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Spoon To Convert LHD USDM NSXs to Type R StatusWe’re big fans of the IS-F here at TMRT, but we’re not so big on convertibles. So what do we think of Fox Marketing’s latest project, an IS-F-bodied IS Convertible?
It’s hot.
If this rendering is anything to go by, the melding of IS-F bodywork with the IS C’s two-door frame is a winning combo - and [...]
It’s been a while since rumours of a performance-oriented Lexus LS F were bandied about, but now it seems the idea of a muscle-bound full-size luxury sedan appears to be gaining popularity with the automaker’s top brass.
Hirokazu Koga, general manager at the Lexus Development Center and one of the main players in the IS F [...]
The automotive Mecca that is the annual SEMA show is getting closer folks, and that means crazy modified rides that bend the definitions of power, style and good taste are not far away.
One such car that will be making its public debut at SEMA ‘08 is the Fox Marketing/Artisan Performance IS-F, which will showcase Artisan’s [...]
While it may be one of the more expensive Japanese sports cars, the Lexus SC430 is sadly far from being the prettiest. Its bulbous, over-inflated bodywork and the stylistic compromises necessitated by that electric folding hardtop have relegated the poor ol’ SC430 to being the ugly duckling in the Lexus lineup, but thanks to [...]
According to Automotive News, times are getting tough for Toyota’s prestige arm Lexus. Slowing SUV sales, economic instability and an aging model line-up have reportedly spurred the manufacturer to put both the LF-A and the rumoured GS-F performance sedan on hold until conditions stabilise. The LF-A is [...]
This short clip taken from car magazine’s coverage of the British Motor Show gives us our first close-up look at the Lexus LF-A’s 5-litre 373kW V10. It’s fairly short, but we do get a glimpse of the naturally-aspirated V10’s intake velocity stacks, no-nonsense aluminium block and those tasty tubular exhaust headers. Check out the video [...]
Given its very obvious sporting credentials, it seems odd that it’s taken so long for the Lexus IS F to make it onto the grid of a professional racing series. Sure, there was the IS F Racing Concept that was shown off at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon, but that was merely a demonstration vehicle [...]
French website Endurance-Info.com have got some pin-sharp photographs of the Lexus LF-A racer at the ADAC Nurburgring enduro, one of them depicting that 500hp V10 tucked neatly away in its engine bay. The engine bay is home to a large amount of aluminium extrusions, suggesting that Lexus have adopted a similar approach to chassis construction [...]
The fast thinking folk at Automobile magazine managed to snap off a shot of the LF-A’s engine bay at the Nurburgring 24-hour enduro, which was held over the weekend. This is the first time the LF-A’s V10 has been seen in public and while just looking at it is not quite as thrilling as hearing [...]
