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The wait is almost over! Well we still have to wait until the spring of 2010, but it’s been over four years since its Detroit auto show debut in 2005. Car and Driver got the pleasure of driving a race-ready version of the company’s first supercar.

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With a 4.8-liter V-10 producing well over 500 hp, and weighing in at less than 3300 pounds, the LF-A rockets from a standstill to 60 mph in about 3.5 seconds. The car is easy to control when accelerating out of corners and handles even more directly than the Nissan GTR, which it will go up against for the title of ultimate Japanese supercar.

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The $250,000 production Lexus LF-A will have ceramic brakes, a speed-sensitive rear spoiler, LED tail-lamps, and bi-xenon headlights. This seems to be skewing away from Toyota’s “green” image, but according to a company engineer, the car’s carbon fiber structure can be easily adapted to house an electric motor. Also, be sure to check out this exciting new Lexus compact concept set to debut in Frankfurt.

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