Category Archives: CT
The 2012 Informed Speculation scoreboard
Rare is the car magazine that does not have a section dedicated to brief notes and comments on future vehicle news, rumors and what we refer to as Informed Speculation, bearing titles such as Upfront, the Oracle, Ampersand and MT … Continue reading
Has Lexus killed or indefinitely postponed more powerful CT variants?
Back in July 2009, this author helped break the story of Lexus’ filing of CT 200h, CT 300h and CT 400h trademarks. The CT 200h, of course, went on sale worldwide as the brand’s entry level model in early 2011, … Continue reading
An…er…um…highly unusual Lexus CT 200h art car
What do cars and politics have in common? All the fiery debate, finger-pointing and hand-wringing over the U.S. government/taxpayer bailout of General Motors and Chrysler and dubious “investments” in and loans to “green” companies such as Fisker and Tesla? Yeah, … Continue reading
TMC’s Environmental Technology Development update: a peek at Toyota and Lexus’ powertrain future (Part 1)
On Monday 24 September, what was ostensibly the press preview for the (very limited) production version of the battery electric variant of the Toyota iQ soon became, in the words of Bertel Schmitt of The Truth About Cars, “the strangest … Continue reading
Lexus CT 200h outsells Toyota Prius in China!
Press accounts detailing the Toyota Prius sales juggernaut all over the world are too numerous to link here, but, believe it or not, that is not the case in China, the world’s largest automobile market. Buried in a Reuters article … Continue reading
Is Toyota working on a manual transmission hybrid powertrain for a Prius Sport Coupe?
Although, to date, Toyota has only confirmed Prius Alpha/v/+, Plug-In and upcoming Prius c additions to the growing Prius family, rumors have been reported over the past couple of years of a Sport Coupe Prius as a later derivative, and … Continue reading
As Toyota further extends its Japan shutdown, a picture emerges on which models will run out first
To hardly anyone’s surprise, Toyota has announced yet another extension of its vehicle-production halt at all plants in Japan (including subsidiary vehicle manufacturers) until at least Saturday 26 March (a previously-scheduled Saturday production day), as reported on Toyota’s USA and … Continue reading
Turning the LS 600hL into a CT 200h!? Here’s how…
So how do you turn the flagship LS 600hL into the newest premium luxury compact hybrid, the CT 200h? Dr. Tokokira has the answer… “The Minimizer Story - The experiments of Dr. Tokokira. Episode 4″ Source: Lexus Italia
Lexus Manila grows 37% for 2010, CT and LFA to come!
The Lexus brand has been around globally for over 20 years. Yet, it was only 2 years ago last month that Lexus launched the brand in The Philippines with its one and only dealer located in Manila. Prior to the … Continue reading
Five Axis CT 200h Concept coming to Chicago!
Troy Sumitomo is no stranger to making concept cars a reality. As the man with the plan at Five Axis, he’s responsible for building many Lexus concept cars including the Five Axis Concept IS F, GS F-Sport, IS F-Sport Sedan, … Continue reading
