more slowly than anticipated, these conditions have made it harder to predict what any major automaker might have in the works. (That's even more true following this week's announcement of alterations to the country's vehicle emissions standards.) But if one concept car unveiled this week is any indication, Lexus is keeping their options open - and going sleeker and energy-efficient in the process."
"The automaker recently revealed the LFA, a battery electric concept car being developed in tandem with a pair of high-powered Toyota models, the GR GT and GR GT3. The trio of vehicles is being developed as part of a program dubbed "Toyota's Shikinen Sengu," an allusion to the practice of rebuilding and replacing a complex of shrines en masse. (In the automotive context, the goal has more to do with the preservation of institutional knowledge.)"
Cars are growing larger and U.S. auto electrification is progressing more slowly than anticipated, making automaker plans harder to predict. Lexus unveiled a battery-electric LFA concept developed alongside two high-powered Toyota models, the GR GT and GR GT3, under a program called "Toyota's Shikinen Sengu," which alludes to shrine rebuilding and aims to preserve institutional knowledge. The LFA's design converges with its Toyota siblings in driver placement, featuring a driver's seat positioned close to a switch layout intended to enable blind touch operation. The original early-2010s LFA earned strong praise and comparisons favorable to contemporaneous Ferraris, raising expectations for any new production model.
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