Through the years, we’ve seen the matte movement move forward into different colors. The trend has been something of a thorn to see develop as the do-all, end-all paint scheme for all things.

Recently, the Canadian Black Book recognized the Lexus GS with their Retained Value award for the third time in a row. ALG also awarded the car with a Canadian Residual Value Awards–Lexus’ second win in as many years. Seeing a trend?

I really miss VIP – not that it’s completely gone, but strangely, it just hasn’t made its way into my day-to-day feeds; so when I saw the headline, that Wald International has released a Lexus RX Body Kit, I was intrigued.

The tale of the tape indicates there’s a large demand in the Chinese market for hybrid technologies. Lexus has historically played second fiddle to its German luxury cousins, they’ve been able to increase their attractiveness in a ridiculously fast growing market.

A pressing question: What do the Lexus IS, St. Patty’s day, and Patrick Stewart have in common? Usually, nothing, but through a stroke of good fortune I’ve been handed a great story about a great philanthropic project by Lexus, to conquer children’s cancers.

This is kind of like that, except nice probably wouldn’t be the best word to use. Watch a whole lineup of Toyota/Lexus siblings tear up a closed course track with the auditory violence of a game of pick up chainsaw tag (if that’s even a thing).

Consumer Reports has released its 2014 Car Brand Report Cards. Lexus leads the pack with an industry-topping score of 79, this being their second year in a row.