Lexus is wasting no time preparing the IS F CCS-R racecar for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on July 8.
Straight after its arrival in the States, the Lexus motorsports team took the IS F CCS-R to the Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, California, for its very first test on U.S. soil.
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Lexus has welcomed the IS F CCS-R racer to the U.S. as its first ever entry in Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, which will take place in July.
The IS F CCS-R is the racing version of the Lexus IS F Circuit Club Sport concept dispalyed at the 2010 Tokyo Motor Show. It has taken part in several races such as the VLN 10 event at the Nürburgring.
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We are still waiting for Lexus to price the new ES sedan, but today, the Japanese automaker released EPA estimated fuel-economy ratings and performance figures for both the 2013 ES 350 and ES 300h.
The new ES 350 is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine rated at 268 horsepower at 6,200 rpm and 248 lb.-ft. of peak torque at 4,700, linked to a six-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels.
According to Lexus, the mid-size saloon completes the 0-60mph (96km/h) sprint in 7.1 seconds and the quarter mile in 15.1 seconds, and tops out at 130mph (209km/h – electronically limited). It returns an EPA estimated 21 mpg city, 31 mpg highway and 24 mpg combined.
By comparison, the outgoing 2012 ES 350 does 0-60mph in 7.0 seconds, the quarter mile in 15.2 seconds and achieves 19mpg city, 27mpg highway and 22 mpg combined, meaning that the new model is equally fast but more fuel efficient.
Could the next generation of the Lexus GX luxury SUV abandon its current body-on-frame platform for a car-like unibody architecture? Mark Templin, group vice president of the Lexus division, believes it is an option.
"There is a potential that at some point, when we replace the GX, we can have a car-based SUV," Templin told Wards Auto during a recent media event.
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Reinforced A-pillars and pyrotechnically charged roll hoops are obviously not on the menu for this second-generation Lexus LS 400 Cabriolet, which was created in a matter of minutes during a DIY coachbuilding lesson at the 2012 StanceWars event in Belgium this past weekend.
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As of April 30, the Toyota and Lexus brands have both sold more than 4 million hybrid vehicles around the world since the market launch of Toyota's first hybrid model in Japan, the Coaster Hybrid EV in August 1997, followed by the Prius in December of the same year.
Global sales of the Prius began in Europe, North America and other regions in 2000, with the second-generation of the model landing in showrooms in 2003. The Japanese automaker then expanded the use of its hybrid system on other models such as minivans, SUVs, rear-wheel-drive sedans and compact hatchbacks.
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The global rollout of the facelifted Lexus RX crossover continues with the launch of the RX 450h in the UK. The hybrid model is on sale now with on-the-road prices ranging from £44,495 to £55,495.
The revamped RX 450h is offered in four trim levels including the base SE, the Luxury, the newly introduced F Sport and the Premier.
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Just because the Toyota Group is the king of hybrids does not mean that all of its products are a runaway success. Take Lexus' HS 250h dedicated hybrid sedan, which was introduced in North America in August of 2009, for example.
In 2010, Lexus sold a mediocre 10,663 units of the HS 250h, which at the time was priced from $34,200. The following year was worse, much, much worse with sales plummeting 73 percent to a pitiful 2,864 units or less than 240 cars per month.
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Only a few months after reaching showrooms in the U.S., the 2013 Lexus GS sedan has suffered its first recall, or to be precise, a voluntary safety recall.
However, not all GS variants are affected as the recall concerns approximately 650 units of the 2013 GS 350 rear-wheel drive model with the F Sport package to update the Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS) electronic control unit (ECU) calibration.
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The moment of truth for the Toyota group and its entries in this weekend's 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race is almost here.
The Japanese carmaker will be represented in the race by four GT86 coupes, which is also known as the Toyota 86 in Japan and Scion FR-S in North America, and one Lexus LFA.
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What would you do if a carmaker loaned you a limited production supercar like the Lexus LFA for a few days?
We are willing to bet that you can think of a lot of things to do but jumping over a $375,000 sports car with a skateboard would most likely be out of the question. But that's only because you are not named Tony Hawk…
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One of the last things you expect to see floating in your home's swimming pool is an automobile, yet this is precisely what the Diaz family in California woke up to in the early hours of Sunday.
