Talkshow host and car collector extraordinaire Jay Leno is currently visiting Japan, and having finished touring the Nissan factory, it was off to the Lexus facility where the $375,000 LFA supercar is put together. After walking the production line, where it takes 90 people three days to hand-assemble each machine before it is given a 10-day, 7,000-point inspection, the Denim Chin gets to drive a unique LFA Spyder. The speedster previews a run of 500 LFA roadsters which Lexus plans to build after all 500 coupes are spoken for.
This one-off LFA Spyder, which Leno drives on the Fuji Speedway, packs the same 560-horsepower engine as the coupe, but without a roof of any kind to get between the driver and the high-pitched wail of the 4.8-liter V10.