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Newswheel staff :: 09 April 2008 :: Filed under Front engine sportscar, Lexus, Lexus GS, Lexus IS, Lexus LF-A, Lexus LS
In the grand old US of A, Toyota’s luxury brand sweeps all asunder. But it hasn’t really hit critical mass in Europe. Odds are it will soon enough if Lexus' aggressive product plans are anything to go by. Following the well received IS-F V8 compact sports saloon, Lexus will also unleash a speedy ‘F’ derivative of the mid-sized GS luxury barge along with a new compact model that slots in below the IS and will take on BMW’s increasingly successful 1 Series. Needless to say, more hybrid Lexi are on the way, too…
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Newswheel staff :: 11 January 2007 :: Filed under Saloon, Lexus, Lexus IS, Europe & UK, US
If the LF-A supercar is a taste of what Lexus is planning for the future, the IS-F is the first tangible example of the brand’s effort to establish serious performance car cred. Based on the BMW S Series-sized IS saloon, the IS-F packs a 400bhp, 5-litre V8 and a whole raft of rather tasty chassis and drivetrain mods…
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Newswheel staff :: 11 January 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Lexus, Lexus LF-A, Europe & UK, US
First shown in concept form at the Detroit show two years ago, Lexus’s various development versions of the LF-A V10 supercar have been seen banging in laps at the usual test facilities for around 18 months. Now the Japanese luxury brand has prepped a new concept revision that is said to be extremely close to the final series production variant…
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Newswheel staff :: 06 December 2006 :: Filed under Saloon, Lexus, Europe & UK, US
That’s right, folks. The creative geniuses at Lexus Towers have come up with a brilliant single-letter designation for the brand’s new performance division. It’s the letter ‘F’, and it simply stands for ‘fast’…
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Newswheel staff :: 13 April 2006 :: Filed under Hybrid, Saloon, Lexus, Lexus LS, Europe & UK, US
It’s due out around spring 2007. It’s the world’s first petrol-electic hybrid vehicle with a V8 powerplant. It cranks out a combined peak power output of over 430bhp. And Toyota claims it’s nothing less than the most technically advanced car in the world. We give you the new Lexus LS600h luxury saloon. But here’s the catch: Lexus has so far declined to divulge precise fuel consumption figures. Suspicious? Perhaps, given the fact that the suits from Toyota will only hint at a number around the 25mpg mark…
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Newswheel staff :: 22 March 2006 :: Filed under Hybrid, SUV, Lexus, Lexus RX, US
Not Americans, according to a report by Stateside daily USA Today. While compact petrol-electric hybrids such as Toyota’s Prius and the Honda Civic continue to fly off forecourts in the US, registrations of bigger beasts including Ford’s Escape hybrid and the RX 400h from Lexus are stodgy enough to have the marketing men prepping sales incentives.
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Newswheel staff :: 09 February 2006 :: Filed under SUV, Lexus, Lexus RX, Europe & UK, US
With the new Mercedes ML packing some preposterously powerful V8 engines and even Volvo’s XC90 offering a pokey bent-eight option, Lexus’s 200bhp RX300 is looking a little limp. So, we’ll file the upcoming RX350, due to be shown at Geneva, under “just in time”.
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Newswheel staff :: 08 January 2006 :: Filed under Saloon, Lexus, Lexus LS, Europe & UK, US
Here’s a shock. A bona fide new car debut at the Detroit show that hadn’t been leaked during the run up. Except, of course, Lexus has already shown the new LS, albeit slightly disguised as the LF-Sh concept car, back at the Tokyo show.
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Newswheel staff :: 17 November 2005 :: Filed under Saloon, Lexus, Lexus IS, Europe & UK,
Lexus has announced UK pricing for its BMW 3 Series-bashing IS saloon. Initially available with a 2.5-litre petrol V6, the IS will be offered with a new 2.2-litre diesel lump early next year. Still no word, however, on when the 300bhp+ IS350 model, as sold in the US, will make it to Blighty.
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Newswheel staff :: 19 October 2005 :: Filed under Hybrid, Saloon, Lexus, Lexus LF-Sh, Lexus LS, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US
A new LS is the only piece missing from Lexus’ “L-Finesse” model range puzzle. But this LF-Sh concept, unveiled at the Tokyo show today, is surely the new LS by another name.
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Newswheel :: 13 October 2005 :: Filed under Front engine sportscar, Lexus, Lexus LF-A, Toyota, Europe & UK, US
Reports that Toyota’s slick Lexus LF-A front-engined supercar concept is running a V10 have reached critical mass. But will the production version appear at this month’s Tokyo show? And will the car be branded Toyota or Lexus? Update: Toyota has also announced a flagship Lexus saloon concept for the Tokyo show, very likely a thinly disguised new LS.
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Newswheel staff :: 30 April 2005 :: Filed under Front engine sportscar, Lexus, Lexus LF-A, Europe & UK, US
Edmunds.com has footage of the upcoming Lexus LF-A supercoupe banging in a few laps at the hallowed Nurburgring track in Germany. Worth a butcher’s.
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