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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Lexus Sports Cars LFA N2410 at Nürburgring 24h race

Lexus and Gazoo Racing compete together at Nürburgring 24h race for the beneft of LFA and other future Toyota & Lexus products. Playing a key role in helping to finalise the development of the LFA before it enters production in December, the grueling 24h race offers Lexus and Gazoo Racing the unique opportunity to not only foster the peerless quality, durability and reliability by pushing cutting-edge technology to the extremes of mechanical endurance but also to hone the technical skills of the personnel involved in the development of future Lexus and Toyota production vehicles.

Lexus Sports Cars LFA N2410

Furthermore, by participating in the 24 Hours Endurance Race Lexus and Toyota aim to showcase their dedication through Gazoo Racing to produce more emotional cars and becoming more attractive and desirable to a wider range of customers.

This year’s race marks the third consecutive entry of the Lexus LFA and, signifcantly, the frst participation of the car in standard production guise.

Competing in the SP8 (‘Near production’) class, the race version of the LFA does not differ substantially from the road car, particularly with regard to construction, engine and transmission. Mandatory safety equipment has been installed and other modifcations such as a refned aero package including a fxed rear wing and a larger fuel tank are made to refect the format of the 24h race and the Nürburgring circuit.

Led by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC)’s master test driver Hiromu Naruse, the Gazoo Racing team will make its fourth appearance at the Nürburging 24h race. It is a team comprised of engineers and technicians from TMC, and, whilst they’ve regularly come together over recent months to support the LFA in the build-up to the 24h race, their ‘day-jobs’ are within the TMC engineering community.This kind of virtual organisation ensures that the collective learning is transmitted directly back into the core of the engineering activity.

The driver line-up includes four Japanese and three German pilots with outstanding endurance and GT racing credentials, including three champions from the Japanese Super GT series. As part of the preparation of the cars and the drivers, Gazoo Racing entered the first three VLN races of 2010.

Consistently fnishing in leading positions in its SP8 class, the LFA has also demonstrated its competitiveness against track-prepared specialist racing cars, with a best fnish of 17th overall in VLN2.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

New Modern Design Futuristic Model Lexus Future Type (2002) Concept Car for Future

Modern Design Futuristic Lexus Future (2002) Concept Car for Future

this design lexus car 2002 is a greats design futuristic car because this car use future. i think this design concept car is exactly for future.

Luxury Modern Design Futuristic Lexus Future (2002) Concept Car for Future

Beautiful Modern Design Futuristic Lexus Future (2002) Concept Car for Future

It has just been discovered that the Lexus 2054 Cast Vehicle of the Future in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report is a real fully functioning electric vehicle! The custom car was created by conceptual artist Harald Belker, whose film design credits also include "Batman & Robin", "Inspector Gadget", and "Armageddon." Spielberg, Belker, Calty (Toyota/Lexus design studio) and a team of futurists met early in the development process to speculate on what the future of automotive travel might hold, with Lexus ultimately providing styling, luxury and performance cues for the car's design. The car was constructed by CTEK, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based technology design and development firm. Read more to see Pics and read all about the Conspiracy of Near-Silence that surrounds this amazing electric car!

Wow Amazing Modern Design Futuristic Lexus Future (2002) Concept Car for Future

One would assume that this quality EV prototype would certainly create some kind of media interest and may certainly help push the electric car market in the right direction considering that our planet depends on us doing something positive for the environment ASAP. One only has to look at the latest BBC news and put 2 and 2 together concerning pollution, climate change and green house gases etc, to understand that our future can only be green, however the June 2002 issue of FHM magazine has the headline GASOLINE on page 150, and then dumps on the car for being "completely fake" and "just" an EV, but it does reveal in the text that the concept car can actually hit 90 mph and reach 0 to 60 in 4.5 seconds with its 500 Kw motor. Not bad for a completely fake car! The official press release can be found at www.electrifyingtimes.com The only problem with the press release is that there is not a hint of the EV specs unveiled! WHY?

