BRIAN LONG
- Preface & Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Toyota
- Chapter 2 Birth of The Lexus
- Chapter 3 The Early Days
- Chapter 4 The ES300 Arrives & The LS Gets a Facelift
- Chapter 5 Giugiaro`s GS Hits the Scene
- Chapter 6 Improving The Breed
- Chaoter 7 Lexus Goes Off-road
- Chapter 8 A New GS
- Chapter 9 More Additions to the Line
- Chapter 10 Lexus for The Millennium
- Appendix: Production Figures
- Index
In a bold bid to enter the prestigious luxury car market, Toyota launched its Lexus marque in 1989 with the LS400.Impeccable attention to detail, advanced engineering, sourcing of first quality materials from around the world and meticulous build quality ensured that cars wearing the Lexus badge could compete directly with the established products of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Jaguar.Motoring journalists around the world were quick to confirm the inherent quality of the Lexus, allowing the new marque to become established...