Lexus Orchestral Manouevres In The Parks
Lexus has created the world’s first classical music ensemble composed entirely of cars.
Lexus has created the world’s first classical music ensemble composed entirely of cars.
The LS 600h, the new hybrid power flagship of the Lexus brand, will cost from £81,400 when the model goes on sale in the UK on 1 October.
The new Lexus LS 460 has been declared World Car of the Year 2007 by a group of international journalists.
Lexus is 18 years old in 2007 and like most car crazy people of that age it wants to go fast.
The all-new Lexus LS 460 is an engineering masterpiece, a car that more than any other Lexus before it exemplifies the brand’s famous “relentless pursuit of perfection” motto.
Lexus ushers in 2007 with a new addition to its RX range, the RX 350 Limited Edition. This special version of Lexus’s luxury SUV benefits from a higher specification at a price that represents exceptional customer value.
Lexus has beaten its previous full-year sales record – in just nine months. The fast growing luxury brand roared past its previous 12 month record of 11,335 – set in 2001 – before the end of a record September.
In creating the LS 600h, Lexus set out to create a car that delivers the highest standards of performance, design, safety and efficiency.
Lexus is pushing the boundaries of passenger and pedestrian protection with the introduction of world-leading preventive safety technology in its new LS 460 flagship limousine.
The LS 600h combines a 5.0-litre V8 engine with a hybrid powertrain – hence the ‘h’ suffix – enabling it to comfortably match the performance of even larger capacity normally-aspirated V12 engines.
Design is increasingly a defining factor in the luxury car market, as differences in performance, reliability and equipment levels between rival models grow smaller.
Sound quality has always been a key consideration in the design of Lexus vehicles, from the solid, satisfying thunk of a closing door, to the refined note of the turning engine.
Since its launch in spring 2005, the all-new third-generation GS has been a successful standard bearer for Lexus’s advances in individual style, refined performance, innovative safety and advanced technology.
The first Lexus to join the 1300-strong car fleet of timber and builders merchant Travis Perkins is a GS300 SE for the group’s Human Resources Director.
The new Lexus GS 450h introduces hybrid power to the premium executive saloon market, a car that delivers exceptional performance to rival its conventional V8 competition, together with fuel economy and low emissions levels that yield equally powerful cost of ownership benefits.
Traditionally there is a high price to be paid by any motorist who seeks performance, prestige and luxury from his or her company car, not just in terms of the purchase cost, but also in the year-on-year tax burden.
Building on the successful launch of its first diesel engine in the IS executive sports saloon range, Lexus has refined the package even further with the introduction of a new IS 220d Sport model.
Since launch in 2003, the RX 300 has proved a strong performer in the petrol-powered premium SUV segment, frequently topping the UK sales charts in its class.
The excellence of Lexus in all dimensions of its operations is demonstrated in two industry-leading results this week. The new IS executive sports saloon has achieved formidable residual value ratings for March, while across the country Lexus has again attained the highest ratings in the National Franchised Dealers Association survey.
Government ministers facing the dilemma of choosing between a diesel Jaguar XJ and a Toyota Prius may be glad to hear that Lexus will soon be releasing the world’s first hybrid luxury saloon, the Lexus GS 450h.
A £20,000 donation from Lexus has enabled the Devon Air Ambulance Trust to purchase new life-saving equipment.
Lexus has revealed the fourth generation of its LS flagship model, the all new LS 460 at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.
Lexus’s ultra-sophisticated SC 430 might never be considered lacking when it comes to style and equipment, but the svelte coupe-convertible benefits from a strategic series of revisions and enhancements brought in for the 2006 model year.
The launch of the all-new second generation IS range marks an important stage in the development of Lexus as a global prestige brand.