Lexus’s new commercial for its LFA exudes an innate level of style and luxury, with shots of its plush interior along with its futuristic control panel, and the insane burble of the rumbling engine that goes on to make an incredibly euphoric cry. Cry that is so intense that it makes a champagne glass shatter into a million pieces.
Before you start jumping to unnecessary conclusions Lexus clearly states that no CGI has been used to make the glass crack, just a little bit of science. The LFA among other things is known for its beautiful sounding engine and this has been achieved meticulously by a group of engineers through the tuning of the multi-stage exhaust system.
Through inspiration from the soundtrack generated from a Formula 1 car at maximum revs, the team created a unique sound by emphasizing the secondary combustion frequency of the engine and then introducing primary, secondary and tertiary firing harmonics. Its so unique that you can get it as a ringtone on your mobile phone.
They then hired a physicist to determine the type of champagne glass that shatters at the same frequency as an LFA’s revving engine. This was supposedly achieved at an incredible 7000-9000 rpm. Lexus has been causing quite a stir with the LFA recently, as it was announced that all 500 models had been sold. The more interesting point to the story is the fact that a third of these customers were from Germany. This from a land of BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Porsches.
Each buyer has already put down their 100,000 Euro down payment so it might be to late to check your bank balance. Nonetheless watch the video and enjoy the precision of Lexus/Toyota engineering.
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nice!!!
wow..
Very very nice sound indeed, a F1 car is too fast to enjoy the sound that it makes, this is just right lexus, music to the ears…
Imagine that it could break house windows as well haha…
They should play Imperial March…. ;)
“The more interesting point to the story is the fact that a third of these customers were from Germany. This from a land of BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Porsches.”
Very important for Lexus. Because their sales in Germany fell 55.7% in 04/2010, I guess they need the sales of the LFA to cover their losses… ;)
Source: http://www.kba.de/cln_007/nn_330190/DE/Presse/PressemitteilungenStatistiken/Fahrzeugzulassungen/n__04__10__grafiken__gross.html
does LFA can cover their losses by LFA?
i dont think so even to cover their rnd to produce this LFA
jz see buggatti veyron, do u think 1M to expensive for that car?Volkswagen losses 2M every veyron sold!!
They’re not making any money from the LFA if I’m not mistaken.
Marvellous. Hope Toyota can make its bread and butter cars to sound like this.
The Lexus LFA’s engine sound is more Ferrarisque than Ferrari. Too bad the price tag does not justify the performance, especially if the spec sheet is quite equal to the much cheaper and luxurious Ferrari 458 Italia.
there is HD clear and uninterrupted 3,000 to 9,200 rpm dyno video by motortrend. just youtube it. and enjoy the madness of endless revs. (Ok la.. Type R also endless revs.. :P)
eh, maybe it is that VW has bought them secretly as their R&D.
dun forget, they need to feed some tech/improvements into veyrons.
conspiracy theory.. hehehe.
haha.. maybe ur right..
vw bought one
bmw bought one
ferrari bought one
porsche bought one
wahhh… dont stand too close or we may get deaf….. hehe….. :-)
If this can break the glass….What about out ear drum? Our ear drum are more fragile than the glass? Oh man!
yes you’re right. therefore LFA is a stupid car. C’mon Peter….try harder. lol!!!
Only ah bengs modified cars can seriously cause deaf coz no r&d
its a GUNDAM in WHEELS
it just a simple vibration
the glass have its own natural frequency (fn)
fn=sqrt(k/m)
even IF a human voice could reach the glass’s fn, it still can shattered.