Entries Tagged as 'Lexus'

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Lexus rolling out factory performance parts at SEMA

Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA, Lexus, Toyota
click above image for high-res gallery of the Lexus IS-F
Toyota is the official sponsor of this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and Lexus, its luxury division, will be making its first appearance in Sin City at the end of October. On hand will be the Lexus IS-F, a very […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

VIDEO: Bose suspension in action

Filed under: Etc., Tech, Videos

Bose is most commonly known for its stereo systems and other home entertainment gear. The truth is that the company holds tons of patents, which it licenses to shrewdly fund research and development in a wide variety of areas, seemingly following the whims of Dr. Bose himself. The company has been […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Enter the rumormill: Lexus to develop 1-series rival for Europe

Filed under: Economy, Euro, Hatchbacks, Lexus
The Lexus BS compact lived up to its name when rumors flew back in 2005.
Those purveyors of the finest automotive speculation at Auto Motor und Sport recently sat down with Tokuichi Uranishi to discuss the finer points of Lexus’ future. During the interview, the Toyota exec mentioned that if Lexus […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

SEMA-bound: Lexus tuners take it to the illogical extreme

Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA, Tuners, Lexus, Toyota

It’s been made abundantly clear that Toyota is taking this year’s SEMA show seriously, particularly since it’s the featured marque at the event. But in addition to debuting the new Corolla and Matrix, along with releasing a number of factory-approved Lexus performance parts, it’s tasked nine separate tuners with […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Lexus looking towards performance hybrids

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Green, Lexus, Toyota

Lexus is the latest to join the “we’re looking at performance hybrids” chat room. Now that everyone’s talking about it, and rolling out concepts, we’re only waiting on someone to do something about it — as in, put one up for mass market sale.
Lexus US General Manager Jim Farley […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Neiman Marcus “Special Build” Lexus IS-F

Filed under: Car Buying, Sedans/Saloons, Lexus

Even though we just turned over our Jessica Alba calendar to October, Lexus is proclaiming that the holiday season is right around the bend. In keeping with tradition, the L-finesse’d automaker is teaming up with Neiman Marcus to offer its own special holiday edition ride to trust fund kids and […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo’s stillborn supercar battle

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Supercars, Acura, Honda, Lexus, Nissan, Toyota
Winding Road’s Japan correspondent, Peter Nunn, has dashed any hopes of the Tokyo Motor Show bubbling over with Nipponese supercars. Sure, we’ll get to see the rebirth of Godzilla in the form of the R35 GT-R, plus the unveilings of the new Evo […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Lexus bringing LF-Xh, LF-A to Tokyo

Filed under: Tokyo Motor Show, Crossovers/CUVs, Supercars, Lexus
Click the image above for a gallery of the Lexus LF-Xh concept.
var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/design/Lexus_LF_Xh_concept_hints_at_your_mom_s_next_SUV’; Lexus plans on unveiling two concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month, and while one of them is the LF-A that we’ve seen before, the other may foretell […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Lexus poised to be the next Cadillac, but not in the good way

Filed under: Car Buying, Marketing/Advertising, Lexus

Cadillac’s image resurgence sees it vacating its spot as fuddy duddy transport, which it filled for most of the 1980s and ’90s. Quality woes didn’t help, but overall, the brand induced yawns. Big, body-on-frame barges are still available at the Lincoln store, but there’s also a market for luxury cars […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Lexus returns the favor to Audi in new ads

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Marketing/Advertising, Audi, Lexus

Oh, what fun, a luxury sport sedan advertising smackdown. Lexus has returned a volley after Audi made a shot across their bow with a TV spot swiping at Lexus and implying that a self-parking car is for non-driving drivers. Like that kid in class who never knew quite how to […]

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