Lexus News

The Lexus ES isn't small and sporty like the Lexus IS. It's not like the bigger and even more luxurious LS, as the ES lacks that bank-vault feel and quite as sumptuous ...    Read more

Official prices were released today for the new 2014 Lexus IS sedan, which is set to arrive at dealerships this summer. The new sedan features a bold design and increased interior and cargo room, along with new technology and engaging driving dynamics. The new 2014 Lexus IS 250 is powered ...    Read more

In a week filled with tragedy, much more happened outside the automotive sphere than in it. But things did happen, mostly in Shanghai, China, where the Shanghai Motor Show is kicking off this week. It wasn't too long ago when China was thought of as a country that drove around ...    Read more

Lexus announced that it will be producing its ES 350 at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant in Kentucky, starting in 2015. This is the first time a Lexus will be produced in the U.S. By doing this, the automaker will create 750 new jobs to support the assembly line. Toyota ...    Read more

Earlier this week, Toyota announced that it has sold 5 million hybrid vehicles worldwide, with 2 million of them sold in the United States. The most notable hybrid in the Toyota lineup is the Prius, which has become one of the world's best-selling cars today and is sold in 80 ...    Read more

For next year's Geneva Motor Show, Lexus plans to show a production-ready compact SUV to rival the Audi Q3 and BMW X1. The new hybrid model will be based off the Toyota RAV4, slotted under the Lexus RX 450h. The smaller SUV will be the automaker's first vehicle to ...    Read more

When given the opportunity to ride in a helicopter, DO IT. Ten years ago last month was the last time the author rode in a helicopter. That was in Baghdad for the start of the Iraq invasion. He enjoys this line of work better than that line of work. We're not ...    Read more

We came, we saw, and we delivered you a mighty extensive look at the 2013 New York Auto Show. And we'll be providing a few more stories from the show floor when our staff comes back fully recovered next week. If you stuck with us from Monday through Friday, chances are ...    Read more

The Lexus LFA supercar may now be done and gone, but the Japanese luxury brand isn't about to lay over. According to a report in Wards Auto, Lexus has confirmed that it will indeed build a production version of the LF-LC concept car--the very car that ...    Read more

Year after year, the long-term dependability of three-year-old models continues to improve. Now in its 24th year, the J.D. Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) measures problems experienced during the last twelve months by original owners of three-year-old vehicles. Dependability is determined by the number of problems experienced by ...    Read more

The first month of 2013 is already in the books and it's already mimicking what we saw in 2012. Chrysler Group reported a profit of $1.7 billion in 2012, up from $183 million in 2011, and momentum continues to flow in 2013 as two of its brands (Dodge ...    Read more

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Many eyes--well, some anyhow--are looking forward to the impending happenings at next week's Chicago Auto Show in anticipation of what new vehicles will debut. We'll be on the scene next week in the Windy City to give you a play-by-play look at what's going on. But the world hasn't ground ...    Read more

You hear that? That's the sound of the Mazda Miata's knees knocking together. Today, Toyota announced that it will be pulling the wraps off of the FT-86 Open concept, or the Scion FR-S as it's known in the states, at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show this coming March. This proposed ...    Read more

Earlier today Toyota announced its plan to recall 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles, along with 270,000 Lexus IS vehicles. With the possibility that the airbag control module for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) originally manufactured are susceptible to internal shorting, there is a possibility the application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) ...    Read more

Despite strong sales, Lexus is undergoing a transition; the luxury arm of Toyota is aspiring to become more emotional and aggressive. On the latest Downshift, chief engineer of the 2014 Lexus IS, Junichi Furuyama, brings to life the development of the automaker's compact sports sedan. Tasked with creating a car ...    Read more

And just like that, the 2013 North American International Auto Show has come and gone. Some notable vehicle to debut in Detroit included the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, 2014 Lexus IS, and the party-crashing 2015 Ford Atlas Concept. The Detroit auto show also brought us a few concept ...    Read more

Hybrid and electric vehicles have many positives, primarily fuel economy. An electric motor generates all the necessary power to get up and go, without the assistance of a noisy gasoline engine. But that lack of noise is one of the drawbacks: the absence of engine noise means pedestrians have a ...    Read more

You're expecting us to tell you that Lexus just debuted some pie-in-the-sky self-driving concept, basically making its own version of Google's autonomous car. And guess what? You're only partially correct, as Lexus did show a mostly autonomous version of its 2013 LS sedan at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las ...    Read more

While we're not quite back at the pre-recession high of 17 million vehicles sold in the U.S. in a single year, 2012's 15.3 million wasn't too shabby after 2011's 14.49 million. Those both blow the recession low of just under 11 million new vehicles sold out of the water. It's ...    Read more

Fiscal cliff, schmishcal schmiff. There was a late sense of fear felt in the U.S. economy that capped what has been the best sales year in the auto industry since 2007. As cars and houses are the U.S.'s primary movers and shakers, there was an underlying sense that if credit ...    Read more

With its mix of high-end hybrids, Lexus has sold over half-a-million of the battery-aided models worldwide. And as the luxury arm of Toyota--makers of the popular Prius, and widely considered to have the best hybrid systems--Lexus has an edge over other luxury automakers. But it's not been a complete success ...    Read more

You may remember the whole Toyota unintended acceleration fiasco of 2010 when millions of Toyotas had their gas pedals shaved down or replaced and they had floor mats removed. It was because Toyota's gas pedals had a tendency to stick, causing the vehicles to accelerate without necessarily having one's foot ...    Read more

Alas, all good things must come to an end. The Lexus LFA supercar has ceased production after a two-year run. While most of us will never be able to afford its $375,000 supercar, it's significant for what it brought to production cars, and what it will in the future. We spoke ...    Read more

One will-remain-anonymous spokesperson for an automaker said Consumer Report was great at reviewing toaster ovens earlier this year when asked what he thought of the publication. But you've got to hand it to them sometimes. Every once in a while, they really do come through with some breaking news and keep the ...    Read more

Light-duty vehicles and planes are about to share something in common: data recorders. Airplanes already have a data recorder--colloquially known as a "black box"--that records real-time flight data which is relied upon in the event of an accident. Now, all new light-duty cars and trucks may required to carry a ...    Read more