Tag: John Coyle

Obviously, this isn’t a license to drive your Lexus RX 350 4WD into a wall for sport. But a just-released Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study showed that between 2009 and 2012, no driver died behind the wheel of the mid-size luxury crossover.

So, I’m going to forgive the fact that this “commercial” is a pretty obvious ploy to get Lexus fans to subscribe to The Lexus Vehicles, which, as official as it might sound, is not the real one.

When I first saw the Craigslist post for the 1996 LS 400 with nearly 900,000 miles on the clock, I was hoping it would go to a good home—and it did. Matt Farah from the Smoking Tire saw the post, flew to Florida and bought it.

OK, so purists might want to look away—I know we’ve probably already angered you with our googly eyed celebration of this off-road LS 400. But everyone who doesn’t think the LS 400 should live its life as a reserved executive sedan should turn up their speakers and prepare for greatness.

There’s nothing in this Top Gear video which qualifies as breaking news—or really anything we haven’t heard before. What there are? Plenty of good shots of former F1 pilot and two-time 24 Hour of Le Mans winner Alex Wurz hurling the RC F through bends sideways.

Given the over-the-top press release, we all probably should have seen through this shit. Turns out the RND Concept was a joke orchestrated by Toyota’s British PR wing. RND actually stands for Red Nose Day.

This was the RC F Varis brought to the 2015 Tokyo Auto Salon, and from discussion I’ve seen on the forum, it doesn’t sound like many ClubLexus members will be going this route with their rides. Let’s just say less-than-cordial statements were made, and the words “cheap” and “Civic” may have been used.