Our friends with the Toyota Owners & Restorers Club (T.O.R.C.) have done it again. They put together another successful All Toyotafest at the Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach, CA. For those that don't know, All Toyotafest is the largest and most talked about Toyota, Lexus and Scion owners meet at one of the most picturesque spots on the West Coast. Owners and enthusiasts alike will travel from all over the world to come to this yearly Southern California event.... Read more
"...We can't just be looked at as an upgraded version of Toyota."That's the word from Lexus brand manager Kiyotaka Ise who has succinctly summed up the motivation behind Lexus' new direction. The reality for Lexus is that they're still being seen as a fancy Toyota. That might be hard to hear, but it's a true and well deserved assessment.... Read more
What if the next Lexus IS F was bigger and badder? How about 450 horsepower, available in sedan as well as coupe and convertible form and aimed at Deutschland's best? Sound good? So far we think so.... Read more
It's unbelievable to think that the IS F was introduced over 5 years ago at the 2007 North American Int'l Auto Show in Detroit. This first Lexus F car was introduced with 6 exterior and 2 interior colors. Ultrasonic Blue Mica (8U1) with Alpine leather interior was the one. During our recent visit to the 2012 New York International Auto Show, we spotted a gem at the Lexus booth, a 2012 Lexus IS F in Nebula Gray Pearl (1H9) with Red Leather Interior!... Read more
We just caught wind of this latest Lexus LFA devanning not too long ago. To our surprise this is the second Nürburgring Package that was recently devanned here in Southern California. This LFA Nürburgring Package comes in Orange (9K5) and what appears to be the standard black Alcantara interior.... Read more
The forums came through with another vid to sate your hunger for fast hardware. This once comes from Bahrainian racing team E. Kanoo. They've got a huge stable of impressive cars, including an insane 630-hp IS-F.... Read more
This new shot of the ES doesn't really surprise us since the cat was already let out of the bag in China. The car will make it's official, debut at the New York International Auto Show where journalists will all pretend to be surprised by the new look.... Read more
Houston, the Nürburgring has landed! That's right--the Western Hemisphere's first Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package*--was delivered yesterday in Southern California!... Read more
Lexus has really been stoking the fires lately, with hints of a performance coupe from their UK blog, and now this. Product planning chief, Karl Schlicht, says he would love to build a high performance GS-F. The debut of a super coupe would go a long way towards improving Lexus' image. It would also probably be really, really, fun. ... Read more
