Lexus LFA Appears on Top Gear
The much-anticipated appearance of the Lexus LFA on Top Gear has been uploaded to Youtube.
Kevin · February 4th, 2013
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Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear Love Letter to the Lexus LFA
Less than an hour before the Lexus LFA makes its second appearance on the Top Gear TV show, Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear Magazine article on the Lexus supercar has shown up on German Car Forum.
Kevin · February 3rd, 2013
Jeremy Clarkson: Lexus LFA “The Best Car I’ve Ever Driven”
Jeremy Clarkson loves the Lexus LFA — he praised the Lexus supercar in the Sunday Times, paid tribute on the Top Gear website, and now has this to say in the latest issue of Top Gear magazine.
Kevin · January 29th, 2013
Jeremy Clarkson: “I Love the Lexus LFA”
For the third time in four months, Jeremy Clarkson has reviewed the Lexus LFA — this time for the Top Gear website.
Kevin · December 13th, 2012
Lexus LFA & SC 430 Featured in Top Gear’s Worst Car in the History of the World Special
Last week, Top Gear released their The Worst Car in the History of the World DVD special, and two Lexus cars were featured.
Kevin · November 25th, 2012
Top Gear Driving a Lexus LFA From Las Vegas to Mexico?
The lads from Top Gear arrived in the USA yesterday, landing in Las Vegas for what’s rumored to be a 3,000 mile journey through Mexico for a future episode.
Kevin · November 13th, 2012
Jeremy Clarkson Reviews the Lexus LFA
The world-famous Jeremy Clarkson has finally driven the Lexus LFA, and by some miracle, he “loved it”.
Kevin · September 30th, 2012
2012 Lexus ES 350 Featured in Top Gear Korea Drag Race
Now for something you don't see every day -- here's a segment from *Top Gear Korea* that features a 2012 Lexus ES 350 in a drag race.
Kevin · April 14th, 2012
Top Gear Reviews the 2013 Lexus GS 450h F Sport
Top Gear Magazine’s Tom Ford has reviewed the Lexus GS 450h F Sport, and found it to be “better than the old GS, surprisingly nimble, [with a] nice interior and a properly interesting choice.”
Kevin · February 20th, 2012
Jeremy Clarkson Reviews the Lexus LFA for Forza 4
The latest edition of the Xbox racing game, Forza 4, has a unique tie-in with Top Gear and, more specifically, Jeremy Clarkson.
Kevin · October 7th, 2011
Top Gear USA Features the Lexus LFA
The Lexus LFA made an appearance on this week’s episode of Top Gear USA in a “videogames vs. real-life” race at Infineon Raceway.
Kevin · September 6th, 2011
Vintage Top Gear Review of the 1993 Lexus GS 300
This 1993 Top Gear review of the first-generation Lexus GS 300 is a great illustration at just how far both the show and the car have come.
Kevin · August 11th, 2011
Top Gear Drives the 2012 Lexus GS 450h
Just to keep it going, Top Gear Magazine also spent some time behind the wheel of the next-generation GS 450h.
Kevin · July 25th, 2011
Old Lexus ES 250 Commercial Starring…The Stig?
Stumbled on this old first-generation Lexus ES 250 commercial, or as announcer James Sloyan describes it, “the luxury sedan of sports sedans”: For all his rumored talents, I never would have expected The Stig to be driving ES 250s for Lexus before appearing on Top Gear.
