Photographer Anthony Carbone attended the Tokyo Motor Salon and came away with some great photos of the Lexus in attendance (click the photos to go to the full gallery):

Wald International Lexus IS-F Black Bison Edition

Club Linea Lexus LX 570

DAD Lexus LS 460

I had to do a double take on that DAD LS interior, which is so extraordinary it basically defies description.

Anthony has numerous other photos, be sure to check out his full Tokyo Motor Salon photo gallery.

Here’s a Lexus I missed covering during SEMA 2008 — this GS 350’s sound system packs such a massive punch, they had to take the roof right off:

Besides the fact that it’s part of California’s Swift Car club, there isn’t much in the way of details. I did find this massive photo gallery, though.

[Source: CarDomain Blog]

Wald International, the Japanese bodykit manufacturer that’s made aero-parts for every Lexus out there, has taken a shot at the IS-F. The results, however, are not too pretty — take a look at this rear spoiler/under-spoiler combo:

Luckily, the whole thing’s still in the photochop development stage, which leaves the door open for some improvement. Beyond that, here’s a collection of different angles so you can see the kit in all its glory:

These designer interview videos from Lexus provide some great insight into their SEMA lineup, it’s really quite impressive how much effort must have went into the co-ordination of all these different teams — once again, dig up the headphones because the audio is really low:

That super-charger in the 0-60 Magazine IS-F looks insane.

I have to post this link to Autoblog’s photo set of the Project GS on the floor at SEMA — there’s always a concern seeing a vehicle outside of the highly manicured official photo environment, but the GS doesn’t disappoint. Take a look at this rear close-up:

Looks almost cartoonish to me, I love the handmade look of the matte black paint. I have to say, I’m sold on this car. It’s just awesome.

[Source: Autoblog]

Get out your earphones, because the sound on this Lexus SEMA video recap from the first day is incredibly quiet:

It’s always interesting listening to the people behind these cars talk about their creations — I’m especially impressed by Troy Sumitomo and Five Axis, both their Project GS & Project IS-F cars really managed to take the Lexus stock designs to the next level. (In fact, wouldn’t it be something if Lexus started getting Five Axis input during the the end of the production car’s development stage?)