The Lexus GS 450H Combines Luxury and Hybrid Technology

Let’s get the supposed negative out of the way right off the bat.  If you are looking for a luxury sports sedan that rivals the German automakers for sporty handling, then the Lexus GS 450H is not the car for you.  Lexus has never been able to match Mercedes-Benz or BMW for sporty handling.  However,…

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The Jaguar 2000 S-Type Overstayed Its Welcome

Classic styling and inherited pedigree added up to make the Jaguar 2000 S-Type a very fine automobile in the midlevel luxury sedan genre.  Unfortunately, it simply did not know when to quit while at the top. The S-Type was introduced in 2000 and finally ended its run in 2008.  When it first came out this…

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Lexus LX 450 Toyota Land Cruiser Plus Luxury

What do you get when you combine luxury with off-road capabilities?  Well, the Lexus LX 450 of course! The LX 450 was actually a pioneer of sorts, entering the luxury SUV market when there was barely one to enter.  It debuted in 1996 and at that time an SUV was something most people had never…

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The Lexus ES 330, A Luxury Sedan For All Drivers

Produced from 2004-2006, the Lexus ES 330 was an entry-level luxury sedan that pleased practically everyone, and as such offers the most for the buck for anyone looking for a true luxury sedan at an affordable price. This was the fourth generation of the ES line, succeeding the ES 300 and followed by a sportier…

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What’s In A Name? The Story of Jaguar Vanden Plas

In marketing, name recognition means practically everything.  You can have the greatest product in the history of mankind but if nobody has ever heard of it you are facing a serious uphill battle to promote it. In many respects that analogy is the story of Vanden Plas, a company of coachbuilders for specialist automobiles originally…

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