The latest in Lexus' series of Actively Safe commercials managed to give me the creeps very effectively:

No, really...where was the dog during the crash?

This video of Motor Trend television awarding the Lexus GS the 1998 import car of the year award is extraordinary if only for the sheer amount of praise heaped on the vehicle:

"Almost as good as a new Corvette." "Matching or exceeding the German traditions in every measure possible." It's no wonder why the second-generation GS was such a success, with compliments like that (from Motor Trend of all places!).

Edmunds has more spy footage of the Lexus RX prototype booting its way around Nürburgring (click on the image below to be taken to the video):

In their analysis, Edmunds points out the elimination of a portion of the rear side windows, which I had missed. Here's a visual comparison:

There's definitely little deviation from the current model, but I really like the improvements.

(Thanks Jarrett!)

Here's a new riff on the Lexus IS-F commercial we saw last week with Jim Sloyan:

I have to say, I like the first one better, though it is nice to understand what Sloyan is saying this time round.

When I started watching this video interview with 5Axis founder Troy Sumitomo, I wasn't really expecting to learn anything new about his company's Project IS-F concept, but it turned out to be pretty interesting, especially the insight into design inspiration:

Note: This is potentially NSFW, Bikinis abound.

It's very easy to picture the concept car exactly as Sumitomo describes it, you can definitely see traces of a jet fighter all through the bodywork.

While on the topic of the Lexus LX 570, check out this super-impressive Youtube clip of the luxury-tank scaling a sand mountain:

Zero to small-white-speck in less than 10 seconds.