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Le Mans Winner André Lotterer Racing Lexus LFA At Nurburgring 24 Hours Race
German driver Andre Lotterer will be racing one of two Lexus LFAs that will compete in this weekend’s race, marking the fourth consecutive year that the Japanese supercar is competing in the Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race. Lotterer just won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the number 2 Audi R18 TDI and has also…
Lexus LS460 Touring Edition Launched, Priced From $73,000
Japanese luxury car brand Lexus seems to be taking note of what its German rivals are able to do successfully, that is selling models with appearance packages for what would otherwise be boring luxury sedans. So now Lexus has taken the LS460 sedan, which is an incredible luxury sedan, but lacks visual character, and added…
BMW Declared ‘Most Influential Automaker on Facebook’
BMW announced today that it has been ranked first overall in the inaugural L2 Prestige 100 Facebook IQ. This new index measures the social media aptitude of Presige 100 brands from auto, beauty, fashion, jewelery and watches as well as spirits and champagnes. The Bavarian automaker currently owns and maintains fifty-four separate Facebook pages associated with its various…
Lexus LFA Rumors Point to Even Higher Performance Version
Those that have been fortunate enough to witness the Lexus LFA’s brilliance first hand know just how potent and magnificent of a machine it is. Even though some will debate whether or not it’s worth the price tag, we’re pretty confident owners are more than satisfied with their purchase. Be that as it may, Lexus…
2011 Lexus CT200h Receives IIHS Top Safety Pick Award
The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety today announced the all-new 2011 Lexus CT200h hybrid earned a “Top Safety Pick” award. The Lexus earned the award through enduring front, side, rollover, and rear impact evaluations and its standard electronic stability control. High-strength steel components are carefully located in the body structure to help ensure strength in key…
Kyle Busch Busted Driving 128-MPH in a 45 Zone, in a Lexus LFA
NASCAR racer Kyle Busch is used to going stupid fast. Normally it’s behind the wheel of his M&Ms sponsored No. 18 Toyota race car, but in what Busch describes as a “lack of judgement” the pro driver was recently clocked test driving a yellow Lexus LFA at a speed that is plenty fast, and even…
Survey: Car Owners More Satisfied With Independent Garages For Maintenance
Car owners are more satisfied with independent shops for maintenance, according to a latest Consumer Reports Annual Survey. The survey was based on more than 92,000 reports on service visits to independent mechanics and 230,000 service visits to new car dealerships. Buick and Lincoln were among the leaders with a score of 93, on a…
Lexus Re-Creates Champagne Glass Stunt 21 Years Later [Video]
To launch Toyota’s luxury brand in America, Lexus‘ brilliant marketing team made a now infamous commercial with an LS400, a dyno and a fine collection of champagne glasses. Over two decades later, an avid Lexus enthusiast tried to reenact the ad with his own LS460. Unfortunately his video had some very different results with the…
Maurer Motorsport’s Lexus IS-F Race Car To Join European Production Series Or V8 Superstars Series
Lexus‘ IS-F hasn’t quite become the popular performance sedan many of initially thought it would and the IS-F’s minimal presence in motorsports proves that it may not be the best platform to begin with. There are many enthusiasts out there that are open to proving all the skeptics wrong however, including MN Motorsports who built…
Lexus CT200h to Compete in Nurburgring Race This Weekend
Looking to show off the sportier side of the CT200h, Lexus will be competing at this weekends VLN3 race at the Nurburgring over the weekend. Entered in the SP4 Class, the car will be fielded by Lexus motorsports partner Gazoo Racing, which also field several LFA race cars. While it’s no clear indication, Lexus may…
Lexus IS-F to Compete in European Superstars International Series
For a luxury brand to be taken seriously nowadays it is a must to go racing with its most potent family car. All the European luxury brands are heavily involved in racing series like DTM, BTCC and the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and their successes on the track are well decorated in showrooms, to…
BMW Leads U.S Luxury Car Segment By 29 Sales
Lexus has dominated the U.S luxury market for several years, however the company recently lost ground with American consumers. BMW sits in first place ahead of Mercedes- Benz by a very slim margin of 29 sales. Supply problems stemming from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan is cited as the reason for…
