A spring upgrade has been announced for the Lexus RX 400h SR, adding more stylish features to a popular version of the UK market’s only hybrid power luxury SUV – at no extra cost.
The revised specification adds a discreet, body coloured rear spoiler at the top edge of the tailgate, silver roof rails, new-style floor mats and a new interior option that matches grey leather upholstery with black wood trim details.
The engineers and designers at Lexus continue to use their groundbreaking LF-A premium sports car concept as a medium for expressing their ideas about what a high-performance sporting vehicle not only can be, but should be. In this latest expression of the LF-A, they have removed the car’s top to create a high-performance roadster.
The LF-A Roadster is based on the sturdy yet lightweight carbon-fibre and aluminium body used for the LF-A coupe, which helps maintain the structure’s strength and rigidity even without a top.
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THE NEW LEXUS GS 460
The Lexus GS range has been comprehensively revised for 2008, the changes led by the introduction of a sophisticated and powerful 4.6-litre V8 engine in the new GS 460. Delivering a maximum 342bhp and matched to an eight-speed automatic transmission, it gives the GS stronger performance and more driving character than ever before.
The new engine benefits from Lexus’s D-4S dual-port fuel injection, as used on the hybrid power GS 450h. It is the only system on the market to use two injectors per cylinder – one on the intake port, the other in the combustion chamber itself – delivering the advantages of both direct and indirect injection to maximise power and torque throughout the rev range.
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Lexus announced today that it plans a global unveiling of the LF-Xh concept at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show. Also on the Lexus stand will be the LF-A concept, along with six production vehicles at the International Convention Complex (Makuhari Messe) in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture.
On the basis of its “pursuit of perfection” philosophy, Lexus strives to provide the highest-quality products and to fill every moment with exhilaration and comfort for its customers through continued, uncompromising efforts in all aspects of development, production and sales. At the Tokyo Motor Show, as a new global premium brand for the 21st century, Lexus plans to exhibit a concept SUV and a premium two-seater sports car.
The LS 600h, the new hybrid powered flagship of the Lexus brand officially goes on sale today, Monday 1 October. Demand is very high and order leadtimes are now extending into next spring. Lexus GB has confirmed orders for 230 cars to date of which over 60 per cent are for the top of the range LS 600h L (long wheel base) with Rear Seat Relaxation Package.
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