Word: lexus
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...NEWEST STATUS SYMBOL The two-seater Lexus LS-F, designed to compete with high-end European roadsters, will be the first car from Toyota to crack $100,000. --By Joseph R. Szczesny
...trade-off for performance and luxury used to be lousy gas mileage, and it still is for most cars. But eco-luxury has become the hottest trend in the auto industry, and the latest hybrids from both Honda and Toyota's LEXUS division are all about going green in pulse-racing style. Honda's new hybrid Accord, which went on the market in December, packs 255 h.p.--15 h.p. more than the conventional V6--and comes with luxuries like a leather-trimmed interior, heated front seats, power windows--and even an electronic noise-dampening system. Not to be outdriven, Lexus...
...from World Cup skiing to Formula One racing. A pious Catholic, Tanzi was a generous benefactor who sponsored the restoration of Parma's 11th century basilica and funded its professional soccer team. And he seemed modest about his achievements. He didn't smoke, drank little and drove his own Lexus. Behind his company's facade of success, however, a hole kept growing. Parmalat's finances were in poor shape by the late 1980s as a result of a disastrous foray into...
...German-inspired rear-wheel-drive platform--like the Dodge Magnum that hit dealerships in June--appear to be selling on their merits, rather than being pushed by profit-killing finance incentives. "It looks more like a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley," says John Dickens, 64, who traded in his Lexus SUV, worth $65,000 new, for a 300C at a dealership in Athens, Texas...
...also mimed a sexual act in the course of a discussion of the relative merits of a Harvard degree and a Lexus, which he said were of similar economic value...