Lexus News
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Lexus recently revealed its all-new 2015 RC but the most potent version of the stylish coupe, the RC 350, is likely to be packing only 306 horsepower. No need to worry Lexus fans as a high-performance ‘F’ variant is in the works, and is seen here lapping the Nürburgring in our exclusive spy video. While the regular RC will compete with the likes of the Audi A5 and BMW 4-Series, this performance variant, likely to be called an RC F, will target hardcore sport coupes like the RS 5 and upcoming M4. To ensure it’s adequately armed in this fight, the RC F will pack a...
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BMW And Toyota Alliance To Spawn High-End Coupe, Most Likely Production LF-LC
In late 2011, BMW and Toyota signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration on a number of projects ranging from the development of a new sports car platform to research into next-generation battery technology and even hydrogen fuel cell powertrains. Of most interest to performance fans is...
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Lexus Bringing Custom IS Sedans And LFA To SEMA
Lexus' 2013 SEMA lineup is chock full of sedans, with one supercar thrown in the mix.
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Toyota Announces New Autonomous And Pedestrian Safety Tech
Toyota has been treading a slow and cautionary path towards the implementation of autonomous driving technology on its cars; understandable given the recent spate of unintended acceleration claims made against the automaker. However, earlier this year Toyota showed a Lexus LS-based research vehicle...
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2014 Lexus GS 350 Gets Eight-Speed Auto, Other Updates
Lexus’ GS 350 has only been on sale for a year but the car is already receiving its first round of updates, just in time for the start of the 2014 model year. The highlight is the addition of an eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters instead of the previous six-speeder. The...
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The New Lexus IS F Is The Old IS F, And The Last IS F, Ever
The Lexus IS F was, when introduced in 2008, the brand's first real attempt to meet the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG head-on. For the most part, it was a success, even if it didn't top either of the Germans. Today, Lexus released info on its 2014 IS F, and it's almost exactly the same as...
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The longest-serving Toyota president in the automaker's history, Eiji Toyoda, died yesterday aged 100. He was a cousin of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda and ran the company from 1967 up until 1982. He served as chairman until 1994 and as an honorary advisor right up until the time of his death. Toyoda is charged with Toyota’s rise to dominance in the global auto industry as well as fathering the Corolla nameplate in 1966 and the Lexus brand in 1989. Another of his achievements was establishing ‘The Toyota Way’ for manufacturing, where cars are produced with as little waste...
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Lexus LF-NX Concept Live Photos: 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show
Lexus is working on a new compact crossover to rival the likes of the Audi Q3 and BMW X1, as well as the upcoming Lincoln MKC and Mercedes-Benz GLA Class and possibly similar models from Acura and Cadillac. At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show this week, we got our first taste of what Lexus’ new...
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Several 2006-2011 Lexus, Toyota Models Recalled For Electrical, Mechanical Issues
Toyota has announced two voluntary safety recalls for several Lexus models and certain years of Highlander Hybrid to correct electrical and mechanical issues. The first recall affects 2006-2008 Lexus RX 400h and 2006-2010 Toyota Highlander Hybrid models, related to an inverter issue in the car's...
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Lexus Previews New NX Crossover With Frankfurt Auto Show Concept
Lexus’ concept car for the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show is a preview of the automaker’s new compact crossover due to go on sale next year. That compact crossover will be called the NX and a stylized version of it will be on display next week in Frankfurt in the form of the LF-NX concept...
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Lexus To Open Luxury Stores In NYC, Tokyo, Dubai
Cars aren't enough for Lexus any more, it seems, as the company now plans to expand into "luxury spaces" to enhance the brand's image. Lexus has announced a new string of 'Intersect By Lexus' luxury spaces where people can experience the brand "without getting behind a steering wheel". The first...
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2014 Lexus GX 460 Revealed, Priced From $49,995
Lexus’ GX 460 and CT 200h are the only models yet to receive the automaker’s new spindle grille treatment, but now we can prune that list down to just the CT 200h as Lexus has dropped the first photos and details for its 2014 GX 460 and they reveal a vehicle with some radical plastic...
