Lexus Enthusiast

Have something special to share today, here’s the world’s only production Lexus LFA with fog lamps — here are photos from Jorge Jiménez Photography:

This is LFA #014, and it belongs to Javier Quirós of Costa Rica — you may remember him as the owner that did donuts in his newly delivered LFA, but he’s also the president of Purdy Motor (the Toyota distributor in Costa Rica), and one of the Gazoo Racing team drivers that had success in Nürburgring a few years ago.

The actual fog lamps were developed by TOMs for the Nürburgring LFA race cars, and are made from carbon fiber with HID lamps — here are some detail shots:

Special thanks to Javier Quirós, Mauricio Barquero, & Jorge Jiménez for sending these photos over!

The annual BoA Merrill Lynch Car Wars research report has been released, and contains some specific details on Lexus future product plans — from Motor Trend:

From Japan, notable future product includes a coupe and convertible version for the 2014 Lexus IS; a source told us that the coupe has gotten the green light, but a revival of the convertible has yet to be approved. Lexus will also receive a long-awaited three-row crossover, which should bear the CX name.

A coupe based on the LF-CC concept has been the topic of much discussion, and is currently rumored to arrive in 2015.

The big news is the idea of a three-row crossover — this possibility was first mentioned in an interview with Lexus USA VP of marketing Brian Smith earlier this year:

Smith says one of the brand’s two large body-on-frame SUVs, the GX and LX, could be converted to unibody platforms as the auto maker works to meet looming government-imposed fuel-economy regulations.

“In the future, if we could do a 3-row unibody (utility vehicle), I think that’s what consumers would want to see,” he says.

Also rumored is a compact crossover, which is expected to debut this year as a concept at the Tokyo Motor Show — adding these two SUVs would be a huge boost to the Lexus lineup, especially if they can capitalize on the success of the RX.

[Source: Car Wars Report via Motor Trend]