Lexus (Page 21)

The Dodge Viper has been out of production for over a year but after watching the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, the Porsche 911 GT2 and the Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition bump the Viper from the top spot, Chrysler’s SRT division headed back out to the famous German race course with stunning results as the 2010 Dodge Viper ACR ran a lap of just 7:12.13 – easily putting the Viper back atop the list of the fastest production vehicles around “the ‘Ring”.

Toyota’s production of 2012 cars and trucks for sale in the United States and Canada is at 100% and recovery from the March 11 quake in Japan has exceeded expectations, an executive for the Japanese car company told reporters in Los Angeles today.

The Lexus GS 450h was the world’s first hybrid executive sports sedan at its debut in 2007, but returns at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show for the 2013 model year with a second generation hybrid drive system and an Atkinson cycle V6 gasoline engine in a front-engine, rear wheel drive vehicle.

The slump at Lexus is over. The luxury marque sold 10,331 cars last month, an uptick of 6.2% over the same period last year. The ES 350 (pictured), Lexus's entry luxury sedan, was the Japanese company's best-selling car (3,887). Another big boost: Lexus moved 3,238 hybrids in August, an increase of 56.1% over 2010.

In the Lexus ad, at first all is darkness, then a human avatar of 119 points of light slides through space as though riding an invisible conveyance when suddenly a much more detailed human form constructed from 2,000,000 points of light, comes in to view from the opposite direction – the two forms collide.

Last Friday we brought you the breaking news that the Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition had once again taken to the track from which it derives its name with record-setting results and we now have positive confirmation from the luxury automaker that their LFA supercar indeed set the production car record with an incredible time of just 7:14.64.

Lexus and Dunlop are teaming up to make the ultimate in luxury. The all-new 2013 Lexus GS 350 is a stunning luxury sedan, and this new model will appear with Dunlop tires when the vehicle is introduced early next year.

There has been no official word yet but according to multiple sources, the Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition has shown that its name is more than a marketing scheme as this specially tuned Lexus supercar has reportedly set the new production car record on the Nürburgring Nordschleife course with a stunning lap of just 7:14.

When the big game opens at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show later this month, Lexus will be holding three kings in their hand - the all new Lexus GS 450h plus European debuts of the Lexus GS 350AWD and the Lexus CT 200h F-Sport.

The 2012 Lexus LS 600h L Hybrid is the brand’s executive sedan flagship and will remain on slightly enhanced, presumably because when it was first introduced in 2008 it was the virtuous embodiment of the designer’s vision.

Lexus today announced Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices (MSRP) on its 2012 models ranging from the CT 200h hybrid premium compact to the LS 600h L premium luxury hybrid sedan. Below is the complete information of all the Lexus 2012 model prices.

After getting busted doing 128 in a 45mph zone in May of this year, Toyota Camry driver Kyle Busch got his day in court with the verdict being a loss of his driver’s license for 45 days along with community service and a hefty fine (for the average person).

With somewhat reserved fanfare, Lexus unveiled the fourth generation 2013 GS 350 luxury sports sedan at the Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach yesterday, with general manager Mark Templin and the man whose name embodies everything Lexus, Toyota, Prius and Scion - namely Akio Toyoda.

The 2012 Lexus ES 350 delivers power, performance and elegance. It is equipped with an aluminum 3.5-liter V6 engine that produces 268 horsepower and 248 lb.-ft. torque at 4700 rpm.

Lexus has made minimal changes to the 301-horsepower-driven GX 460 luxury utility vehicle for 2012. The price range has not been announced yet by Lexus, but to give you a rough idea, 2011 GX 460s have sold for around $58,000, well-equipped, and 2010s were available for just over $51,000 base when they were new.

Lexus plans to introduce its all-new GS 350 mid-size luxury sport sedan Aug. 18 in California, in conjunction with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Scion, Lexus and Toyota lost sales ground in July compared with year-ago levels, but several individual models continued to post sales climbs. The best news came from Lexus, where the luxury brand of Toyota reported sales of 2,562 hybrids for the month, a boost of 71.5% over July 2010.

The fourth-generation Lexus GS will make its world debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance next month.

Lexus has launched an "Engineering Amazing" advertising and marketing campaign to plant the seed with potential new-car buyers that "the best is yet to come" for the luxury marque. The new Lexus campaign runs past Christmas and into 2012.

Ho hum. Another trophy for the mantle. Lexus is the No. 1 car company again in the 2011 J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Study. It is the fourth year in a row that the luxury marque has emerged as the best-quality car there is in the world.

This BMW fighter is pulling its punches as a purist sports sedan, but as a blend of sport and luxury the 2011Lexus IS 350 AWD is a knockout, which might disappoint the hard-core enthusiast but will amaze everybody else.

When His Serene Highness Prince Albert II weds his fiancé, Ms. Charlene Wittstock, at the Palace on the Rocher July 2, they will then tour the principality in a custom hybrid Lexus with a space-age, see-through polycarbonate roof. The full hybrid vehicle will be able to drive nearly every inch of he tour in full electric mode, underscoring the Lexus commitment to environmental stewardship.

Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, set a price Sunday for the exclusive rear-wheel drive 2011 LS 460 Touring Edition.

Some folks are born to the racetrack and others find themselves there by a less direct route. Driving the latest automotive models about a track designed by, operated for and maintained in the interests of regional car and motorcycle-racing clubs is a rare opportunity for many in the automotive media. High Plains Raceway is just such a place under an hour East of Denver, where the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press provided track time for those attending the second annual Rocky Mountain Driving Experience this week.

Lexus today gave birth to an online golf survey on the Lexus Facebook page (http://on.fb.me/LexUSGA) and during this quiz golf fans can vote on the "sometimes outrageous things" they have done.

Lexus is known for its fine automobiles. Now it is also dabbling in the culinary arts with fine foods and vintage wines. So it makes sense that the luxury car marque sponsored the Pebble Beach Food Wine Festival, where celeb chefs Daniel Boulud, Michael Chiarello, Dean Fearing, Christopher Kostow, Masaharu Morimoto and Michael Symon performed demonstrations for about 200 guests.