2011 Lexus LFA - Preview

by Joe LaMuraglia I'm in Miami, FL as a guest of Lexus to drive their new supercar - the Lexus LFA. It is the first attempt by the Japanese luxury car manufacturer to create a car to compete with the super exotics from Europe. It features a 4.8-liter V10 engine that generates 552 hp and 354 lb.-ft. of torque for a max speed of 202- mph. The engine is unique to the LFA and is mated to a unique six-speed Automated Sequential Gearbox (ASG). I'll be updating via Twitter during the day. If you aren't following me on Twitter, you can do so HERE.

1966-1972 Lamborghini Miura

Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Marcello Gandini
When the Miura prototype made its debut at the 1965 Turin auto show, it did so without its shapely body. Even as a naked chassis, the car caused a stir, with its transverse-mounted V-12 and its unified cylinder block and transaxle. Before the show was over, Lamborghini had hired Italy's Bertone coachworks to drape a body over it. At Bertone, the job was started by Giorgetto Giugiaro and finished by Marcello Gandini. The bodywork was completed just in time for the 1966 Geneva show, where the car was revealed in stunning red-orange livery. Bob Wallace, one of Lamborghini's triumvirate of young engineers who built the car, remembered, "People went stark, raving mad over it." They still do.