Well, that didn’t take long. In January, we got wind that Lexus was planning a hybrid version of its LC 500, which was an award-winning hit at the 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Now comes this news.

Lexus is only planning on making 6,600 models of the 2018 LC 500, with only some 4,000 of those making their way to the U.S.

We’re not surprised that the vehicle Toyota was giving us a glimpse of earlier this week turned out to be the 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro. That’s OK. We’re excited anyway.

We’re more than likely looking at the newest TRD Pro version of the Toyota Tacoma.

If you read our piece about the special suspension Bose installed on a Lexus LS 400 and hoped that the company would eventually make a production version of it, we can’t blame you.

Lexus representatives will certainly be doing a lot of talking at the Chicago Auto Show’s press preview day on February 11. However, Lexus brass will also be listening…

Due to an explosion at a Japanese steel factory last month, Toyota is shutting down production on all Japanese assembly lines for six days, from February 8-13.