Shortly after Toyota started the Lexus brand in 1989, Mark Templin started his long career at Toyota. He’s now a managing officer of Toyota Motor Corporation and executive vice president of Lexus International, responsible for leading the luxury brand’s global operations. We got the chance to ask him a few questions at the preliminary press kickoff for the 2015 New York International Auto Show.
In one of the first big upsets of Nitto’s Battle of the Streets, the Lexus LFA completely dismantled the Mercedes AMG C63. In Stuttgart, they’re already calling it “The Tragedy of Los Angeles.”
Going to the dealer for service, such as an oil change, can be a real pain. You have to spend a good chunk of your day driving across town, filling out paperwork, and waiting. Imagine if you had to drive to another country, though. If you’re the owner of a Lexus LFA in Europe, that’s exactly what you have to do.
This video covers every aspect of the LFA build, from its initial inception as a car design, to the creation of the unique V10 engine, to the record-breaking Nurburgring run.
Neill Blomkamp, the South African director of such movies as “District 9” and “Elysium,” recently told Motor Trend, “My mom says that some of the first words that I knew were car names.” In the years since his childhood, Blomkamp’s learned the name “Lexus LFA” – from his experience owning one.
Well, folks, the verdict is in. We had been wondering what Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson would think of the new Lexus RC F. Now we know … and wish we didn’t.
This isn’t the first time we’ve posted this video of an LFA in a tunnel, but while we were looking back over some of the posts we did last year, we stumbled across it, and figured it wouldn’t be such a bad thing to hear at the beginning of 2015. Enjoy. Talk about this on […] More »
