Lexus IS-F video test

Here is one great video of testing new 2008 Lexus IS-F , fastest Lexus, by Tiff Needell from Top Gear.

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CNBC's Phil LeBeau doesn't park the Lexus LS460 cars... the LS460 parks the LS460

The Lexus LS460 is a technophile's dream cars -- it hosts the first eight-speed transmission, a rear-view camera, 19-speaker Mark Levinson stereo and hard disk drive to store 4,000 songs... and it parks itself. CNBC's Phil LeBeau shows us how "hands-free" is really done in the video above.

We've chatted with fellow automotive journalists about the self-parking feature, and most have not been impressed -- and by their accounts, what you see in the video is the best-case scenario. By the time the driver lines up the car correctly, confirms the space in which the car is to be parked, and presses go, the drivers in the cars lined up behind him will be out of patience faster than you can say, "Weren't you supposed to learn this crap in driver's ed?"

[Source: CNBC via Jalopnik]

Lexus RX 400h

The Lexus cars RX 400h resolves an age-old paradox by making sporting high performance, low fuel consumption and reduced emissions compatible. It has a 3.3-litre V6 VVT-i petrol engine and two electric motors that work in harmony to deliver smooth, V8-style power and responsiveness. Together, they can whisk the Lexus RX 400h to 62 mph in under 8 seconds. Lexus RX 400h