Lexus Planning CT300h, Compact Crossover, 7-Seat SUV and New Luxury Sedan
With a recent warning from its dealers about stale products, Lexus is poised to roll out a list of all-new model as it looks to re-assert itself in the luxury sphere. The news comes from Lexus of Australia where top exec Tony Cramb has indicated new models will be a big part of the Lexus…
Lexus in Danger of Becoming the Next Buick, Dealers Warn
Lexus dealers have sent a grave warning to the company’s corporate brass in an internal document that has been obtained by the team at Jalopnik. The file, which details the concerns expressed by dealers at the recent Lexus Southern Region meeting, cites numerous issues with the brand and warns that, “it risks becoming another Buick.”…
Lexus LFA Goes Sideways With Pro Drifter Behind the Wheel in New Promo Video
To help ensure the company’s new supercar doesn’t show up as tomorrow’s news after being wrapped around a pole, Lexus has created the Lexus LFA Driver Development school to get educated on how to control their amazing new machine. In this video that spotlights the Lexus LFA Driver Development School, several LFAs are seen trekking…
Lexus Warning Message is One Very Engrish Typo
There’s an urban legend that Mitsubishi originally wanted to name the Starion, the ultra-80s turbo terror, the “Stallion,” only to FUBAR the translation. Say what you will about stereotypical Japanese pronunciation—somebody at Lexus isn’t helping that cliché. A GS450h hybrid recently ran out of juice in Holland, only to display the unintentionally hilarious message “low traction battely.”…
Lexus Concedes Luxury Car Sales Title Due To Earthquake
Nearly 5 months in to the calendar year, Lexus has admitted that it will not be able to sustain its lead in the luxury car sales race, due to tight supplies of vehicles and parts from Japan. With dealers down to a 30 day supply of cars (compared to a usual 60 or 90 day…
Lexus LF-Gh Video: First Look at the Brand’s New Design Concept
Twenty years ago Lexus unveiled the first GS luxury sedan sending a shot across the bow of the German luxury sports sedans of the time. The Lexus brand was just an upstart at the time and so the Japanese firm made the wise decision to contact an Italian design studio (Giugiaro Design) to sculpt the…
New York 2011: Lexus LF-Gh Concept Previews Next GS, Brand’s Design Direction
Twenty years ago Lexus unveiled the first GS luxury sedan sending a shot across the bow of the German luxury sports sedans of the time. The Lexus brand was just an upstart at the time and so the Japanese firm made the wise decision to contact an Italian design studio (Guigiaro Design) to sculpt the…
Widebody Lexus CT200h Revealed Ahead of NY Auto Show Debut
Owning a hybrid doesn’t have to be all boring as Fox Marketing demonstrates by teaming up with Lexus and building this wickedly clean widebody Lexus CT200h. Set to debut at this year’s New York International Auto Show, we were teased with some buildup photos and now we’ve finally got some snaps of the finished product….
Lexus LF-Gh Concept Revealed Ahead of NY Auto Show Debut
Ahead of its official debut at the New York Auto Show next week, Lexus has unwrapped the LF-Gh concept, which forms the basis of the next-generation GS luxury sedan and explores the brand’s future design direction. In many ways aping the design of the Audi lineup, this concept car gains plenty of hard angles (a…
Lexus LF-Gh Concept: New Teasers of the Next-Gen Lexus GS
After being given our first look of the new LF-Gh Concept yesterday, we now have more photos of what promises to be a dramatic concept car from Lexus. Sporting plenty of angles, aggressive LED lights and what appears to be a simply massive grille, Toyota’s luxury arm looks to be headed in a new direction…
Lexus LF-Gh Hybrid Concept Teased Ahead Of New York Auto Show Reveal
Lexus will debut their LF-Gh Hybrid concept at the New York Auto Show, a car that will preview the next generation Lexus GS. The teaser photos don’t show much, but the car does look like a pretty radical departure from the previous designs, which were understated to say the least. The concept is supposed to…
Toyota Says It’s “Too Early To Predict” North American Plant Shutdowns
After a brief announcement on March 23rd stating that the natural disasters in Japan may affect North American production, Toyota has announced that it is still “too early to predict” whether plants in Canada and the United States, which build both Toyota and Lexus cars, will face shutdowns due to a shortage of parts from…
