It’s a big year for Lexus. Sales slipped from last year, but Toyota’s luxury brand is in the midst of a product overhaul that includes more hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants than ever before. For the 2023 model year, Lexus redesigned its bestseller, the Lexus RX mid-size crossover SUV, that […]
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Toyota Unveils 15 New EV Concepts, Says Lexus Will Be Electric-Only
Early on, Toyota actively lobbied against battery electric vehicles. Then it realized that as the world’s biggest automaker, it needed to switch sides if it wanted to continue selling cars at scale. Today, it’s announcing a $70-billion investment to electrify its entire lineup by 2030, dedicating nearly half that amount […]
YouTubers Throtl Are Building a 186,000-mile 2005 Lexus IS300
Although the IS300’s initial reviews were positive, some critics deducted points for a stiff suspension that compromised ride quality, and understeer at the limits of adhesion. A year after the IS’s launch, Toyota Racing Development (TRD) showed up with a performance upgrade package in tow. Launching the L-Tuned sub-brand that […]
Trading My Lovely Lexus LS400 for a Garbage Miata Was a Hard Lesson in Car Buying
After my year of owning a 1998 Lexus LS400 I woke up one morning, chugged a vanilla chai, and decided I needed a sports car. In late-2017 I was still rather broke, so my options were limited. Basically all I could afford in the “pure sports car” department was a […]
Lexus Let the Twitch Community Mod an IS and the Result Is Exactly What You’d Expect
Not to throw down a hot take, but cars are a mode of transport. We love them—and we’ve become structurally reliant on them—but their fundamental purpose is to be a thing you get into to go somewhere. Even if you’re driving for the sheer pleasure of it, the idea of […]
2021 Lexus IS 500 Will Get Lexus’ Last Naturally Aspirated V8: Report
Even though the rev-loving GS F high-performance sedan may be no more, Lexus’ delicious 5.0-liter V8 may have a new, smaller, sedan to call home if a new report is to be believed. According to allcarnews on Instagram, Toyota’s luxury division is preparing to introduce a new IS for 2021, […]