Tag: lexus
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2017 Lexus LX 570: The luxobarge value?
We live in an era in which flagship luxury SUVs start around $70,000, and they can easily top $100,000. Heck, the Mercedes-AMG G65 exceeds $220,000. And that’s before we start talking about the Bentley Bentayga and its available dash clock priced at $170K (no, that’s not a typo). To say things have gotten out of…
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2018 Lexus LS teased ahead of Detroit
The fifth-generation Lexus LS will be unveiled at the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and Lexus today teased an image of its forthcoming flagship sedan. The car will get an all-new, far more bold look that, Lexus claims, will feature a coupe-like silhouette. It will be built in the all-new GA-L architecture…
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Lexus LC 500 spotted making great noises at the ‘Ring
There are many fun jobs out there. One of them is, without a doubt, logging thousands of test miles in new vehicles. That goes double when those test miles take place at Germany’s Nürburgring and you’re behind the wheel of the upcoming 2018 Lexus LC 500. A YouTube user spotted the car running hot laps…
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2016 Lexus IS 200t F Sport first drive review
Automotive quiz question: Which automaker has had the worst engine on the market for, oh, the last decade or so? Surprisingly, the answer is Lexus. The Japanese luxury brand’s 2.5-liter V-6 offered little in the way of power, and made up for that shortcoming by delivering mediocre fuel economy. And yet, some 80 percent of…
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Google explains how its autonomous Lexus ran into a bus: Video
Google says that a recent crash between one of its self-driving Lexus RX 450h test cars and a city bus happened due to an obstruction in the road and a subsequent miscalculation. The admission came this week at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, where Google’s autonomous driving boss Chris Urmson told a gathered crowd…
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2017 Jaguar F-Pace: Design Chief On Why SUV Fits Right In With F-Type
The 2017 Jaguar F-Pace fits right into the middle of one very important luxury-crossover battleground that now includes just-right mid-sizers like the Mercedes-Benz GLC, BMW X3, Cadillac XT5. and even the Lexus RX 350. Yet what makes this luxury vehicle quite different is that it neither starts as an existing car that’s been made more…
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2017 Audi A4 Is Lighter, More Powerful And More Advanced: Video
Come 2016, buyers in the market for a small sports sedan with a touch of luxury are going to be spoiled for choice. In addition to the existing Cadillac ATS, Lexus IS and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, all impressive cars in their own right, we’ll see the arrival of an updated BMW 3-Series plus all-new contenders in…
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Lexus LFA Supercar’s Tech ‘Halo’ Improving All Products, Says Exec
The Lexus LFA supercar was a long time coming; and when it appeared on the market in late 2010 as a performance icon for the Lexus brand—years later and far more expensive than originally intended—there was definitely a lot more to this model than chasing Ferrari and Lamborghini. The LFA was only sold for two…