Lexus will unveil a facelift version of the IS compact this autumn at the Paris Motor Show.
The facelift include some minor visual tweaks centering on the front end – hence the disguise around this prototype’s snout.
Lexus will also revise the range structure, with a simpler model ladder and we hear the current range of engines (a 2.5- and 5.0-litre petrol, plus 2.2-litre turbodiesel) will be only lightly revised.
Lexus expects to sell around 8000 units a year.
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Lexus RX was first introduced in 1998 as one of the first crossovers’, a mix between the sedan comfort and the SUV style. The RX brings together the luxurious Lexus style with the legendary reliability of Toyota SUVs. Originally built off the Toyota Camry/Lexus ES platform,
the RX is a long time best seller for Lexus, and a benchmark to all other crossovers.
The RX350 is the second generation of the famous Lexus RX series.
Eleven years after its introduction, the RX recipe remains mostly unchanged. Over the course of its career, Lexus updated the RX with a more powerful engine (including a Hybrid version (400h)) and has added the latest high tech options (such as GPS and voice commands).
To keep its lead in the very competitive crossover market, Lexus just offered the RX a mild facelift, with a more powerful 3.5L engine and a name change (from RX330 to RX350)
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Specialised in tuning Japanese cars, Wald International added also the new Lexus IS-F to its portofolio. Offering an unique body kit the tuner wanted to add more sportivity to the car and looking at it he sure did!
The vehicle has now a re-designed front bumper giving the car an angry look, new side sills, stylish rear spoiler in order to improve the downforce as well as a new rear bumper with integrated air diffuser. Too bad the engine remained untouched, developing ”only” 423 hp. No words about the price yet!
As you know the Lexus LF-A prototype was presented at the Nurburgring 24 hours race. And not for 24 hours, but just for a second the engineers opened the hood, but this was more than enough to take a picture of the engine. Here it is!
As previously speculated the engine will be a V10, but that’s pretty much we know about the car. Maybe we will find out more in October when the production version is supposed to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. Fingers crossed!
You know already that Lexus is working on a new hybrid model built on the same platform as the Toyota Prius. Internally known as the 812L, the future Lexus will be launched in late 2009. What you don’t know is that the company is also working on a new dedicated gas-electric CUV.
The next-generation Prius, which is slated to go into production in Japan in less than a year, is expected to make its world debut in January at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show.
It will be joined at the Detroit show by a new Lexus hybrid, which may also feature Toyota’s first use of advanced lithium-ion batteries in place of the current nickel-metal-hydride system.
It is not known if the Lexus hybrid concept for Detroit will be a crossover or, like the Prius, a five-door hatchback sedan, nor whether its sheet metal will reflect the final production styling.
The new Prius is expected to go on sale in North America in late spring 2009, as a 2010 model. The first dedicated Lexus hybrid won’t arrive in dealerships until calendar year 2010, according to Japanese sources. A second Lexus hybrid is tentatively slated for production in 2011.
We don’t know when will be released, we don’t know how it will look like (you know what I mean!), but we can tell you that the future Lexus LF-A will be priced over $200,000.
Ben Mitchell, corporate product planning manager for Lexus, confirmed that the price of the carbon-fiber supercar "will begin with a two." And another Lexus source in Japan told Inside Line the price may be as high as $225,000.
The LF-A will be powered by an estimated 500 horsepower 5.0-liter V10 engine. It will be offered in both coupe and roadster forms, the LF-A will first launch as a coupe. Roadster versions will be priced even higher. Both body styles are approximately 2 inches shorter and an inch narrower than the 483-hp Ferrari F430, with a similarly sized wheelbase.
2008 Lexus LF-A Roadster Concept
2007 Lexus LF-A Sports Car
2005 Lexus LF-A Concept
Lexus is celebrating double success in the 2008 Fleet World Honours, winning the Security Award and, for the second year running, the Best Luxury Car title for the LS.
The Security Award reflects Lexus’s attention to detail in providing the highest levels of protection against theft of or from its vehicles, a commitment that is also recognised by high ratings from Thatcham, the UK insurance industry’s research body.
George Emmerson, chairman of the judging panel, said Lexus “does more than anyone else in the market” in terms of effective anti-theft provisions.
Retaining its Best Luxury Car title confirms the Lexus LS’s status as a flagship limousine that delivers exceptional comfort, refinement and technical brilliance, not least in the seamless performance of the hybrid power LS 600h.
Lexus LS600h
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Not only the IS-F can be hot; Lexus unveiled a sportier version of the IS 250 on the UK market. No, is not about a performance package, just a full body kit and the "SR" letters in the title.
The body kit features deep skirts to the front, rear and sides of the car, a rear spoiler and 17-inch 10-spoke alloy wheels. Owners who want to make a sportier statement can order the optional five-spoke 18-inch Tsuki rims. Inside the only additions to the IS 250 SR concern the aluminum scuff plates and pedals along with the standard heated front seats.
The IS 250 SR is offered in three exterior colours -Velvet Black and Cadoxton Slate and Argento Ice metallic finishes. All are matched to Worcester Black interior fabric trim.
Under the hood there is the standard 204Hp 2.5-liter V6 engine.
The IS 250 SR will go on sale in the UK from 19 May price £24,990 (manual) and £25,800 (automatic).
Lexus announced that the LF-A racing version will make it official debut this month at the German Nurburgring 24 hour endurance race. but, until then, the car was caught testing at Nurburgring.
The range-topping Lexus is running in virtually undisguised form beneath its matte black paintwork. At the front are distinctive swept back headlamps, together with vents cut into the bonnet to aid cooling of the front-mounted motor.
The LF-A will be powered by a V10 engine that should produce around 500bhp. Performance will be scorching, with a top speed well in excess of 200mph.
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