Lexus

The quiet super-sedan of the F range: the 5.0 V8 in the GS shell, naturally aspirated on principle.

The first F car: the 5.0 V8 worked into the IS by a Yamaha-assisted skunkworks team.

The LF-LC concept put into production nearly unchanged: a naturally aspirated V8 flagship on the GA-L platform.

The decade-long halo project: a carbon tub and a Yamaha-tuned V10 that revved too fast for an analog tachometer to follow.

The V8 coupe that carried the IS F's idea forward, on a chassis drawn from three Lexus platforms.

The California-designed personal luxury coupe of the nineties and the retractable-hardtop 430 that followed it.