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Secretive Lexus LFA workshop now makes Toyota Mirai fuel cell sedan

The Mirai, with its dedicated platform and hydrogen-powered drivetrain replete with mammoth fuel tanks, is better built by hand than in Toyota's ultra-efficient factories. (BLOOMBERG)
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By:
Hans Greimel
November 27, 2014 05:00 AM

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. has struggled to fill the void at the secretive workshop in Japan where the Lexus LFA was assembled ever since the last $375,000 sports car rolled off a line in December 2012.

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