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Last year we saw TMG unveil a wild Lexus LS concept car built with the tools and technology previously used for building F1 cars (and now used for Le Mans). The concept was the TMG Sports 650, which came powered by a twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8 engine delivering 641 horsepower (650 in metric figures) and 564 pound-feet of torque. As TMG’s Alastair Moffitt explains in the video above, the concept was built to showcase the race car constructor’s ability to transfer racing technology to the road as well as preview potential upgrades for Lexus’ range of luxury cars...
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2014 Lexus IS SEMA Concept Gets DeviantART Design
The Specialty Equipment Market Association, better known as SEMA, is gearing up for its annual tuner bash, held each fall in Las Vegas. Lexus will join the party once again this year, with a unique 2014 IS sedan concept designed by the winner of a competition at the Internet art community...
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Lexus Teases New Concept Ahead Of 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show
Lexus has released a single teaser image of a new concept car making its world debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month. No details were released with the teaser, so we can only guess what the Japanese automaker has in store. The teaser shows the headlight of the concept as well as part of...
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2015 Lexus RC To Go Racing In Super GT
Lexus is working on a new coupe that will go up against the Audi A5, BMW 4-Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe in the luxury arena, however, the car will also do battle with the likes of the Acura NSX, Nissan GT-R and a few European exotics in the world of Super GT. Super GT is Japan’s...
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2015 Lexus RC F To Feature Carbon Fiber Panels, 455-HP V-8: Report
Lexus will soon launch a new coupe to challenge the Audi A5, BMW 4-Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, and just as those rivals all have high-performance variants so too will the Lexus. The new Lexus coupe will essentially be a two-door IS but a unique name, in this case RC, and differentiated...
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Lexus To Sell Previous Bodystyle IS F In 2014, But Charge More
Lexus’ sharp new 2014 IS sedan has just gone on sale and we so far have been quite impressed with its ride and handling. Unfortunately, a high-performance IS F version of the redesigned sedan is yet to be revealed so Lexus will continue selling its previous bodystyle IS F into the new model...
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Lexus first previewed a large, seven-seat crossover as far back as 2003 with its HPX concept, and since then we’ve heard from Lexus officials that such a vehicle was in the works. However, with Lexus set to launch a compact NX crossover and new RC coupe next year, it looks like the automaker might still be several years away from the launch of its seven-seat crossover. According to Automotive News (subscription required), Lexus has applied for the trademark “TX” and will use this for its seven-seat crossover due in late 2016 or early the following year. The vehicle is said...
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Lexus IS F CCS-R Highlights From Pikes Peak: Video
Drifter and racer Ken Gushi has impressive skills behind the wheel, and this wasn't his first time up Pikes Peak in a Lexus IS F, so as you'd expect, the 2013 effort with the IS F CCS-R was a serious affair. The video shows the highlights from the team's week on the mountain, from car prep to...
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2015 Lexus RC F (IS F Coupe) Spy Shots
Lexus' LF-CC Coupe Concept, shown at the 2012 Paris Auto Show, was a brilliant exercise in design and proportion--but it was clearly concept-only, despite hints that it might presage a production model. This appears to be that production model, the 2015 Lexus RC F. The latest images show the car...
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Lexus Rolls Out Final Short Film in Series
The Lexus short film series comes to a close with the fifth and final installment. This last video is titled A Better Tomorrow and was directed by Mitsuyo Miyazaki. It's as oddly captivating as it is beautiful. Based in the future, the film shows a world where water has become a scarce commodity. A...
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Lexus’ New Turbo Four Arrives Next Year
Despite focusing on hybrid technology to achieve most of its efficiency gains, Lexus will now follow rival automakers in the luxury segment by offering downsized turbocharged four-cylinder engines in the coming years. We’ve previously reported that Lexus would offer a turbocharged 2.0-liter...
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What Ever Happened To Lexus’ LFA GTE Race Car?
More than a year ago images of a mysterious Lexus LFA race car prototype sporting some very sexy curves made their way online. The images were taken inside the halls of TMG’s main facility in Cologne, Germany without permission, so no official details came with them. At the time, insiders...
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