Kevin · April 27th, 2011
Adam Carolla Drives the Lexus LFA
Radio personality & one-time Top Gear USA presenter Adam Carolla had a chance to talk with Lexus’ Paul Rohovsky about the LFA — here’s the full 20 minute video of their discussion: It’s during these types of walkarounds when you really get a feel for the level of detail and attention put into the LFA …
Kevin · November 10th, 2010
Top Gear’s Supercar Showdown
At long last, some kind soul at Toyota Nation has scanned the Top Gear magazine article that pitted the Lexus LFA against the Mercedes SLS AMG, Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera & Porsche 911 GT3 RS. As it turns out, the LFA doesn’t really get a fair shake — for reasons confusing at best, …
Kevin · September 20th, 2010
Top Gear Magazine Supercar Showdown
Last month, a video showed up on Youtube showing a Lexus LFA, Mercedes SLS, Porsche GT3 RS, Lamborghini LP 570-4 Superleggera, and Ferrari 458 all parked on the side of a UK road — turns out this was the work of Top Gear Magazine, who pulled the “five greatest supercars of the year” together for …
Kevin · August 17th, 2010
Lexus LFA Concept Wallpaper from Top Gear
While looking for an image to use with the previous post, I came across this fantastic Lexus LFA concept wallpaper from Top Gear, and just had to post it: Select Resolution: 1680×1050 | 1440×900 | 1280×1024 | 1280×800 | 1024×768 Still love those headlights — funny how the LED strip is being added to the …
Kevin · July 20th, 2010
Lexus LFA on Top Gear
Earlier today, the Lexus LFA made its Top Gear appearance—first off, you can watch The Stig’s lap around the track (likely on Youtube for a limited time only): The LFA, in wet track conditions, made it around the track in 1:22.3, which beat the Lamborghini Gallardo as the fastest wet lap on the show so …
Kevin · January 3rd, 2010
Lexus LFA Review from The Sunday Times
Jason Barlow has reviewed the Lexus LFA for The Sunday Times: You can make up your own mind about the LFA’s looks, but it is aerodynamically efficient, authentically Japanese and more chunky Transformer than curvy Megan Fox. The sci-fi theme continues inside…after 10 minutes of fiddling I felt as befuddled as Bill Murray in Lost …
Kevin · December 13th, 2009
Lexus LFA to Appear on Top Gear
It was inevitable—Lexus UK has announced that Top Gear driver The Stig has taken the LFA around the track for an upcoming episode of the British car show. The Lexus UK Twitter account posted earlier today that a Stig lap at the Top Gear test track had taken place, but didn’t mention just how well …
Kevin · December 9th, 2009
Jay Leno’s Garage Features Lexus LFA
Just got around to watching the Lexus LFA coverage on Jay Leno’s Garage and it’s well worth the time (even without Leno driving): The side-long footage simulates what it might look like to pull beside the LFA, and also shows just how large the car really is (which is to say, not very). It’s also …
Kevin · November 29th, 2009
1997 Top Gear Feature on the Lexus LS 400 & GS 300
From 1997, here’s a Top Gear feature on the freshly updated Lexus LS 400 and the brand new GS 300: It’s no surprise that presenter Quentin Wilson is extremely positive about Lexus in this feature, the refreshed second-generation LS and the just released second-generation GS were quite a formidable pairing. However, I was surprised by …
Kevin · July 31st, 2009
Jeremy Clarkson Reviews the Lexus IS 250
In a comment on my last post, TLE reader Jay wanted to know if the current Lexus IS had ever made it onto the Top Gear show. The answer, it turns out, is “No” (though their magazine counterpart did name it the Best Executive/Luxury Car in 2005). Later on, I found something much more interesting—in …
Kevin · April 14th, 2009
Classic Top Gear: 1999 Lexus IS 200 Review
In keeping with the IS theme from yesterday, here’s a throwback Top Gear segment from 1999, with James May test-driving the first-generation Lexus IS 200: James May certainly looks quite young—but still exhibits that special “Captain Slow” driving style. It does sound like IS 200 suffered the same sort of low-band power deficiency that I …
Kevin · April 13th, 2009
Classic Top Gear 1990: Lexus LS 400 vs. Mercedes 420SE vs. Jaguar 4.0 vs. BMW 735i
Every once and a while, a classic Lexus LS 400 clip will show up on Youtube, showing the car up against its competitors, and it always amazes me just how throughly Lexus thought out their first model. Here we have a 1990 video clip from Top Gear, putting the LS 400 up against the Mercedes …
Kevin · March 18th, 2008
Top Gear Magazine Reviews the Lexus IS-F
Top Gear Magazine has posted up their review of the Lexus IS-F, and it’s just as sharply written and clever as you would expect. Most of their praise is a double-edged sword, as every compliment is balanced with a swipe at the rest of Lexus’ lineup: Where my keep-it-simple plan falls apart, is when a …
Kevin · February 1st, 2008
1989 Lexus LS 400 Featured in Old Top Gear Episode
It’s hard to discount the power of Youtube when you can watch a 1989 episode of Top Gear detailing the introduction of the then-newly released Lexus LS 400 (jump ahead to 1:26 to get there directly): Not a full-on review, which is a slight disappointment, but the praise is astounding, let me quote presenter Tiff …
Kevin · November 30th, 2007
Top Gear Comparison: Lexus SC 430 vs. Hyundai Tiburon
I can’t say that the SC 430 is my favorite car in Lexus’ lineup, but Top Gear took it one step further, declaring it “the worst car on sale today”. When comparing it to the Hyundai Tiburon, it was hardly even a contest: “Dreadful”. “Horrible”. “Charmless”. I’m honestly surprised the host didn’t drive the SC …
Kevin · June 23rd, 2007