Toyota said today that it will be increasing U.S. pricing on most of its vehicles ranging from 1.2 percent to 2.2 percent. The increase extends across the Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands and takes effect in May. The announcement comes as Toyota largely remains shut down in Japan after the massive March 11 earthquake. The [...]
Consumer Reports announced today that it is lifting its “Don’t Buy: Safety Risk” from the 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV after Toyota completed its recall work that corrected the problem it displayed in one of the publication’s emergency handling tests. Consumer Reports originally issued its “Don’t Buy: Safety Risk” rating on April 13 after it [...]
Toyota announced today that it has started selling its 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV once again after coming up with an update for its vehicle stability control system. Toyota suspended sales of the model after Consumer Reports test results show there is danger of the SUV rolling over during aggressive driving. “I”m happy to announce [...]
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A Inc., announced today that it will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 9,400 2010 Lexus GX 460 luxury SUVs to update software in the vehicle”s Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system. Toyota said that no other Toyota, Lexus, or Scion vehicles are involved in this recall. The VSC system helps control [...]
NHTSA administrator David Strickland told reporters that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is aggressively investigating safety concerns raised by a Consumer Reports’ on the Lexus GX 460 SUV. After Consumer Reports issued a rare “Don’t Buy” recommendation after it found rollover concerns during a test of the Lexus GX 460, Toyota suspended sales of [...]
After Consumer Reports warned readers earlier this week that the 2010 Lexus GX 460 could flip over in hard turns, Toyota suspended sales of the model. The automaker announced today that it will be testing all of its SUVs and will suspend sales of the GX 460 on a worldwide scale. Just a couple hours [...]
Following a report by Consumer Reports 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV has an increased risk of the vehicle rolling over during a turn, Toyota has decided to temporarily halt sales of the large luxury SUV. “For more than 20 years, Lexus has made customer safety and satisfaction our highest priorities,” Toyota said in a statement. [...]
It doesn’t seem like the folks at Consumer Reports and Toyota are getting along. About two months ago, the publication took away its “˜recommended” status for the eight Toyota vehicles included in the recent wave of recalls. Today, Consumer Reports has issued a safety warning on the 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV because of an [...]
Earlier this morning, Lexus unveiled the 2010 GX 460. The Japanese luxury automaker has just dropped pricing details for the new SUV that will hit dealerships in late December. For the first time, the Lexus GX will be offered in two trim levels including a base model with a starting price tag of $51,970 and [...]
Lexus has unveiled the new second-generation 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV, which features more power, efficiency and luxury. The standard 7-passenger SUV fits between the luxury brand’s LX 570 and the RX models and has a body-on-frame construction with full-time four-wheel-drive and Lexus’ advanced Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System to provide dynamic on-road ride and handling [...]
