TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION HAS applied for several trademarks with the United States Patent Office, with the Japanese company registering the names “CT 200h”, “CT 300h” and “CT400h”.

The naming convention used suggests these badges are destined for a Lexus product and, with the CT prefix not currently worn by any existing models, odds are high that [...]

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After trawling through the US Patent and Trademark Office’s website for the inside scoop on what the world’s automakers have got in store for our American cousins, yours truly happened upon the above trademark lodged by Nissan. Hmm, could the R35 GT-R SpecV be heading to the United States?

Now before you say, “Tony you noob, [...]

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Since its debut at the 2005 Detroit Auto Show, Lexus’s upcoming LF-A sports coupe has endured an agonisingly long development period. To make matters worse, Lexus announced back in August that worsening economic conditions had forced it to place the super-coupe project on the backburner. Needless to say, the groan of disappointment from Lexus fans [...]

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