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Toyota's Simulated Gearbox Is Coming to America

The only fully electric Lexus just received a big makeover. Changes to the outside are minimal, but underneath, the 2026 Lexus RZ crossover has been totally overhauled with new battery and motor tech, along with a standard NACS charging port and a simulated paddle-shifted transmission.

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Lopez named as Toyota Hypercar reserve for WEC's Le Mans 24 Hours

Jose Maria Lopez will be on standby at next month’s Le Mans 24 Hours as a Toyota Hypercar reserve driver for the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event.

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The 2026 Lexus RZ Gets A Tesla Plug, 300 Miles Of Range, Simulated Shifts

Until now, the Lexus RZ has been kind of like a golf cart: often found in fancy California gated communities, and seldom driven far, because it can't drive that far anyway. This didn't exactly endear it to critics or even many Lexus fans, especially as the luxury brand's competitors started…

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This Lexus IS500 Special Edition Is the Rarest V-8 of All

Believe it or not, the Lexus IS500 is the last naturally aspirated V-8 luxury sedan still on sale in the US today. To honor that fact, Lexus is rolling out a special IS500 Ultimate Edition trim for North America that's limited to just 500 units.

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The 2026 Lexus ES EV Gets 300 Miles Of Range And A Tesla Port

The 2026 Lexus ES is here, and it's a big deal. The Japanese brand's long-running luxury sedan is going electric.

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The Volvo XC90 Is Starting To Show Its Age: Review

The XC90 was a world-beater when it debuted in 2015, with a stylish design, a modern interior, and an impressive selection of powertrains. But 10 years on, and mostly unchanged—save a few mild updates—some of that sheen has faded. The XC90 still looks great, and its new mild-hybrid inline-four is…

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She hoped to buy a new car and instead was found dead inside one. 16 years later, police say they arrested the killer

Heinsky Anacreon, 38, and Roberto Jeune, who died last year, allegedly celebrated with a bottle of champagne after the 2009 murder of Charline Rosemond

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The 2025 Toyota RAV4 Isn’t Perfect, But It’s Everywhere For A Good Reason

There are literally millions of Americans who wake up every day, leave their bedrooms and venture about their days behind the wheel of a Toyota RAV4. They’re everywhere: in shopping malls, at office parks, in the end-of-school day pickup line. Clearly, Toyota’s done something right; people are buying these things…

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Spa 6 Hours: Ferrari keeps dominating WEC with another pole

Ferrari blocked out the top three positions in qualifying for Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours as the Italian manufacturer continued its domination of the 2025 World Endurance Championship.

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Spa 6 Hours: Ferrari claims pole to continue WEC domination

Ferrari blocked out the top three positions in qualifying for Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours as the Italian manufacturer continued its domination of the 2025 World Endurance Championship.

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Toyota Still Has a Shocking Number of Cars on the Road

10,159,336—that’s how many cars the Toyota Motor Corporation sold last year, including those with a Lexus badge. Add in the vehicles shipped by its Daihatsu and Hino subsidiaries, and the total rises to 10,821,480. Even though deliveries dropped by 3.7 percent compared to the previous year, Toyota still came out…

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Toyota Chairman Says a Sports Car Must Have a Gas Engine

It’s been nearly two years since Toyota gave us a taste of an electric sports car, but the FT-Se concept has yet to evolve into a production model. That’s because a road-going version isn’t coming anytime soon. Instead, the company’s chairman would much rather stick to performance vehicles powered by…

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The Electric Van Is Poised To Take Over The World

Mercedes helped invent the motorized van in Germany in the late 19th century. Now, it’s reinventing the category for America in the 21st. The global luxury brand has announced that it will be sending various iterations of its modular, battery-powered VAN.EA architecture to the States to move not just cargo,…

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The Toyota bZ7 Looks Fantastic. Too Bad It's Only For China

Toyota has revealed another electric sedan in China while it focuses on crossovers and SUVs everywhere else. The bZ7 is a China-exclusive flagship electric sedan bigger than a Camry and considerably more luxurious than anything with a bZ badge.

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All-New Lexus ES Has Hybrid And Pure Electric Power

Lexus has unveiled the all-new eighth-generation ES sedan in China at Auto Shanghai, which is now either a hybrid or a full-on EV. It’s not what we expected in terms of design, as it seems to break with the tradition of understated styling in favor of a much bolder look…

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The New Lexus ES Has Hybrid and Electric Power

Although the outgoing ES received two facelifts, it couldn’t hide the fact that it was getting long in the tooth. Lexus introduced the seventh-generation model back in 2018, so it was definitely time for a full redesign. Thankfully, the wait is over. Debuting this week at Auto Shanghai, the all-new…

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Buick's New Minivan Is a Love Letter to China

For decades, stretched sedans were the default luxury car in China. However, posh minivans have been gaining traction, prompting even Volvo to launch the EM90, and Lexus the LM. While these fancy family haulers have only been around for a short while, Buick has been selling the GL8 for a…

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Sound Up: The Lexus GR GT3 Sports Car Sounds Amazing

The Lexus/Toyota GR GT3 sports car can't come soon enough. Originally debuting in concept form at the Tokyo Auto Salon in 2022, the production version is destined to hit the road sometime in 2026. But before it does, listen to these sweet, sweet sounds of the prototype testing at Laguna…

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The Lexus LS Is Not Dying

Lexus dropped a teaser yesterday for the next-generation ES, confusingly calling the luxury sedan a “global flagship model.” That got us wondering: What does this mean for the LS? Is Lexus preparing to retire its long-running full-size sedan? We reached out to the company for clarification, and representatives from both…

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New Lexus ES: Is It Going All-Electric Next?

The Lexus ES has always been a strong seller. Introduced in 1989, it's always been the mainstream Lexus sedan, but never the one that got the most attention. That may be changing. Lexus just announced it will reveal the eighth-generation ES on April 23 at the Shanghai motor show, which…

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The Next Lexus ES Is Coming Soon

The current-generation ES has been around for seven years, and despite facelifts in 2021 and 2024, the midsize luxury sedan is starting to show its age. Thankfully, Lexus is almost ready to unveil the eighth-generation model. As with the outgoing version, the official debut will take place in China, where…

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Lexus Has a 'Young People Problem'

Automakers love to tout their young buyer bases. A few years ago, Dodge claimed it had the youngest customers in the business. In March, Ferrari said that 40 percent of its new clients were under 40. Companies want to appear hip and cool, and many don’t want to muck up…

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A deja vu IMSA weekend as Porsche Penske claims third overall 2025 win in Long Beach

A Porsche Penske-perfect and Porsche-perfect weekend as the German manufacturer sweeps both categories, the #7 GTP and #177 AO Racing GTD Rexy car

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If you’re being driven rather than driving, these are the cars that will let you arrive in style

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Long Beach pole makes three in a row for the #24 BMW GTP

Team RLL's #24 BMW goes three for three for poles in 2025, while the Vasser Sullivan Lexus shows its street course savvy for the second year in a row

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