Ferrari 458 Italia vs Lexus LFA

Category	Lexus LFA	Ferrari 458 Italia
Engine layout	4.8 l V10	4.5 l V8
Max power (ps / bhp)	560 / 553	570 / 562
Max torque (Nm / lb-ft)	480 / 354	540 / 398
Curb weight (kg / lb)	1611 / 3552	1529 / 3371
Power / tonne (ps / bhp)	348 / 343	373 / 367
Average price	€375,000	€209,000

Lap Times

Track	Lexus LFA	Ferrari 458 Italia
Laguna Seca (post 1988)	1:36.39	1:36.22
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Club	1:20.64	1:20.16
Hockenheim Short	1:11.00	1:09.70
Virginia International Raceway Grand East Course (pre 01/2014)	2:55.10	2:49.90
El Toro TopGear US	1:22.60	1:23.30
Nürburgring Nordschleife	7:38.00	7:38.00
Motortrend Figure-8	0:23.40	0:23.60
Nürburgring Nordschleife Full	7:38.85	7:32.92
SportAuto wet handling test	1:35.50	1:33.60
Autocar Dry Handling Track	1:11.60	1:08.90
Balocco	2:48.52	2:43.90

Acceleration (mph)

Speed & distance	Lexus LFA	Ferrari 458 Italia
0 - 60 mph	3.6 s	3.0 s
0 - 100 mph	7.8 s	6.2 s
0 - 150 mph	18.3 s	15.0 s
Est. 1/8 mile	8.3 s @ 101.9 mph	7.6 s @ 107.5 mph
1/4 mile	11.6 s @ 123.0 mph	10.8 s @ 134.2 mph
Est. 1/2 mile	19.4 s @ 151.6 mph	18.2 s @ 159.7 mph
Est. 1 mile	31.9 s @ 174.6 mph	29.1 s @ 182.1 mph

Acceleration (kph)

Speed & distance	Lexus LFA	Ferrari 458 Italia
0 - 40 kph	1.6 s	1.3 s
0 - 50 kph	2.0 s	1.5 s
0 - 60 kph	2.5 s	2.0 s
0 - 80 kph	3.2 s	2.6 s
0 - 100 kph	3.7 s	3.1 s
0 - 120 kph	5.6 s	4.5 s
0 - 130 kph	6.0 s	4.7 s
0 - 140 kph	6.9 s	5.6 s
0 - 160 kph	8.2 s	6.9 s
0 - 180 kph	10.4 s	8.2 s
0 - 200 kph	11.4 s	9.2 s
0 - 300 kph	50.6 s	32.4 s
1000 m	21.2 s @ 260.0 kph	19.6 s @ 271.0 kph

Rolling acceleration

Speed	Lexus LFA	Ferrari 458 Italia
60 - 100 kph (4)	4.2 s	2.6 s
80 - 120 kph (4)	3.6 s	2.7 s
80 - 120 kph (5)	5.3 s	3.1 s
80 - 120 kph (6)	7.3 s	4.3 s
80 - 160 kph (4)	7.4 s	5.5 s
80 - 160 kph (5)	10.5 s	6.7 s
80 - 160 kph (6)	14.9 s	8.9 s
Est. 100 - 140 kph	2.9 s	2.4 s
Est. 100 - 200 kph	8.0 s	6.8 s
Est. 200 - 300 kph	38.5 s	22.2 s

Braking distance

Speed	Lexus LFA	Ferrari 458 Italia
100 kph - 0	33 m (108 ft)	33 m (108 ft)
200 kph - 0	132 m (435 ft)	126 m (412 ft)
60 mph - 0	29 m (94 ft)	30 m (99 ft)
70 mph - 0	48 m (156 ft)	44 m (143 ft)

General performance

Category	Lexus LFA	Ferrari 458 Italia
Top speed	325 kph (202 mph)	330 kph (205 mph)
Est. 0 - 100 mph - 0	11.3 s @ 758 ft	10.8 s @ 774 ft
Est. max acceleration	0.74 g (7 m/s²)	0.91 g (9 m/s²)
18m slalom	70.6 kph (43.9 mph)	70.7 kph (43.9 mph)
36m slalom	136.0 kph (84.5 mph)	136.0 kph (84.5 mph)
Fuel economy	16.1 l/100 km (15 mpg US / 18 UK)	11.7 l/100 km (20 mpg US / 24 UK)
Lateral acceleration	1.07 g (10 m/s²)	1.08 g (11 m/s²)
Downforce @ 200 kph	13 kg (29 lbs)	140 kg (308 lbs)

Summary

Category	Lexus LFA	Ferrari 458 Italia
Track Performance	96	100
Straight line speed	64	100
Overall	83	100

Verdict

458 Italia is the fastest by considerable margin.

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Shwingbob 2y ago

im trying to see if any super cars of the time lose to it

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hostboy 2y ago

1.6sec quicker in the standing km, and 11kph faster in the same sprint. HUGE difference. The LFA is not a supercar, and even if it is one, it performs like F430/C6 Z06-level supercar with slightly better tires.

jeremyclarkson1 3w ago @hostboy

Lets not be that harsh on it, its track performance was still pretty good, it still beat the 2008 Nissan GTR and Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 and those were considered really fast supercars

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Shaggy 12y ago

This might clear things up, but maybe to make things more interesting, I should have put the 458 against the LFA Nurburgring package.

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