Category: Lexus

My dislike of what I call the “500 shades of grey” in car colours is well known to regular readers, so I’m delight to announce that Lexus has revealed a dazzling yellow theme in a limited-edition versions of its LC flagship coupe. Zinnia Yellow exterior paint matched and Mikado Alcantara door inserts are major features. There is also the same yellow shade for contrast stitching on the white semi-aniline leather-accented seats, instrument panel, steering wheel and centre console armrest. The limited-edition variants are based on the Lexus LC coupe with… Read more

Lexus has introduced additional driving assistance and advanced pre-collision support in its LS 500 flagship. World-first technology can pinpoint the location of a pedestrian and automatically control the car’s steering and braking. The position of the pedestrian is shown in an animated graphic on the vehicle’s head-up display, aiding the driver’s intuitive recognition of the situation. If the car calculates that brake control alone will be insufficient to avoid a collision, it can provide steering assistance in addition to activating an alert and applying the brakes. When active steering assist… Read more

The upmarket Japanese marque’s latest model, the UX (‘U’ for Urban and ‘X’ for Crossover) will be sold in Australia from late November. However, the model range won’t be complete until the last week of January 2019. Lexus UX joins Lexus LX, GX, RX and NX, but its name suggests it’s more suburban cruiser than bush-basher. Fair enough, that’s what many are looking for these days. Styling is interesting in the increasingly popular high-riding coupe manner. But the shape isn’t only there to look good, the wheelarch mouldings use the… Read more

Lexus has introduced an upmarket version of its large LX 570 SUV. Tagged the 570 S it has a sports mesh pattern for the spindle grille, styled front and rear bumper, side skirts and rides on gloss black 21-inch forged alloy wheels. The LX 570 S is offered with two exterior colours; Sonic Quartz and Starlight Black. Courtesy lamps in the exterior mirrors project “LX S” branding on the ground. Inside, there’s trim in semi-aniline perforated leather that’s offered in Black or, exclusively for the ’S’, a rich burgundy colour… Read more

In an interesting move Lexus will import only hybrid versions of its Lexus ES 300. Now in its seventh-generation the Lexus ES is being offered in Luxury and Sports Luxury grades. Compared with the outgoing gen-six Lexus ES power has been increased by almost six per cent, to 160kW while fut fuel consumption has been reduced by 16.4 per cent, to 4.6 litres/100km as measured on the Australian combined cycle. A new-generation 2.5-litre petrol engine is among the most thermally efficient engines in a production vehicle. It is linked to… Read more