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Lexus: Only Douchebags Can Drive Our New Car

Lexus is releasing a new supercar dubbed the LFA (or ALF if you rearrange the letters) and they are adamant that not just anyone with $350,000 will be able to drive it ... only douchebags with $350,000 will be allowed to get in the drivers seat of a vehicle that looks like a modded Nissan 350z.

Lexus LFA, a Nissan ripoff for $350,000 (Flickr HaveFunSVO)

So where does the douchebag part come from?

But simply having the $350,000 to buy one of the 500 LFAs Lexus plans to produce won't be enough: Buyers must be tapped by the company to be owners. People selected to purchase the car will be based on factors such as the other cars they own, where they live, and how often and where they drive. Potential buyers must apply through an authorized Lexus distributor.

Wow. Hey Lexus, if you want to be taken seriously as a high end car company, don't put out shitty cars like the IS200. Second since when has a company so brazenly requested its car owners be douchebags ... seriously Lexus I'm sure this Nissan ripoff is going to look great when its pulled over for speeding in a school zone.

Look, right now the luxury car market / douchebag mobile driving demographic isn't doing so well. The Ferrari California has seen some cancellations and Hummer is now owned by a Chinese company (irony?) ... in fact if anyone is looking for an '08 or '09 used Lambo on ebay and has the cash, you can pick one up for 50% of what the original owner probably paid.

"We want people who will drive the car, who will be seen in the car," said Paul Williamson, national manager at Lexus College, Toyota's dealer training school. "We want it to be seen on the right roads, in front of the right restaurants and not just being enjoyed by one individual in their private garage." (source)

God forbid I park this $350,000 car in a garage (especially during a hail storm where Lexus apparently wants me showing off the LFAils handling). Is someone at Lexus going to have a heart attack if the car drives through a zip code where the median household income isn't in the top 50 nationally. I mean I guess driving this car east of I-35 would cause the poor thing to self-destruct (which isn't saying a lot about the vehicle's reliability).

Lexus, get over yourself. Your company's sole mission is to build nicer looking Toyotas and sometimes you can't even get that right. Good luck with the ALF.