Check out the 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon which is the first show of the year to always get everyone very excited. LuxuryVice toured the showroom floor hunting down some of the best looking rides of the show. KW Suspension brought out an awesome pink BMW that you can see above. Liberty Walk Performance had the most gorgeous Lamborghini we have ever seen in our life on display in a gorgeous white color above as well. To top it all off Lexus drug out the LF-A which has had rumors circulating for months if this will become a real car or remain a concept.

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Ford is unrolling a new active parking system that they claim is better than the current Lexus parking system that is the darling of the automotive press. They say they have a parking system that works on ultrasonic waves which makes it more versatile and requires less human interaction from drivers.

Two cars on the Lincoln fleet will start sporting this system in the 2010 models Ford claims with the MKS and MKT models. Ford even makes a claim that possibly all models will have this technology available by the year 2012 which seems very impressive. They also mention that unlike the Lexus GS Advanced Parking Guidance System the Ford technology will be able to park on hills which the Lexus system is not able to do since it is a camera based system.

Ford breaks it down for you like this:

• The driver activates the system by pressing an instrument panel button, which activates the ultrasonic sensors to measure and identify a feasible parallel parking space.
• The system then prompts the driver to accept the system assistance to park.
• The steering system then takes over and steers the car into the parking space hands-free. The driver still shifts the transmission and operates the gas and brake pedals.
• A visual and/or audible driver interface advises the driver about the proximity of other cars, objects and people and provides instructions.
• While the steering is all done automatically, the driver remains responsible for safe parking and can interrupt the system by grasping the steering wheel.

Source (view much larger image of Ford parking graph above):

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According to Autospies.com the Lexus LF-A might be coming to the United States after all. Much debate as been swirling about the car due to the current economic status in America but Toyota has been busy at the US Patent and Trademark office with the vehicle. On December 1st they filed for patent 77623634 which calls the car a LF-A. It seems like a step in the right direction to see this thing in the United States.