What had happened is that Modesto Cabral, a 40-year old resident of La Puente, drove his silver Lexus GS430 sedan through the Diaz house's cinderblock wall crashing into their swimming pool.
"We woke up to an awful noise and looked outside, and a car was in the pool," Janelle Diaz, 16, told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune (follow the link for more pictures), which first reported the story. "We had always joked around about it - that someone was going to end up in the pool - because they've hit our wall before," she added.
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In its premiere episode, Speed's new television show "Shut up and Drive!" with hosts Justin Bell and Townsend Bell took the brand new 2013 Lexus GS F Sport out to Northern Oregon’s twisty Rowena Loops.
After closing a section of the public highway, the two men battled it out in the new Lexus sedan that sports a 306-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 and select chassis upgrades in F Sport guise.
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As Lexus prepares for the market launch of the new ES this summer, the Japanese company wants us to be better acquainted with the mid-size model through the release of two videos.
The first clip includes a quick 360-degree walk-around the car with Bill Camp from the Lexus College pointing out the highlights, while the second video is a promotional film showing the ES on the road.
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As is common with many car manufactures these days, Lexus has begun the development phase of its next IS premium sedan with a test mule that utilizes the body of the current model with the undercarriage of the new variant to assess the car's mechanical parts without revealing its design.
This particular prototype that was freshly spied testing in Europe features slightly extended front-and rear-ends.
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With all these crazy internet videos of mostly amateur drivers performing amateur yet often dangerous stunts on and off the road in Saudi Arabia, one has to believe that owning a car dealership and/or a repair shop must be an extremely lucrative business in the country.
Carscoop reader 'Stallion' tipped us off about another mishap that occurred on the sand dunes of the Saudi Arabian desert when the driver of a 2012 Lexus LX 570 somehow managed to flip over the large SUV.
Judging by the cheering and the claps in the last of the three videos, we're going to assume that no one was hurt in the accident.
More than a year after Lexus officially presented the LFA Nürburgring Edition at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the first example of the Japanese supercar arrived in Europe and was delivered this week to an unnamed customer in Britain. This is one of only 50 LFA Nürburgring Edition models that will be sold worldwide.
The Nürburgring Edition model is finished in an orange exterior hue with a black interior, but that's not what makes it special.
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If it works for Apple, then maybe it can work for Lexus. We're talking about Apple's so-called 'Genius Bar', which is a communal-style help desk located inside the company’s retail stores.
For those of you wondering why car dealership customers would need a technical support station, all you have to do is look at the increasing number of electronic gizmos found in modern day vehicles, especially in the luxury car segment.
According to Forbes, Lexus will create its own version of Apple's 'Genius Bar' at its U.S. showrooms and for this reason, many of the company's 230 dealers in the country will increase the number of people who work in their sales department by as much as 20 percent.
Vincent Salisbury, training manager at the company’s Lexus College brand-education enterprise, told the magazine that some 2,400 people will pass through two-and-a-half-day training sessions in California by June for this matter.
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It's time for a strategic change over at Toyota as the Japanese automaker today announced a new framework for vehicle development that will affect all brands within the group with the aim of lowering costs, reducing launch times as well as making its vehicles more appealing both in terms of styling and handling.
A core element of the firm's new strategy is the development of new global vehicle architectures that are to be shared across the world, a move that Toyota claims will ultimately help in the creation of better cars.
"Cooperation between planning and design divisions will result in a revised vehicle body structure with which new platforms will feature a lower center of gravity and bolder styling," said Toyota in a statement. "This will help to realize the development of cars with never-before-seen emotional designs and superb handling."
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If you were eyeing one of Lexus' newest models, the Japanese automaker has just announced pricing for the brand-new 2013 GS 450h and the updated 2013 RX 350, 450h and 450h F Sport.
We'll start with the 2013 GS 450h hybrid sedan that delivers a total system output of 338-horsepower, while achieving 29 mpg city, 34 mpg highway, and 31 mpg combined. It will arrive in Lexus' U.S. showrooms in May with a base MSRP of $58,950 (excluding a processing and handling fee of $875), which is unchanged from the model it replaces.
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