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NEW TOYOTA PRESIDENT Akio Toyodo, the 53 year-old grandson of the company’s founder, has something of a speeding problem. Thankfully, he keeps his need for speed to the race tracks, with his most recent outing being behind the wheel of one of two Lexus LF-A test cars during the Nurburgring 24 Hour Race.
However, unlike [...]
TOYOTA AUSTRALIA announced this week that it has extended the warranty on the hybrid battery of the Toyota Prius, covering owners of the popular hybrid with an eight-year/160,000km warranty.
The extended warranty applies to more than 12,700 cars sold since the Prius’ Australian launch in 2001, as well as all new Prius cars sold from [...]
AKIO TOYODA, the man responsible for the Lexus LF-A supercar and the M3-rivalling IS-F sports sedan, begins his job as President of Toyota today, after 25 years with the company.
Grandson of Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota, 52-year-old Akio Toyoda takes over from 66-year-old Katsuaki Watanabe, who has been Toyota chief [...]
IT’S BEEN A long time coming for the Lexus LF-A, with prototypes first having been spotted orbiting the Nurburgring way back in 2004.
The LF-A would seem to have spent an inordinate time in the ‘on-road evaluation stage’ as Lexus debated whether the project should be terminated or allowed to proceed.
But signs are positive that the [...]
LEXUS AUSTRALIA has today announced the Australian release of the petrol-electric hybrid 2009 Lexus RX 450h, the world’s most efficient luxury hybrid SUV (first previewed in 2007 at the Tokyo Motor Show as the LF-Xh).
Arriving in showrooms on July 13, the Lexus RX 450h will offer fuel economy and emissions figures not far off [...]
LEXUS HAS ALREADY released the IS 250C in Japan - its first convertible since the SC430 - now the topless two-door is set to arrive here in the third quarter of this year.
But when it goes on sale, it won’t be the first time the IS convertible has landed on these shores.
Back in early [...]
WE’VE YET TO hear an official announcement from Lexus, but British car mag Auto Express is already claiming that it has the lowdown on the upcoming LF-A, and that it’s shaping up to be something very special indeed.
According to Auto Express, the LF-A will boast a 410kW (550hp) 4.8 litre V10 engine, a six-speed automated [...]
WORD AROUND THE traps is that Lotus’ upcoming Esprit successor may come in V10 trim, with the Lexus LF-A’s bent-ten speculated to be the powerplant of choice.
Lotus currently enjoys a close relationship with Japan’s biggest automaker, and uses the company’s 2GR-FE 3.5 litre V6 in the Evora and its 1ZZ-FE 1.8 litre four cylinder in [...]
When Lexus announced last month that its LF-A prototype enduro racer would be making a return to the ADAC Nurburgring 24-Hour, we got a sneak preview of the new livery that would be replacing last year’s oh-so-drab matte black paint scheme.
Now we can gaze upon it in all its two-tone glory, a few days before [...]
As part of its US launch, Lexus has unveiled a run of short television commercials designed to evoke a sense of fun and youthfulness in potential buyers, the video’s voiceover beckoning you to “live a little. A lot.”
“The IS C gives Lexus the opportunity to reveal its more dynamic and playful side,” states Dave Nordstrom, [...]
The sleek new 2009 Lexus IS250C convertible has only just had its debut in the home islands, but already the droptop’s F-Sport package has been made available for those seeking to get a little more perfection out of the passionate pursuit.
With a performance and handling approach foremost in the F-Sport catalogue’s offerings, the range includes [...]
The Lexus brand, despite the origin of its parent company, has only been operating in the Japanese market since 2005. While initial sales in the motherland were lower than the company expected, the launch of the LS460 in Japan in late 2006, with orders several times greater than expected, saw the brand become a solid [...]
It’s the weekend: time to sit back, put up your feet and forget about all the troubles of the past week. With that in mind, here’s a selection of images of Lexus’ mesmerising “Crystallised Wind” sculpture to help you unwind.
The last time we spoke about Lexus’ sculptural submission to the recent Milan Design Week festival, [...]
Lexus looks set to up the ante in its never-ending quest to upstage its German rivals, with the Japanese luxury brand rumoured to be prepping a 1 Series-fightin’ five-door hatchback for a debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.
The hatch will be built on the same Prius-derived platform as the recently-released HS 250h mini-Lexus, [...]
