The long-rumoured Lexus LFA Roadster has made a surprise appearance at the D1GP Kick Off Drift event in Tokyo. The plan for Toyota to chop the top of the LFA to create a Lexus LFA Roadster has been running round the rumour mill for a while, but Toyota has yet to confirm it. That said, we reported back in October that Toyota were planning a launch of the Lexus [...]
Lexus has released a couple of new pictures of their LF-LC Coupe Concept ahead of its reveal next week at the Detroit Auto Show. We had a few teases for the Lexus LF-LC Concept last month as Lexus ramped up interest for the Detroit Auto Show, but the teases came to an end after an [...]
After a leak this morning of a picture of the Lexus LF-Lc Concept, Lexus has decided to be pragmatic and reveal an official photo. After Lexus plans to tease us with their new Detroit Concept were left in tatters this morning when a photo of the LF-Lc Concept leaked from a magazine cover, Lexus has [...]
The Lexus LF-Lc Concept has leaked out ahead of the Detroit Auto Show thanks to a Road & Track Magazine cover. Lexus has been busy teasing us with pictures of a new concept they’re taking to the Detroit Auto Show for the last week or so. But now we know what it is – the [...]
Lexus has sent us the second teaser photo of a new concept showing a new design direction heading for the Detroit Auto Show. Last week Lexus came over all enigmatic and sent us a teaser photo of a concept car heading for the Detroit Auto Show in January which, they say, heralds a new design [...]
The deal for BMW to supply Toyota with diesel engines for its range in Europe will not extend to Lexus models. The deal for BMW to supply diesel engines to Toyota for Europe (and joint work on advanced lithium ion battery technology) makes a lot of sense. BMW’s diesel engine are possibly the best there [...]
Lexus has sent us a teaser photo of a new Lexus Concept heading for the Detroit Motor Show which is said to preview a new design direction. With the 2012 Detroit Motor Show just weeks away, we’re starting to get the big teases from car makers eager to ramp up interest in their offerings. This [...]
Lexus is to debut the entry-level version of the new GS – the Lexus GS 250 – at the Guangzhou Motor Show in China this week. We’ve had the reveal of the 2012 Lexus GS 450h, and we’ve even reported on the US GS 350 and that the UK and Europe are to get an entry-level [...]
Lexus Corporate Manager of Product Planning, Ben Mitchell, has hinted to journalists that the 2012 GS could spawn a Lexus GS Coupe. The feedback so far on the 2012 Lexus GS has been very positive; the new GS seems, finally, to offer a real alternative for enthusiastic drivers to the offerings from BMW. Mercedes, Audi [...]
Lexus has revealed the F-Sport package for the 2012 GS. It’s being debuted at SEMA as the GS 350 F Sport, but the UK will get the GS 450h F Sport and GS 250 F Sport. Is middle age taking over or are Lexus cars getting better looking? Because the new Lexus GS F Sport, [...]
Lexus has revealed the ‘Sporty’ version of the CT 200h – the Lexus CT 200h F-Sport – for the UK. Starts at £27,850. It’s been a whole year since the Lexus CT 200h F-Sport hoved in to view with its add-on sporty bits and bobs, and now it’s finally arrived in the UK. In case you didn’t [...]
A very warm Lexus LS with a bodykit and a more than adequate 641bhp – and dubbed the LS TMG Edition- has been spotted in a garage near the Nurburgring. We’re starting to think that Lexus has finally woken up to the fact that having some properly good performance cars in their range is a good idea. And the latest indication of [...]
The hybrid version of the new GS debuts at Frankfurt, with the reveal of the 2012 Lexus GS 450h, promising better dynamics and improved economy. As we said last month – when the 2012 Lexus GS debuted at Pebble Beach – our favourite Lexus looks to offer quite a bit more than the old GS. [...]
The Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition has set the fourth fastest lap time by a production car at the Nordschleife track - 7:14.64 – and we have it on video. The news that the Lexus LFA Nurburgring has lapped the track after which it is named in a remarkable 7:14.64 will bring a smile to the face of Hiromu [...]
We had plenty of teases for the Lexus GS before it arrived at Pebble Beach, and Lexus are repeating this for the Lexus GS F-Sport and GS 450h Hybrid ahead of Frankfurt. We expect car makers to tease us with their wares; it’s our own fault. As online media we’re hungry for news, and teases of [...]
Lexus has unveiled the long-awaited 2012 Lexus GS at Pebble Beach. Better looking, and said to be more dynamic than the current GS, it goes on sale next year. It felt as if we already knew what the 2012 Lexus GS looks like. But we didn’t, not really. We thought the 2012 GS would look [...]
Lexus has worked hard to keep the 2012 Lexus GS under wraps ahead of the Pebble Beach reveal, but has been spied undisguised in China. Despite the best efforts of Toyota to keep the 2012 Lexus GS under wraps, they obviously forgot that everyone in China now has a mobile with a camera on it, [...]
Lexus has updated their range-topping IS – the Lexus IS-F – for 2012 with a revised chassis and softer suspension. Every family has a black sheep, and the Lexus IS-F is the black sheep for Toyota’s posh brand. Unlike the LFA – which pretends to be nothing other than a supercar – the IS-F does [...]
Lexus has issued a single front-on photo of the 2012 GS ahead of its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. We’re looking forward to the 2012 Lexus GS because it seems as though Lexus finally accepts that their cars need to offer more than stunning build quality and a green halo. They need to appeal [...]
Automotive News are reporting that part of Lexus plans is to launch a Lexus LFA Roadster in 2014, a year after the LFA ends production. We reported last year that Lexus had given the green light to chop the top of the limited edition LFA and turn it in to a new halo car for [...]
Lexus has revealed that the 2012 GS will not just offer a hybrid powertrain but also a 2.5 litre V6. But there are no plans for a diesel. The more we learn about the 2012 Lexus GS the more appealing it becomes which, considering the current GS is the most appealing driver’s car in the [...]
We have video of the 2012 Lexus GS, heavily disguised and running on a closed track in the rain, ahead of a reveal at Pebble Beach in August. We’ve managed to churn out a number of stories on the 2012 Lexus GS over the last few weeks as Lexus ramps up the interest in their new GS [...]
Lexus is planning on adding coupes to its range, the first being the Lexus GS Coupe – as the Lexus GS 350 Coupe – in 2013, according to a Lexus manager. We do have a habit of complaining that Lexus cars have a paucity of appeal in the driving and styling departments, but maybe plans for a [...]
Lexus has revealed it will debut the LF-Gh Concept as the 2012 / 2013 Lexus GS 350 at Pebble Beach next month. Back at the New York Motor Show in April Lexus revealed the LF-Gh Concept, a concept version of the next generation Lexus GS. And now we know that the Lexus GS 350 will [...]
The 2012 Lexus GS has been spied testing at the Nurburgring ahead of a likely debut at Pebble Beach in August. It’s not exactly a huge surprise that there’s a 2012 Lexus GS pounding around the Nurburgring in disguise, or that we managed to grab spy photos. Well, there is perhaps the question of ‘Why [...]
