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90s Japanese Luxury Car Purchase Dilemma: Q45, LS 400, or RL?
Since my daily-driver ’92 Civic is about to become a much less civilized car (plus it’s finally made the transition from “somewhat rough” to “total beater,” I need to start shopping for another DD very...
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90s Japanese Luxury Car Purchase Dilemma Solved: Going VIP!
Back in September, I wrote about my search for a 1990s Japanese luxury car as a daily driver, with the Infiniti Q45, Lexus LS400, and Acura RL as the main contenders. Five months later, I’ve made my...
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Next-Generation Lexus LS Embraces The “Different Lengths Of Sausage” Philosophy
BMW and Audi have embraced the “one sausage, many lengths” philosophy for their mainline sedans, and Lexus is the next lemming to jump off the cliff. The first images of the upcoming LS sedan show a...
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Pre Production Review: 2013 Lexus LS 460 and LS 600hL
The LS and I have had a long relationship. Back in 1993 I was an impressionable teenager nearing that holy-grail of ages: 16. This meant I dreamt of driving constantly. My parents were Oldsmobile and...
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The New Lexus LS Finally Comes Home To Japan
Continuing our coverage of Japanese cars newly introduced to Japan after they had been shown everywhere else, we present you today the new Lexus LS, live from Tokyo. Quite fittingly, the event was...
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Review: 2013 Lexus LS 460 F-Sport (Video)
While BMW has been turning the 7-Series into a luxuriously silent highway cruiser, Lexus has been busy injecting sport into their isolated lineup. In 2006 we got the 417HP IS-F, in 2011 came the insane...
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Review: 2014 Lexus LS 600hL (With Video)
The LS 600hL is the pinnacle of Toyota and Lexus engineering. It is the largest Lexus sedan, the brand’s most expensive model, the most expensive hybrid in the world and, with the death of BMW’s V8...
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Cain’s Segments April 2014: Luxury Flagships
The impact of Mercedes-Benz’s W222 S-Class has been keenly felt in America’s luxury car sector. The S-Class’s most direct rivals have been shunned in favour of the venerable Benz over the last seven...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1997 Lexus LS400 Coach Edition (with Bonus Failed...
Three years ago, after becoming obsessed with 1990s Japanese luxury cars and, failing to find a non-thrashed Infiniti Q45 (or even a nice J30), I bought a very clean 1997 Lexus LS400 Coach Edition....
View ArticleNext-generation Lexus LS Could Break with Tradition, Offer a V6
The flagship LS built the Lexus brand’s reputation by offering quality on par with the Germans and a V8 engine that was smaller and more advanced than those fielded by the Americans. The model...
View ArticleIt’s About Time – Lexus Will Finally Show A New LS Flagship AT NAIAS In 2017
The current automotive climate is not a favourable one for full-size sedans, luxury or otherwise. Many automakers have persevered, reinvesting in their flagship sedans despite decreased demand. BMW,...
View ArticleNAIAS 2017: Look Over Here, Please, We Beg You! Lexus Hopes 2018 LS Returns...
It wasn’t long ago that Lexus could reliably sell 20,000-plus LS sedans in the U.S. each year. Certainly, the model’s pre-recession sales performance fell under the heading of “reliable,” with over...
View ArticleQOTD: What’s Your Take on this New ‘Sporty’ Lexus LS?
On Monday at NAIAS, something interesting happened at the corner of Predator Maw and Sporty Junction: Lexus revealed a new 2018 LS500. As a fan of the LS model since inception, I was interested. And as...
View ArticleThe Gas-powered 2018 Lexus LS Won’t Be Lonely for Long
The next-generation Lexus LS flagship’s top-to-bottom revamp took some fans by surprise when it was revealed ahead of the Detroit auto show. Not only did it do away with a formal roofline, a V8 engine...
View ArticleLexus Drops the LC 500’s Hybrid System into the LS 500, Adds an ‘h
Lexus’ next-generation LS has already thrown design heritage out the window and kicked its traditional V8 to the curb, so why not add more totally new hardware? For 2018, the brand’s redesigned...
View ArticleGeneva 2017: Lexus LS 500h Offers More Technology, Fewer Yawns
Continuing on its relentless path of pitching boring design out the window, Lexus is storming ahead with its styling choices, applying them to its entire model range. Today in Geneva, Lexus unveiled a...
View ArticleNYIAS 2017: Does the LS 500 Really Need an F-Sport Badge? Lexus Thinks So
Lexus is giving its flagship sedan the F-Sport touch for the New York International Auto Show. While it isn’t likely to rival AMG’s super sedans in terms of power, Toyota’s premium brand is promising...
View ArticleNYIAS 2017: 2018 Lexus LS 500 F Sport Adds ‘Driving Emotion’ (But No Extra...
Back in the day, a properly large luxury sedan was just that — large and luxurious. No sporting pretensions were found, as any special package simply piled on the brougham. However, Lexus has said no...
View ArticleAsk Jack: The Man Who Flexes From WRXes To Lexus?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: everything, and I mean everything, is utterly and absolutely context-dependent. It’s literally true on the atomic level, where we cannot accurately measure...
View ArticleLexus Knows it Needs to Improve its Sedans or Prepare Them for a Merciful Death
With crossovers on the rise, and more car-like than ever, Toyota’a global branding chief Tokuo Fukuichi knows that Lexus sedans need to offer more to customers or prepare to join the Tyrannosaurus rex...
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