Lexus LFA

Just 9 of the 600 cars in the catalogue pair a V10 engine with rear-wheel drive, placing the Lexus LFA in one of the platform’s most unusual mechanical groups. That combination defines the LFA’s place in a dream garage: not simply as a fast car, but as a car built around a configuration that appears rarely across the collection. With 21 V10 cars in the catalogue and 19 naturally aspirated V10 cars, the LFA sits inside a narrow field before its other numbers even enter the conversation.

The LFA’s 4.8-litre naturally aspirated V10 produces 553 bhp and 480 Nm, delivering 0-100 km/h in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 325 km/h. Those figures place it in the upper reaches of the catalogue in some areas while showing a different kind of distinction elsewhere. Its power ranks 274th of 600, meaning it sits within the top 46% for output, while its acceleration is faster than 356 cars in the catalogue. Its 325 km/h top speed ranks 136th of 600. The LFA’s appeal comes from the balance of these measures, with its engineering character standing apart from a simple chase for the highest numbers.

That separation is also reflected in its production figure. With 500 built, the LFA can be compared only against the 177 cars in the catalogue with known production counts. Within that group, 74 cars are rarer, making the LFA scarce without being defined solely by scarcity. It comes from Japan, a country represented by 48 cars in the catalogue, and Lexus contributes 7 cars to the collection. The used price of £650,000 places it 74th of 600 for cost, with 526 cars below it, and its £1,175 cost per bhp shows the significant premium attached to this particular combination of specification and position.

For a collector building across 600 possibilities, the Lexus LFA occupies a distinct corner rather than a dominant one. It is not the catalogue’s most powerful car, its fastest car, or its rarest known-production car, yet its V10 and RWD pairing places it among a select group. Adding this coupé to a garage creates a reference point for a specific kind of engineering choice, one that few other cars in the collection can replicate. Its place is defined by where those extremes meet: a Japanese supercar with a naturally aspirated V10, rear-wheel drive, and a position unlike most of the cars surrounding it.