Lexus LS600h L wins Chaffeur Car Of The Year award
Already a favourite among CEOs in the city, the top of the range Lexus LS 600h L has been awarded chauffeur car of the year, by The Chauffeur magazine in the highly competitive £50,000 to £100,000 category. Judged closely against the German flagship saloons from Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi, Lexus won the top spot in the toughest category for the most popular vehicles chosen by the chauffeuring industry. Key factors behind the judges’ decision included the Lexus hybrid system which allowed for lower...

The BEST Lexus Commercial EVER - But Somehow They Managed To Get It Wrong!
I was watching TV tonight, well allow me to rephrase, the TV was on while I was working on my laptop tonight when I happened to look up to catch a commercial involving a little boy on Christmas Day and a Big Wheel.If you were born prior to about 1985, you know exactly what I am talking about.The Big Wheel.  Three Wheels of neighborhood freedom.Long before kids cruised around neighborhoods in battery powered cars made to look like Mustangs, Escalades and numerous Jeeps, the three wheeled Big Wheel...

Future Mini Lexus Quietly Announced At New York Auto Show?
Club Lexus picked up on a sparsely attended NYIAS New York International Auto Show March 21-30 closing session with Lexus/Toyota at the "Toyota Live!" event that was mostly overlooked by the automotive press. During the news review portion of the interactive show, Lexus discussed several upcoming changes to their model line as well as new vehicles that will make their way onto showroom floors near term defined as model years 2009 - 2011. The one that caught us by surprise was the reveal of a...

More revealing shots of Lexus LF-A supercar
Photos of the engine of Lexus’ upcoming halo model, the LF-A, have been snapped by photographers as the car competed over the weekend at the Nurburgring 24 hour endurance challenge in Germany. During a pit stop engineers opened up the hood and also changed the tires, giving us full view of the engine bay and brake assembly.Lexus is yet to reveal any specs for the car but most suggest it will be a high-rev 5.0L V10 with at least 500hp on tap. [source]

Is The Lexus LF-A Betraying The Brand?
The fastest way to kill an automotive brand: sell a POS. The bloodletting caused by a brand new clunker can be spectacular. Anyone remember the 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood V-8-6-4? How about the Cimarron? It has taken Caddy more than 20 years to climb back from that double debacle if, indeed, they have. But there’s another, slower and more insidious way to ruin a storied car brand: distraction. When a car maker builds a vehicle that muddies the marque’s core message, it mortgages its future. To...

Official: Toyota to campaign Lexus LF-A in 24 Hours of Nurburgring
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lexus LF-A racecar.Toyota has confirmed that the Lexus LF-A will campaign in the 24 hour Nurburgring race this May in an effort to shake down the new supercar before its launch next year. Toyota has no intentions of winning the grueling enduro, instead, it's using its unconventional entrant into the race to aid development of the super coupe and gain feedback for the production car.The LF-A was recently spied making laps around the 'Ring outfitted with a new...

Lexus files U.S. and Canadian patent for IS Coupe
While everyone was running around scared on April 15 getting their taxes done, Lexus was busy filing a patent for the upcoming Lexus IS Coupe. According to the my.IS fourm Lexus filed applications with both the United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO and the Canadian Trade-Marks Office for IS250C, IS300C and IS350C trademarks.We expect the same powertrain lineup to be fitted into the IS Coupe from the IS250, IS300 and IS350. The Lexus IS Coupe will go head-to-head with the BMW 3-Series Coupe...

Lexus LF-A Supercar shows up at Toyota’s Motorsports Festival
The race enthusiasts of Japan had an uncommon opportunity to view the Lexus LF-A in action this weekend, when the extremely mysterious V10 sport coupe was displayed at Toyota’s Motorsports Festival at Fuji Speedway.This was the black “development” LF-A mule that participated in the Nürburgring 24 Hours this summer. At the wheel of the car was Akio Toyoda, executive vice president of Toyota and one of the major causes behind the LF-A program. Before a crowd of about 30,000, Akio did two rounds in...

Lexus LF-A high pitch scream from V10
Yesterday we saw spy images of the race-going version of Lexus’ upcoming LF-A supercar and now we have a video of the car complete with the shriek of the car’s high-rev V10 engine. Engineers are hard at work getting the car ready for next month’s Nurburgring 24 hour endurance challenge, which will also be the car’s first major public outing.Toyota has confirmed via its Japanese press site that its upcoming Lexus LF-A supercar will contest the Nurburgring 24 hour endurance challenge.[source]

Lexus LF-A Concept
Recently Lexus development team finishes its work on the new LF-A concept. In the end of May, they plan to take it to Nürburgring 24-hour race in Germany for a test and advice from the German experts. The results of the race will also show the automaker, what else should be considered in the development of the vehicle. Though the concept is not created for racing, the manufacturers plan to equip it with special safety equipment which will protect the driver even on high speed. Among the other features...