• Lexus RX (2009) revealed in brochure blunder

    30 October 2008 by Chris Clarke

    Lexus RX (2009) revealed in brochure blunder

    Lexus has let slip pictures of its new RX after a Japanese brochure was seemingly leaked ahead of the car’s launch. We weren’t supposed to see the 4x4 until the November 2008 LA auto show, but we’ve...

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  • Lexus confirms plans for baby IS

    22 October 2008 by Ben Pulman

    Lexus has officially confirmed it will build a BMW 1-series rival. Speaking to the German media, European company MD Tadashi Arashima told reporters: 'We will offer a Lexus in the compact class'. He...

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  • Does It Work? video: voice recognition

    07 October 2008 by Ben Pulman

    Voice recognition software is becoming more widespread, as costs tumble and the technology that used to be the preserve of executive cars now trickles down to more mainstream metal. But does it work?...

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  • Lexus at the Paris motor show 2008

    02 October 2008 by Rowan Atkinson

    Lexus at the Paris motor show

    A coupe/cabriolet version of the appealing IS250 was Lexus’s highlight at Paris. Its three-piece folding metal roof completes its gymnastics in just 20 seconds before folding flat in the cavernous...

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  • Lexus RX hybrid (2009) spy video

    26 September 2008 by Ben Pulman

    Despite sales of the RX400h rapidly climbing, Lexus is busy readying the next-gen SUV. But the new RX will only be available as a hybrid because sales of the petrol-only models are nearly...

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  • Lexus sales up but Toyota’s profits tumble

    13 August 2008 by Rowan Atkinson

    With spiralling fuel prices, luxury off-roaders may be seen as the devil on wheels in the UK’s current cash-strapped economic climate – which would explain why last month saw a sharp drop in SUV sales...

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  • Lexus at the London motor show 2008

    23 July 2008 by Ben Whitworth and CAR reader reporter Carcare

    Lexus LF-A stars on the Lexus stand – just ahead of the IS-F. High performance, Japanese style

    There was a performance bent on the Lexus stand, proving that Toyota's upmarket premium brand is keen to shed its image as a purveyor of steady-Eddy, high-luxury but low-on-thrills cars. What’s new on...

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  • Video: Nurburgring 24 hour race

    27 June 2008 by Rowan Atkinson

    The Nürburgring 24 hours is one of the very toughest races on the motorsport calendar, a grid packed with 230 cars where dedicated amateurs can mix it with factory teams and the world’s best...

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  • Lexus LF-A roadster at Geneva

    06 March 2008 by Rowan Atkinson

    What’s new on Lexus’s Geneva Motor Show stand? In global unveil terms, the Lexus stand had nothing new. The LF-A roadster concept first revealed at the 2008 Detroit show two months ago took centre...

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  • Lexus LF-Xh unveiled

    25 October 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    Is this the RX400h replacement I see before me? Reckon so. The next-generation large SUV concept unveiled today at the 2007 Tokyo show features an advanced hybrid system with a V6 petrol engine, an...

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  • Lexus LF-Xh unveiled

    25 October 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    Is this the RX400h replacement I see before me? Reckon so. The next-generation large SUV concept unveiled today at the 2007 Tokyo show features an advanced hybrid system with a V6 petrol engine, an...

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  • Lexus IS-F and GS

    13 September 2007 by Tim Pollard

    Lexus ISF: the lowdown We’ve seen the ISF before, but it’s here again in Frankfurt ahead of its arrival in the UK in March 2008. Don’t think of this 400bhp 5.0 V8 as an M3 rival, officials warn. ‘It...

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  • Hybrids suffer in new Congestion Charge

    08 August 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    Transport for London today proposed a far-reaching shake-up of the capital's Congestion Charge, linking a new incremental system to a car’s C02 outputs and axeing the automatic hybrid...

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  • Hybrid Lexus goes endurance racing

    03 June 2007 by Phil McNamara

    A track-honed version of Lexus' GS450h hybrid saloon has completed a 24 hour Japanese endurance race. The racer ran the production car's powertrain: a 292bhp V6 petrol engine supplemented by 197bhp...

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  • Lexus IS-F (2007): first official pictures

    08 January 2007 by Ben Oliver

    So Lexus reckons it can do quick as well as quiet? The IS-F is the first in a series of F-badged performance cars with which Lexus hopes to take on Merc's AMG and BMW's M division. It was one of the...

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