Cool Modern Design Futuristic Lexus Future (2002) Concept Car for Future

Just recently (July 10th 2002) - Electrifying Times has discovered thanks to Jim Carlucci at EVUK who endeavoured to check out this terrific EV Lexus 2054 online. Reading the July Pleiades-Enterprises Newsletter it reported that the car had a 500 kW midship-mounted motor with lithium-ion solid polymer batteries. The patented propulsion technology for this working EV is attributable to Chaz Haba and Bob Anderson from Nu Pow'r LLC. Haba, founder and sole owner of Nu Pow'r provides the 36-volt lithium battery for Lee Iacocca's folding electric bicycle, called the "e-bike. Steve Sanderson, owner of Sanderson Sales & Marketing at 6401 W. Park Blvd. in Plano, California and Lee Eastman, owner of Eastman Energy Group in Vista, also in California, are scouting locations for Nu Pow'r stores, which the company calls Power Stations. Nu Pow'r makes its golf cart at a Las Vegas plant owned by Shelby American, maker of the Shelby Series 1 and Shelby Cobra high-performance sports cars. Haba replaced the combination of traditional lead batteries weighing about 380 pounds in a typical golf cart with a more efficient, 72-pound lithium battery system. For more information call Dave Cutter, editor of Pleiades-Enterprises NuPowr News

Modern Design Futuristic Lexus Future (2002) Concept Car for Future Super Car

Engine: Smart recharging electric engine Kilowatts: 500 Wheelbase: 106 in. Length: 146 in. Width: 82 in. Curb Weight: 2300 lbs. Chassis: Carbon Fiber & Titanium Composite Monocoque Suspension: Titanium Composite, Fully-Independent Double-Wishbone with Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS), Speed-Sensitive Automatic Height Control (AHC) Brakes: Computer-Controlled, Servo/Electronic, Ceramic Hybrid Discs, and Regenerative Electric System to charge all Systems. Wheels and Tires: 6-Spoke, Titanium Alloy, C-TEK Wheels, 22x9.5-inch with 285/30R22, High-Speed Run-Flat Tires

Friday, April 9, 2010

2011 Lexus CT 200h Pictures

2011 Lexus CT 200h Front View

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2011 Lexus CT 200h Side View

2011 Lexus CT 200h Interior

2011 Lexus CT 200h Luxury Car

2011 Lexus CT 200h Steering Wheel

2011 Lexus CT 200h Picture

2011 Lexus CT 200h Rear View

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Lexus IS F Review

Lexus has long competed in the luxury car market, but with some recent tough competition from both Japanese and European competitors, Lexus has increased the ante with a new series of high-performance cars aimed at a younger, enthusiast-oriented crowd.

The Lexus IS-F is the first of Lexus' LINEUP of tracks tier models. It is the last Incarnation of the Lexus IS, a rear-wheel-drive, entry-level compact sport sedan introduced in Japan a decade ago, and brought to the United States for the 2001 model year. The "F" refers to the Lexus' newly formed F-Sport division, which is expected to churn out high-performance versions of Lexus models designed to rival high-end European sport sedan and coupe. While Lexus F denotation used internally in the past for special projects, IS-F will be the first production car to carry the F marque.

There is much speculation over what the "F" stands for. Early on, it was widely circulated among enthusiasts, it stood for "fast". Lexus executives later suggested it could be an acronym for "Circle-F" (Toyota's original code name for the Lexus division), "flagship" or even "Fuji," after the racetrack in Oyama, Japan, where the car was extensively tested during the development process. F logo is also said to resemble 27r, the first corner of the famous road course.

Current Lexus IS-F

The current Lexus IS-F debuted for the 2008 model year. Although not yet confirmed by Lexus, the IS-F coupe is expected to follow sometime after the launch of the sedan.

IS-F's controversial styling definitively has properties all its own. These include a unique - but aesthetically dubious - quad exhaust design, which shows up as two staggered, vertically stacked ovals on the left and right side of the car's rear end. The Lexus IS-F also features aerodynamic improvements on the hood and front bumper, wider front Fenders and a rear spoiler, all of which gives the car a more aggressive, but anything after the market look.

IS-F's under the hood is a 5.0-liter V8 engine tuned to produce a mighty respectable 416 horsepower and 371 pound-feet of torque. It is an eight-speed automatic, controlled by paddle shifters on the steering wheel. Other features include high-performance engine oil and transmission fluid coolers and an oil pump designed for high speed oscillation. The IS-F is also equipped with a new, results-oriented version of Lexus' electronic stability control system.

Major standard features on the Lexus IS-F includes 19-inch BBS forged alloy wheels, Bi-Xenon headlights, leather upholstery, power / heated front sports seats and a Rear-seat trunk pass-through opening. The standard 13-speaker audio system comes with a six-disc in-dash changer and an auxiliary audio jack. Options include an upgraded Mark Levinson surround-sound system, as well as a navigation system with touchscreen, voice activation, a back-up camera and Bluetooth.

In reviews, we found that the Lexus IS-F's strengths include the impressive handling and braking capabilities. The automatic transmission also works surprisingly well, as long as it is placed in manual mode when left in automatic mode, its movements are not as predictable as we would like. Although the Lexus claims a 4.6-second 0-60 time of the IS-F, our test car was 2/10ths of a second slower still impressive by anyone's standards fast.