There is something special about big-displacement, high-cylinder count engines. Aside from their obvious power and performance capabilities, these engines often provide a very prominent vocal exhaust note. Once you hear these glorious exhausts, you are sure to be hooked.

While these engines are pretty uncommon in most powertrain setups, they have featured in various supercars and some might even argue that they are a crucial aspect of classifying a car as a supercar. Aston Martin and Lexus are the creme-of-the-crop in their respective nations; Aston Martin in Britain and Lexus in Japan. Both these countries have a proud history of performance vehicles with a heightened appeal for driving.

Be it the Lotus Exige, McLaren P1, or Jaguar F-Type in Britain or the Toyota Supra, Nissan Skyline GT-R, or Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution in Japan. However, the Aston Martin One-77 and Lexus LFA respectively, are arguably the best sounding and overly engineered modern classics made in the last two decades. And they don’t make supercars or hypercars like these two anymore!

Let’s look at how the Aston Martin One-77 and the Lexus LFA compare in performance, technology, and exotic appeal. Picking the better one here is going to be a tough task.

Astonishing Aston Martin One-77

The One-77 is Aston Martin’s priced procession and one of the most sophisticated cars to come out of Great Britain. Apart from the obvious elegance, this particular Aston…