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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.

The new Lexus CT 200h hybrid, a showroom baby in that it's only been on the market for two months, has already earned the Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

NASCAR racer Kyle Busch makes a living roaring around stock car tracks in his Toyota Camry race car at speeds nearing 200mph but the young gun is in hot water after being ticketed for careless driving and reckless driving for traveling at speeds almost three times the legal limit near his home in North Carolina.

Featuring a fresh new spindle-shaped grille and foreshadowing the Lexus models to come, the Lexus LF-Gh concept car will make its global debut at the 2011 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). This model may create the benchmark for the next level of the luxury touring sedan.

Simply put, the 2011 Lexus ES 350 is one of the most satisfying sports sedans this writer has had the privilege of driving. It is an endearing cocktail mixing a luxuriously appointed interior, state of the art technology, gratifying handling and exhilarating performance into a deeply satisfying vehicular libation.

Lexus has released a teaser photo and information about a concept vehicle, dubbed the Lexus LF-Gh, that will debut at the 2011 New York International Auto Show and perhaps hint at next generation Lexus GS.

Toyota Motors recently issued their numbers for March 2011, showing that they were the only major automotive group to see a decline in March sales from 2010 and on top of that, the Japanese automaker has announced that most US models (including Scion and Lexus) will be receiving price increases.

Toyota has been working to repair their battered assembly plant in the Miyagi prefecture but due to a lack of natural gas flow to the plant, production of the Toyota Yaris is likely to remain stopped until late April.

Nissan Americas says it is well positioned to weather the problems caused by the Japanese earthquake and the ensuing tsunami and might be in a position to supply engines to Japan.

The folks at TrueCar.com have decided to have a little fun and ride the media wave (some would say disaster) that is Charlie Sheen by coming up with a list of The Top 10 Winning Cars for 2011 with the key phrase being winning, which is the former Two-and-a-Half Men star's buzzword.

We are watching very curiously for the actual Lexus CT200h vehicles to hit the streets later this month. Lexus is buying television time to promote the $30K “Eurowagon” as the Darker Side of Green with ads that invite you to “Challenge Perceptions, Escape Convention and Forge Your Own Path.”

Toyota’s first settlement stemming from the unintended acceleration that has spurred a recall of over 14 million vehicles has been approved by the California Superior Court, with $10 million being paid to the family who lost four members when the Lexus ES350 in which they were riding accelerated out of control.

When it comes to open air driving, the buyer with deep pockets has a wide array of models to choose from. Nevertheless few of them deliver the power, performance and sheer pulchritude of the IS C350 F Sport Special Edition, available this month. The 175 to be built make only about five for every U.S. city with a population over 500,000.

Since the first unintended acceleration lawsuit closed last year with Toyota paying out a hefty $10 million dollars, the Japanese automaker has been bracing for the impact of the class action suits based around their problematic vehicles but with the NHTSA/NASA announcement that no electronic defects were found, Toyota has requested that the class action suits be dismissed.

Three men from the Chicago area have been arrested in connection with over $30,000 worth of vandalism damage done to a variety of Toyota products at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show.

It seems if you’re one of the lucky few planning to buy a $375,000 Lexus LFA, you have the option of a day at the Infineon Racetrack in Sonoma, CA to learn how to handle the 552 horsepower supercar next March.

The US Federal Government is set to release the results of their 10-month investigation into the Toyota acceleration systems possibly responsible for the unintended acceleration incidents that have cost people their lives around the world.

Today, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A sent a letter to their 6,100 headquarters employees stating that they are offering contract buyouts for any company workers who are interested in leaving with a handsome severance package.