It was only last week that we learnt that the ‘always in development never on sale’ Lexus LF-A was heading back to the ‘Ring to compete in the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race in May.
The latest news is that incoming Toyota President, Akio Toyoda (grandson of the company’s founder) will be enjoying some wheel time during [...]
It seems like Lexus’ LF-A supercar has been in development since the Bronze Age, but despite having the most protracted prototyping phase of any automobile, there’s still no official word on a launch date for the V10-powered supercoupe.
But that doesn’t mean Lexus has forgotten about the LF-A. Quite the contrary. Toyota’s luxury arm intends to [...]
For those excited by the rumours that Toyota might be bringing a production-ready Lexus LF-A to the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, there’s new reason to hold hope.
The hotly-anticipated supercar is back in intense testing at the Nurburgring, and while little has changed visually – we’re expecting to see changes to the headlights and tail lights – [...]
This morning saw one big rumour for Nissan, so it’s only fair that Toyota gets one too, right?
According to US site InsideLine, Toyota is believed to be planning a display for the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show that would take full advantage of the absence of just about every other manufacturer.
With BMW and Mercedes-Benz likely to [...]
Each year, consultancy firm J.D. Power and Associates releases its annual Vehicle Dependability Study and each year automakers quake in anticipation of how they’ll place.
This year’s results must have come as something of a shock to Lexus, after - for the first time in 14 years - being knocked out of the top spot.
This year, [...]
When Lexus launched its first generation IS sedan, it had BMW’s 3 Series firmly in its sights. I don’t suppose it is any accident then that BMW is still being closely tailed as the IS range is expanded.
To prove the point, Lexus has just released details of the IS250 C, a folding hardtop version of the [...]
After only six years on the Australian market, Lexus has handed over the keys to its 15,000th RX luxury SUV in Australia.
The milestone was achieved as Lexus prepares for the launch of the all-new third generation 2009 Lexus RX 350.
The Lexus RX range kicked off in 2003 with the Lexus RX 330, the first vehicle [...]
Lexus is out to show the world it is serious when it comes to German-rivaling sports sedans.
The first indication came with the arrival of the Lexus IS F (see TMR’s roadtest review) in 2007 and now Lexus is planning on turning up the heat on its V8 powered sedan just a little further.
The success of [...]
Lexus has given Australian motorists their first look at the stunning LF-A Roadster at the Melbourne International Motor Show, more than a year after it made its global debut at the Detroit Auto Show.
But, it’s been worth the wait.
In terms of design, it’s easily to most dynamic Lexus coupe to date and with over 360kW pumping [...]
As part of the lead up to the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show, the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce arranged a special ‘drive demo’ for the press today, and a gaggle of journos and photographers gathered at VACC Park in Melbourne to check it out.
Convincing myself that a ride in the V10 Lexus LF-A Roadster [...]
Although Toyota’s newly-minted president Akio Toyoda assures us it is not far away, we’re still not exactly sure when we’ll see Lexus’ scorching LF-A supercar hit the showrooms.
However, to prove that it hasn’t completely forgotten about the lightning-quick Lexo, Toyota has collaborated with renowned Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto to create its centrepiece for the upcoming [...]
Lexus has taken the wraps off its new range of F-Sport performance parts for the IS 250C and IS 350C convertibles, and the IS 250 AWD and GS sedan range. This gives Lexus owners a few more options to coax some extra performance from their luxury whips.
These aren’t your average “performance” mods either. Instead of limp-wristed bolt-on spoilers and [...]
Late last week, we brought you the thirty second teaser of Audi’s Superbowl commercial for the supercharged A6, starring The Transporter. Well, now he’s back, for a full minute – and it’s a ripper. You’ll love the moment when he runs outside after pulling a job in the 90s, sees a Lexus, and with a [...]
Take one smallish sedan, drop a thumping 5.0 litre V8 in the snout, give it hard-core handling and tough, out-there style… been done before? Yup. But Lexus does it again and gives us its own howling ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’, the IS F.
It can be an exercise in futility splitting hairs over the performance margins [...]
Word around town at the moment is that Lexus is looking at adding a more frugal V6 to the currently all-V8 LS range. With fuel prices appearing to be on the climb once again, it would doubtless be a welcome option for many Lexus buyers – not to mention a handy boost to the brand’s [...]
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