Bugatti Veyron vs Lamborghini Aventador vs Lexus LFA vs McLaren MP4-12C

busydude

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Why do they have the rear wing flap propped up on the Veyron? It increases drag and reduces the straight line speed.
 

boomhower

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I'd take the Lambo. I don't even want to think about the maintenance on the Veyron. Heck the tires alone are around $20k.
 

jagec

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The Veyron is an incredible car by anyone's standards. But its styling just doesn't speak to me in the way that the Lambo and the McClaren do.
 

nismotigerwvu

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nismotigerwvu

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I'm also being rather kind on that 11.5...MT (who I sourced the GTR time form) has the 2012 LFA running an 11.9
 

jpeyton

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Too bad they couldn't get an Agera R for the run.

Without even watching the video, I would wager Veyron > Aventador > MP4-12C > LFA

However, if we're rating the sound of the engine/exhaust, LFA > every production car ever made.
 
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sandorski

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Not surprised by the results, but this video is fail from the premise(straight line acceleration being the determining factor). Perhaps I have been watching too much Top Gear(BBC), but there's so much more to what makes a great car than the 1/4 mile.
 

Baked

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If I got the money, I would still take the Lambo over the Bugatti. Lambos are just sick looking..
 

Sulaco

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I simply do not understand the LFA. NOT for that price. $300,000+ for that? No thank you.
 

Arkaign

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I simply do not understand the LFA. NOT for that price. $300,000+ for that? No thank you.

Exactly. It's really ridiculous when you consider things like the R8 V10, F458 Italia, etc, are LESS expensive and much more iconic. I would have been ten times more impressed had they made a car for the price/performance of the GTR or Z06.
 
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Exactly. It's really ridiculous when you consider things like the R8 V10, F458 Italia, etc, are LESS expensive and much more iconic. I would have been ten times more impressed had they made a car for the price/performance of the GTR or Z06.

In a funny way I think the LFA's defining characteristic is its price. That is the one thing about it that defies typical Toyota/Lexus virtues (quality, reliability, practicality, value). I think it's kind of a stupid car but the price actually makes me love it more (even if it makes me less likely to ever own one). The exhaust note is, I think, a contender for the sexiest on any road car, ever, but then again the Carrera GT will give you that minus the shame of paying mid-6 figures for a Lexus.
 

waggy

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The Veyron is an incredible car by anyone's standards. But its styling just doesn't speak to me in the way that the Lambo and the McClaren do.

agreed.

IF i could afford such cars i love how the Lambo looks.
 

nismotigerwvu

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In a funny way I think the LFA's defining characteristic is its price. That is the one thing about it that defies typical Toyota/Lexus virtues (quality, reliability, practicality, value). I think it's kind of a stupid car but the price actually makes me love it more (even if it makes me less likely to ever own one). The exhaust note is, I think, a contender for the sexiest on any road car, ever, but then again the Carrera GT will give you that minus the shame of paying mid-6 figures for a Lexus.

It's sort of odd that Toyota basically made the NSX of this era. A brilliant car by any standard, but priced a good 5 times too high.
 

HAL9000

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It's not the best looking Lambo, but it's OK. I wouldn't have the LFA under most circumstances however.

I'd be interested to see what they lap times would be like if they had done a propper race, not just a straight line.