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Lexus Hybrids Hit 5.5 Billion Mile Mark

Lexus Hybrids Hit 5.5 Billion Mile Mark
When Lexus debuted its first hybrid in 2004 your status did not need to be “updated,” more people had landlines than cell phones and Wi-Fi was hard to come by. Now Lexus has more than 190,000 hybrids on the road that have traveled over 5.5 billion miles*—that’s further than the length of every...
March 5th, 2010 | Green, Lexus | Read More

Lexus to Reveal CT 200h at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show

Lexus to Reveal CT 200h at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show
Six months after the LF-Ch concept was revealed, Lexus will unveil the new CT 200h at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Created for those who wish to lower their emissions but not their standards, the CT 200h will be the first, and only, full hybrid vehicle in the premium compact segment. It will bring new...
February 16th, 2010 | Geneva Motor Show, Lexus | Read More

Toyota upgrades profit outlook despite recall woes

Toyota upgrades profit outlook despite recall woes
Toyota Motor announced Thursday a net profit of 153.2 billion yen (1.7 billion dollars) for the latest quarter and upgraded its earnings outlook despite a series of massive safety recalls. The Japanese giant, whose reputation has been tarnished by accelerator and brake problems with its vehicles, now...
February 5th, 2010 | Lexus, Toyota | Read More

Toyota to double global hybrid output

Toyota to double global hybrid output
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to double its global production of hybrid vehicles in about two years, positioning such fuel-sipping cars as a core profit earner, a report said Monday. The automaker recently notified parts suppliers that it intends to roll out about 800,000 hybrids domestically this year,...
January 18th, 2010 | Green, Lexus, Toyota | Read More

Toyota to build affordable sports car

Toyota to build affordable sports car
Toyota plans to build an affordable sports car that will be sold in the United States within the next few years, the new head of the Japanese automaker said Wednesday. "My hope is I can transfer some enthusiasm from the race track to our vehicles," said chief executive officer Akio Toyoda, a racing enthusiast...
August 5th, 2009 | Lexus, Toyota | Read More

Toyota's Lexus rapped over hybrid car advert

A newspaper advert in which Toyota's Lexus luxury car line claimed one of its hybrid vehicles was "perfect for today's climate" breached advertising rules, a watchdog ruled Wednesday. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints made by readers of a press ad for the Lexus RX 400H...
September 24th, 2008 | Lexus | Read More

Lexus LF-A Takes on Roadster Form

The engineers and designers at Lexus continue to use their groundbreaking LF-A premium sports car concept as a medium for expressing their ideas about what a high-performance sporting vehicle not only can be, but should be. In this latest expression of the LF-A, they have removed the car's...
January 21st, 2008 | Lexus | Read More

Lexus Announces Pricing for All-New 2008 IS-F

Lexus today announced the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the all-new 2008 IS F high-performance sport sedan. The IS F is the first production model to wear the new "F" badge and is the fastest Lexus production car ever built. The 2008 IS F launches onto the market carrying...
January 11th, 2008 | Lexus | Read More

Lexus boosts SUV price for 2008

Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus brand set the price of its new LX 570 sport-utility vehicle 9.5 percent higher than the model it replaces, Bloomberg News reported today. The LX 570, a 2008 model, has a base price of $73,800, the company's Torrance, Calif.-based U.S. unit said today in...
December 21st, 2007 | Lexus | Read More

Lexus facing class action law suite on ES350 Models

The law firm of Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A. has filed a class action suit against Lexus U.S.A. Inc., Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., and others, claiming that Lexus failed to correct problems with the front passenger air bag system in thousands of 2007 Lexus ES350 automobiles. The attorney...
August 3rd, 2007 | Lexus | Read More
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