Legendary Gran Turismo race game creator Kazunori Yamauchi hut up the Nurburgring recently to do hot-lap of the Nordschleife in his race tuned Lexus IS-F as part of a special four-hour endurance race… or more testing for Gran Turismo 5. Click through for the video. - By: Kap Shah
Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrid , Hatchback , Lexus Lexus LF-Ch concept - click above for high-res image gallery Lexus introduced its LF-Ch concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September and it's believed to be a shoe-in for production for the European market. However, in a new Detroit Bureau interview with the brand's general manager, Mark Templin, it is confirmed that Lexus is seriously considering...
Lexus is no stranger to hybrids. Their GS and LS sedans, as well as the RX SUV come in hybrid variants. Problem is, the least expensive Lexus Hybrid sedan sets you back around $67,000, and the few other luxo-hybrids on the market aren’t any cheaper. For 2010, Lexus changed this with their all-new HS 250h. The [...]
ZEELAND, MI (MARKET WIRE) Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX), the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and commercial fire protection products, announced that it is shipping interior and exterior auto-dimming mirrors and its SmartBeam(R) High-Beam Assist (called Intelligent High Beams by the automaker) for the 2010 Lexus LS. This is the first Lexus vehicle to offer...
On the last day of Oct I went to the Tokyo Motorshow 2009 . There're lots of pics to post from there, but I wanted to start it with the prime focus of the day, the Lexus LFA . Some quick facts about the car: - Loaded with 4.8L V10 engine. - Only 500 units will be built. - Price is around USD 350,000. - Lexus' first supercar (on par with McLaren Mercedes SLR, Ferrari etc). This Lexus LFA was the main...
The Toyota showroom in Penang once used to be on this corner lot on Farquhar Street opposite the 32 Mansion. Between end 2007 and early 2008, they moved to this building on Jelutong Road where they provide the 3S service too. Now the old Toyota showroom will be converted into the first Lexus showroom in Penang. Photos taken with my Sony DSC-W300. iTunes playing Birdman feat. Drake and Lil Wayne - Money...
Of course, it's not much like the production 2010 4Runner we drove, but Toyota has a team running in the Stock Mini-size truck class in this weekend's Baja 1000. There's also a Lexus LX 570 running in the Stock Full-size...
For years, Toyota Motor Corp. has investigated complaints from drivers saying their Toyota and Lexus vehicles accelerated all by themselves, and the company has identified essentially one cause.
It doesn’t matter when you get your college age student a car because it will work just as well if you do it at his graduation or if you wait and finally cave in somewhere midway through sophomore year. The delivery of the car by this point most certainly won’t look anything as flamboyantly over the top as the new car deliveries made for spoiled and plump sixteen year old girls on MTVs...
According to the latest reports from Japan’s Best Car Magazine, it appears that Toyota is currently working on a ‘brother’ for the Lexus HS 250h which is scheduled to debut in January.
As we told you back in March, the new Lexus LF-A Supercar will be officially unveiled at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show and as you can see from the photos the car is ready to hit the streets. This is the final form of the car which appears to do the final testing at the Nurburgring race track.
Details of the updated 2010 Lexus ES sedan have been revealed. When discussing the Lexus ES sedan, the conversation invariably moves to the Buick’s newLaCrosse and the Lincoln MKZ. It’s not surprising since for several years now, it has been the benchmark for mid-level luxury value.