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Lexus to reveal upcoming electric car at Tokyo auto show

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Lexus is reportedly working on a new electric model to unveil at the Tokyo motor show in October. The car will be a small city electric car, based on an updated version of the company's 2015 LF-SA concept, according to a report in British car magazine Autocar.

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Lexus may add hybrid power to future, high-performance F Sport models

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After the German brands followed suit, Lexus could be the latest automaker to follow suit. In an interview at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed, brand CEO Yoshihiro Sawa told British auto magazine AutoExpress that Lexus may add hybrid power to is F Sport.

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2014 Lexus IS 300h Adds Hybrid Model To Smallest Luxury Sedan

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Lexus has confirmed that its 2014 IS sedan will debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show next month. Automobile Magazine (via Motor Authority) has already driven a prototype of the.

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Lexus CX 300h Hybrid: Luxury Brand To Launch RX Baby Brother?

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Now, a report from the German car magazine AutoBild suggests that one of those is a new Lexus: a baby brother for the brand's hugely successful RX 450h hybrid crossover utility vehicle. Last September, Toyota said the company would launch six new hybrids by the end of 2012.

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Tesla tweaks financing product with best resale value guarantee and lower monthly payments

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Buying a Model S through the Tesla financing offering now comes with a guarantee that the resale value will be higher than that of BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Lexus or Jaguar. The Model S is rated by Motor Trend, Automobile Magazine and many others as the best car of 2013, so it should naturally therefore have the highest resale value.

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How To Get 85 MPG In a 2010 Lexus HS 250h Hybrid: Go Downhill

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That's what Lexus magazine auto editor Clark Heideger did. miles per gallon in the new 2010 Lexus HS 250h, the. You have to give corporate PR guys some credit when they publish an article on the astoundingly high mileage their car got in a road test, and then dismiss the whole thing as "silly and totally unscientific."

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Toyota Rumored to Debut Performance Automatic Transmission for GR Models Next Month

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This may just be more publicized speculation from Japan’s Magazine X. Lexus is also supposed to have a sporting variant on hand at the Tokyo Auto Salon. There has been no shortage of rumors, with one of the most recent suggesting Toyota’s newest “Direct Automatic Transmission” (DAT) will debut during the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon.

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