{"id":136470,"date":"2010-01-04T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/04\/video-top-gear-takes-on-the-lexus-lfa\/"},"modified":"2010-01-04T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T19:58:00","slug":"video-top-gear-takes-on-the-lexus-lfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/136470","title":{"rendered":"Video: <i>Top Gear<\/i> takes on the Lexus LFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/coupes\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coupe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/videos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Videos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/lexus\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lexus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/luxury\/\" rel=\"tag\">Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/04\/video-top-gear-takes-on-the-lexus-lfa\/#continued\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/lfa-tg-630op.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Click above to view the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/04\/video-top-gear-takes-on-the-lexus-lfa\/#continued\">after the jump<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nIf you haven&#8217;t downloaded last night&#8217;s <em>Top Gear<\/em> through some nefarious means, you missed one of the few palatable car reviews the trio has done this season. In addition to taking the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/x6\">BMW X6<\/a> globe-trotting and putting the all-new, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/04\/15\/opel-and-vauxhall-reveal-325-horsepower-insignia-opc-vxr\/\">325-hp Vauxhall Insignia VXR<\/a> though its paces, Hammond track tested the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/lfa\">Lexus LFA<\/a> in a segment that brought out our inner nine-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Get past the flashy graphics and obligatory power slides, and the TG grew came away with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/10\/26\/2011-lexus-lfa-first-drive\/\">similar stance on Lexus&#8217; first foray in the world of supercars<\/a> as us &#8211; impressed and perplexed. With more power and just as much tech as a Nissan GT-R and 0-60 time and a <em>raison d&#8217;&ecirc;tre<\/em> on par with the Ferrari 599 GTB, it&#8217;s the price (and a lack of heritage) that leaves Clarkson and Hammond reeling. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/04\/video-top-gear-takes-on-the-lexus-lfa\/#continued\">Make the jump<\/a> for both the review and the damp Power Lap, and as always, you can get the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finalgear.com\/news\/2010\/01\/03\/top-gear-14x07-720p-hd-rip-released\/\">full episode in high-def glory over at FinalGear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-lexus-lfa\/low\/\">First Drive: 2011 Lexus LFA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-lexus-lfa\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/lexuslfafd_06_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-lexus-lfa\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/lexuslfafd_02_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-lexus-lfa\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/lexuslfafd_01_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-lexus-lfa\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/lexuslfafd_07_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-2011-lexus-lfa\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/lexuslfafd_03_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WC3V4Li6m-g\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/04\/video-top-gear-takes-on-the-lexus-lfa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Video: <i>Top Gear<\/i> takes on the Lexus LFA<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/04\/video-top-gear-takes-on-the-lexus-lfa\/\">Video: <i>Top Gear<\/i> takes on the Lexus LFA<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:58:00 EST.  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In addition to taking the BMW X6 globe-trotting and putting the all-new, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}