Most company’s President and CEO meet at the golf course to discuss business or get acquainted with each other – well, things are done a little different in the automotive industry. Aston Martin’s CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez and Toyota’s President and CEO Akio Toyoda recently met up at the famous Nurburgring track to test drive [...]
The Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition is one of the fastest supercars to go around the Nurburgring. With a lap time of 7:14.64, the special-edition LFA has beaten cars like the Porsche 911 GT2 RS, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and the Nissan GT-R. Click here for more news on the Lexus LFA. Our friends over at AutoCar [...]
Following the debut of the Lexus LFA Concept, Toyota’s luxury brand brought a roadster version of the study to the auto show circuit in 2008. Known as the Lexus LFA Roadster Concept, the study gave us hopes and dreams of a drop-top variant to the company’s $375,000 supercar. Unfortunately, those hopes and dreams are being [...]
The 2011 Tokyo Motor Show in october may not have a lot of American automaker’s showing up, but domestic automakers will be shining. Reports suggest that Toyota and Lexus have some interesting debuts scheduled for the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show including a special-edition Lexus LFA and a likely Supra replacement. Known as the Lexus LFA [...]
Supercars and sports coupes are my favorite segment of any segment out there. So you can images the excitement I had when I heard that CARandDRIVER was lining up 11 of the world’s most desirable supercars for a side-by-side drag race. The list includes some of the most exciting cars out there including the Porsche [...]
Following a report earlier this week, Lexus has officially confirmed that the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package laps the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:14.64, a new fastest time for regular production cars. LFA test driver and professional racer Akira Iida recorded a lap time of 7:14.64 in a fully road-legal car, running on standard specification Bridgestone Potenza [...]
We previously have an official video of the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition lapping the Nurburgring Nordschleife in a blistering 7:22.85. While that was as official as it gets, a new report comes via Twitter saying that the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition has topped its previous lap time, returning a quick 7:14. The news comes via Twitter accounts of Chris [...]
Following the successful launch and sell out of its first supercar – the LFA – Lexus now has plans to droptop version. The luxury Toyota brand is currently finishing production the batch of 500 limited edition Lexus LFAs and will go on a one-year hiatus before introducing a roadster version. The Lexus LFA Roadster is [...]
The 2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and the Corvette Z06 have both been eating up headlines about Nurburgring lap times. Well, right before this past weekend’s 35th annual Nurburgring 24 Hour Race, Lexus took its LFA Nurburgring Edition for a run around the Nordschleife. Click here for more news on the Lexus LFA. Piloted by Gazoo [...]
Lexus has just launched an all new campaign promoting its visionary engineering techniques. The new advertising shows that Lexus isn’t looking to predict the future, they are inventing it themselves, using the tagline “Engineering Amazing”. Dave Nordstrom, VP of marketing for Lexus remarks “This isn’t just a campaign, it’s a statement that, for Lexus, the [...]
