Redesigned 2013 Lexus LS offers new sheetmetal, safety features

Lexus Division unveiled its new LS 460 flagship luxury sedan that arrives in dealerships this fall, with standard and long-wheelbase editions, a hybrid version and a new F-Sport trim level with improved handling dynamics. Despite its sheet metal changes, the car is actually little changed underneath. Its 4.6-liter V8 engine and eight-speed transmission are basically carryover, at a time when luxury brands are using powertrain technology as a differentiating ploy.

Tokyo motor show 2009: news, reviews, live blogs

Welcome to CAR Online's coverage of the 2009 Tokyo motor show. Editor Phil McNamara (PM) and staff writer Ben Pulman (BP) have been reporting live from the Makuhari Messe on the 41st Tokyo car show – and you can keep up to date with all the news, photos and reviews right here. Use our Twitter-powered blog and galleries to catch up with all the Tokyo motor show news, or click on the links below to see the separate news articles and galleries. Click here to read Phil McNamara's review of the 2009 Tokyo motor show And if you want to see Ben Pulman, our staff writer, looking stupid, check out his reviews of Honda's mad U3-X electric unicycle and the company's crazy walking assist devices.

Jaguar Land Rover factory closure

Jaguar Land Rover are to close one of their production facilities in the Midlands JLR unions have already brokered a deal to ensure no job losses in the short term, but JLR are committed to rationalising their manufacturing across just two plants in the UK, instead of the existing three. The decision will be made about which plant to close in the next eighteen months. The most likely scenario is that JLR will close Solihull – which currently produces Land Rovers and employs 5000 people – and concentrate Land Rover production at Halewood.