It responds instantly to driver input, both
good and bad. Make a mistake and it’s
not interested in flattering your abilities;
too much throttle and it skips sideways
sharply, and a firm hand is needed on
the steering as the nose sniffs out road
imperfections like an overzealous beagle.
Up to around eight-tenths the LFA is in
no way demanding to drive, but nearer
its limit it starts to feel edgy and focuses
your attention. This is likely due to the
car’s extremely low ‘moment of inertia’,
ie, the amount of force needed to make
the vehicle change its rate of rotation.
This explains why the LFA feels so agile
and darty, but theoretically means it’s
very easy to catch and correct the car
once it has started to slide. Perhaps on a
track it would powerslide all day, but with
an insured value of $1million, the public
road isn’t the place to find out.
Key to the LFA’s handling balance is its
compact layout. To achieve such a low
moment of inertia, engineers needed toLFA is bristling with
nerdy details: even
the floor-mounted
pedals would look
completely at home in
an art museumWHILE IT LACKS THE NUMBERS,, THE LFA