Category: Lexus

  • Lexus IS200 and IS300 buying guide: XE10 problems, rust, maintenance and costs

    Lexus IS200 and IS300 buying guide: XE10 problems, rust, maintenance and costs

    Lexus IS200 and IS300 XE10 buying guide: rust and ball-joint checks, timing belts, manuals and automatics, SportCross, UK prices, maintenance and hidden costs.

  • Lexus LFA: History, Specifications & Buying Guide

    Lexus LFA: History, Specifications & Buying Guide

    Unusual Cars Model Guide The Lexus LFA is one of the defining supercars of the modern era: a carbon-fibre two-seater powered by a bespoke 4.8-litre V10 that revs to 9,000 rpm. Only 500 were built, making it both the rarest Lexus road car and the ultimate expression of the company’s analogue engineering ambition. Photograph by…

  • Lexus IS F: UK History, Specifications & Buying Guide

    Lexus IS F: UK History, Specifications & Buying Guide

    Unusual Cars Model Guide The Lexus IS F was the car that proved Lexus could build a serious compact performance saloon. A hand-assembled 5.0-litre V8, eight-speed transmission, Brembo brakes and discreet four-door body made it a rare, naturally aspirated alternative to the BMW M3, Mercedes C63 AMG and Audi RS4. Photograph by Calreyn88. Wikimedia Commons…

  • Lexus SC 430: UK History, Specifications & Buying Guide

    Lexus SC 430: UK History, Specifications & Buying Guide

    Unusual Cars Model Guide The Lexus SC 430 is a fascinatingly individual grand tourer: a V8-powered 2+2 with a folding aluminium hardtop, lavish equipment and engineering aimed at effortless travel rather than lap times. In Britain it was expensive, uncommon and deliberately different. Photograph by IFCAR; released to the public domain. Wikimedia Commons · Public…