Are you ready to put yourself to the test? The Lexus LFA, the new V10 supercar, is so powerful that Lexus has set up a Diver Development school in California to teach new owners how to pilot and control their supercharged vehicles. Check out this article courtesy of The Lexus Enthusiast:
Wicked Driver’s Ed
FROM ITS VERY concept right through to production, the Lexus LFA has been almost completely unlike other cars—and this holds true even when it comes to driver training. Where most vehicles can be sent home with an owner’s manual in the glovebox, Lexus decided to create a special Driver Development program as a way to teach new owners about the LFA’s full capabilities.
While no LFA owner myself, I did get the opportunity to attend this full-day driving school at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California—which would explain how I found myself strapped into an LFA prototype on an overcast Monday in March, set to see just what speed I could hit in a quarter mile before it was time to apply maximum brake pressure.
Fortunately, my instructor for the day, Tim Moser, sits beside me, ready to tell me exactly when to upshift and when to slam on those carbon ceramic brakes. Blasting off the line, it’s not just the speed that hits me—mashing that accelerator pedal to the ground brings this sonic wave of pure unseen force, a wall of noise and gravity that has to be similar to sitting inside a jet turbine.
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