Toyota's Open Road blog has posted a short audio interview of Lexus General Manager Mark Templin & Toyota President Jim Lentz discussing the company's low sales in June and what it means for the car maker: Here's an interesting excerpt from GM Templin on Lexus moving forward: The good news is that we retained our position as the #1 selling luxury brand, so we feel like we're doing a pretty good...

This commercial featuring perpetual Lexus voice actor James Sloyan in the passenger seat of an IS-F as Scott Pruett takes a lap around the track is just about perfect: This is a definite payoff for using the same voice actor since the very first commercials. (Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what James is saying right there at the end?)...

With the year-to-year decrease in Lexus US auto sales becoming more and more pronounced, I thought it might be a good idea to do some number comparisons as a way to get some perspective. First thing, here's the raw facts of Lexus' first-half sales when compared to the competition: Manufacturer YTD 2008 YTD 2007 % Change Lexus 136,711 160,202 -14.1% BMW 131,513 144,579 - 9.0% Mercedes 119,279 118,24...

The Fonz is trading in his motorcycle for a Lexus RX 400h, as Henry Winkler is making his way across Britain on a children's book tour to support the government's 2008 National Year of Reading: Winkler, world famous for his role as "The Fonz" in the hit television show Happy Days., is now the author of a best-selling series of children's novels about a boy called Hank Zipzer, the World's Greatest U...

Considering the furor it created, I had fully expected the LS 600hL gift that Lexus airfreighted to Paul McCartney would never see the light of day. However, Sir Paul was recently spotted being chauffeured around London in the dark maple red hybrid. Also of note: Such is vegetarian Sir Paul's passion for issues surrounding animal rights and the environment that he took out the leather interior and...