If we rated cars like we rate films in the US, the Lexus ES would be a solid “PG.” This isn’t a disparagement, it’s context: it’s a great ride with occasional thrills, but its high points are far from being remotely scandalous or unadulterated.
In person, the Polestar One is so good looking, smooth and well-proportioned that it seems to bend space-time; I stood in one spot staring at the show car, hypnotized for longer than I care to admit.
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Eventually, car dashboards will disappear completely.
Lexus is being coy with advanced tech, but the new LS is still excellent.
You can get mountains of horsepower and still have four doors and a trunk.
It may be entry-level, but it is undeniable luxury.
So original and impressive in design execution that it automatically rises to the top of the heap.
Japanese car manufacturer Lexus is making a big lifestyle play — and making waves.
Shift-less CVTs are an acquired taste that just make sense.
The Lexus LFA was too expensive to make, too expensive to buy, and too rare to be awe inspiring.
Listening to first-rate systems from Burmester, Naim, Meridian and Mark Levinson.
We braved the first blizzard of the season to see what a modern SUV shod in mere all-season shoes can do.
The GS 350 F Sport takes the milquetoast mid-size sedan market and gives it some guts.
The blood-rushing side of driving has been absent from Lexus’ lineup since, well, forever.
A look inside the largest designer furniture event in the world.
From miserly compacts to full-sized fuel-sipping sedans, you can have your cake and eat it, too, with both style and a serious salute to the environment.
BMW has spent the past several years making its cars more luxurious and better appointed for its upmarket customers. While BMW was upping the luxury, Lexus was moving in the opposite direction, not by making their cars any less luxurious, but instead placing a stronger emphasis — maybe even a bull’s-eye target — on sportiness.
It’s no longer enough for a big SUV to transport seven; it has to look good and feel good (for both driver and passengers) while doing it. Our intrepid Octane crew drove five of the best seven-passenger SUVs out there and found a flavor for just about anyone.