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After the week or so it takes to make an LFA, another week is spent just checking over the car. Their are 7,000 items on the LFA that get checked. Every item on the previously marked down evidence sheets is rechecked. Then the car does 50 miles on the track. Nobuaki Amano is the LFA test driver...

The Lexus LFA uses a V10 that is assembled by Yamaha. While the car is mid-engined, it sits in front of the passengers. The gearbox is behind the cabin for 48-52 weight distribution. Toyota has not gone public with the weight of the engine but their is a lot of aluminum, magnesium and titanium...

As The Truth About Cars week-long series about the Lexus LFA continues, so does the writer's trip down the assembly line. It takes four days for one car to travel across the shop floor and today focuses on final assembly minus the engine. The above photo is of the car's muffler being installed...

In part two of their weeklong series on the Lexus LFA, they take an in-depth look at the making of the cars amazing carbon fiber body.Three different processes are used to make the car including one that is centered around the astounding circular loom. The LFA is make of Carbon Fiber...

Lexus has sold all of the 500 LFA supercars that are in its limited production run. Until now, if you wanted to get inside the factory, you had to buy one for the $375,000 sticker price. The Truth About Cars has been granted special access for a full tour. They are running one story a day...