Following a major leak last night, Lexus today officially released a full body teaser of its LF-LC 2+2 sports coupe concept that will debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next month on Jan. 9. “Crafted from a clean sheet of paper at the request of Lexus headquarters in Japan, the LF-LC blends both high [...]
A picture of the upcoming Lexus LF-LC Concept, which is scheduled to make its world debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next month, has been leaked via Road&Track in a short video on YouTube. The Lexus LF-LC seems to take the LFA design to a completely new direction. The company says that the LF-LC [...]
While no name of the new Lexus design concept has been revealed, the company did release another teaser showing the interior of the new design study. A teaser of the front headlight was revealed last week. “The interior of this Lexus design concept hints at the new contemporary, upscale and uniquely Lexus design direction,” Lexus [...]
The current Toyota Land Cruiser based Lexus LX has been around since the 2008 model year and thankfully, a Lexus spokesperson has confirmed that an updated model will debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next month. Speaking with AutoBlog, Bill Kwong, Lexus Communications Specialist, said that the changes to the LX will be mostly [...]
As the world watches the Volkswagen shift its focus to mainstream/beige Corolla and Camry fighters, Akio Toyoda, the company’s chief officer asked Tokuo Fukuichi to head Toyota’s design group. Fukuichi has been responsible for vehicles such as the ‘89 Previa MPV and has returned to make some changes, for example, he suggests that he wants [...]
Lexus said that it will be transferring its global marketing functions from Japan to a new decision-making center in California. The move is seen as a step to move Lexus’ head office out of Japan. The new Lexus center at Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc.’s campus in Torrance, California will handle creative marketing and some [...]
According to a new J.D. Power and Associate study, satisfaction with the new vehicle-sales process has improved significantly from 2010. In the agency’s 2011 U.S. Sales Satisfaction Index Study released today, J.D. Power and Associates found that overall satisfaction averages 648 on a 1,000 point scale, improving 13 points from an average of 635 in 2010. [...]
Toyota Motor Corp. has released prices on some 2012 model year vehicles including the 2012 Corolla, Matrix, Tundra, Venza and Highlander. Select models for the 2012 Toyota and Lexus models will see an increase in price. For the Toyota brand, those models include the FJ Cruiser, Highlander and Highlander Hybrid, and Tundra Double Cab and [...]
While Lexus may not have a direct competitor to the lightweight BMW M3 GTS, the company’s Toyota Racing Development (TRD) team has created the closes thing possible – the Lexus IS-F Circuit Club Sport. The body kit, which was inspired by the concept (with the same name) that was shown at the 2010 Tokyo Motor [...]
So you’re in the market to purchase a new vehicle and are wondering which vehicles out their hold their value over time. ALG, a subsidiary of TrueCar, has released their 13th Annual Residual Value Awards and its seems like Subaru and Lexus take the award for top mainstream and luxury brands, respectively. ALG honors vehicles [...]
