Posts Tagged ‘affordable luxury cars’
By now we've all seen the spy shots showing Acura's NSX revival bombing around the Nürburgring in Germany. There's a reason those drivers are pushing their prototype hard enough to get air through the turns. Inside Line is reporting the Honda CEO Takeo Fukui wants his NSX to toast both the Nissan G......
Lexus LF-A snapped post-crash, more details revealed
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lexus LF-A.Toyota's campaign of the Lexus LF-A racing prototype at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring wasn't lacking for drama, with a serious crash that took place during the night-time qualifying session followed by some technical issues on race day. Details have......
Spy Shots: Lexus LF-A engine spied
Monday, May 26th, 2008
After countless spy photos and appearances at auto shows for the past several years in two different styling forms, the Lexus LF-A made its first official appearance on the road this weekend at the Nürburgring 24 hour race. At some point during the weekends festivities, Automobile managed to snag a......
Inside Line learns Lexus LF-A to be priced over $200k
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Lexus LF-A RoadsterThe last time we talked about the price of the Lexus LF-A, we had only the car's price in China and a whole lot of speculation to go on. The car's retail in China was set at $264,700, and based on that a Lexus fan site did it's best guestima......
VIDEO: Lexus LF-A racing at the ‘Ring
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lexus LF-A racecar.Toyota is still prepping the LF-A for its assault on the 24 Hours of Nurburgring later this month, but it managed to campaign the Lexus supercar in the ADAC Rundstrecken Trophy Endurance, held on a 15.1-mile course that combines the Nordsc......
Official: Toyota to campaign Lexus LF-A in 24 Hours of Nurburgring
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lexus LF-A racecar.Toyota has confirmed that the Lexus LF-A will campaign in the 24 hour Nurburgring race this May in an effort to shake down the new supercar before its launch next year. Toyota has no intentions of winning the grueling enduro, instead, it's......
Spy Shots: Lexus readying race-prepped LF-A?
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of Lexus LF-A spy shotsThe LF-A is one of those cars that seems like it will never get to market. We've gone through two different LF-A concepts already, plus an LF-A Roadster, and the high-performance luxury sport coupe isn't even on sale yet. Spy photographers from......
The top secret Top Secret LF-A that doesn’t exist
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Smokey Nagata took a Supra to Nardo to flog it around the track and remind Toyota about what it could be doing with its time. Now, a freethinking designer with some serious rendering skills has upped Smokey's Supra by kitting out an LF-A in a similar garb. The result is this, the TOP SECRET LF-A Nar......
Lexus execs spills the beans: GS F model, 1-series fighter, hybrid galore
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lexus LF-A Roadster concept.Lexus Australia's chief executive, John Roca, gave up a number of product details to The Australian in an interview this past weekend, including the addition of an "F" variant of the GS sedan and possibly a full-size LS limo. Both......
Forbes names “Most Affordable Luxury Cars”
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
One of our favorite non-auto-publications-laughably-doing-car-stories, Forbes has just issued its list of the most affordable luxury cars available today. Sound like an oxymoron? Well, it is, sort of, but their point is a logical one. Even the entry-level models from most luxury players are getting ......