Lexus LFA Concept: all-electric BEV sports car unveiled

Lexus unveiled the electric LFA Concept at Woven City in Japan, linking it to GR GT and GR GT3 development. Learn what was announced and what’s still unknown.

Lexus has unveiled a new statement piece for its future performance lineup: the LFA Concept, a fully electric (BEV) sports car concept the brand presented as a world premiere. The reveal took place in Japan at Woven City—a location that reads as more than a backdrop, given Toyota’s positioning of the site as a real-world environment for developing and testing new mobility ideas.

According to Lexus, the LFA Concept is being developed alongside TOYOTA Gazoo Racing’s GR GT and GR GT3. The message is clear: the concept aims to translate core sports-car priorities into the electric era—a low center of gravity, low weight with high rigidity, and a relentless focus on aerodynamic performance. Rather than presenting electrification as the headline on its own, Lexus frames the car as an exploration of what a BEV sports car can be when handling, driver confidence, and cohesive feel are treated as the main goals.

There is also a distinctly philosophical layer. Lexus ties the project to the idea of “Toyota’s Shikinen Sengu,” referencing the ritual rebuilding of a Shinto shrine as a metaphor for preserving craft while passing knowledge forward. In this context, the LFA Concept is positioned as a vehicle for carrying over hard-earned techniques from experienced car makers to the next generation of engineers—while evolving those skills for a new technological age. Lexus explicitly places the concept in a lineage that includes the Toyota 2000GT and the original Lexus LFA, while arguing that “LFA” now stands less for a specific powertrain and more for the set of technologies and know-how engineers should preserve and hand down.

The concept’s experiential hook is called Discover Immersion. Lexus describes it as a deeper, purer way to enjoy the thrill of driving—shaped by the interplay of aerodynamic function and sculptural beauty, and sharpened inside the cockpit. The interior is presented as highly driver-centric, built around an ideal driving position and a minimalist layout that concentrates key controls around the driver to support intuitive operation.

Visually, the LFA Concept carries forward the original LFA’s sculptural sensibility while using BEV packaging to pursue a new balance of proportions. Lexus publishes only a small slice of technical detail: the concept is a two-seater, with manufacturer-estimated dimensions of 184.6 inches in length, 80.3 inches in width, 47.0 inches in height, and a 107.3-inch wheelbase. Lexus also notes that the exterior and interior were previously shown as the “Lexus Sport Concept” at Monterey Car Week 2025 and the Japan Mobility Show 2025, and are now being reintroduced under a new name with partial specifications.

What remains notably absent are the numbers that usually define an electric performance car—battery capacity, power output, range, weight, charging data, and acceleration figures. For now, that keeps the LFA Concept firmly in manifesto territory: a carefully framed direction of travel. Still, by linking it directly to the GR GT and GR GT3 development philosophy—and staging the announcement at Woven City—Lexus signals that its performance future is meant to be discussed not only in terms of electrification, but in terms of driver engagement and the craft of building sports cars in a new era.