[car fanatics]

Lexus
Photo: Copyright 2012 Patrick Power / Car Fanatics Forum
By: CF staff

With its dynamic handling, bold new design and superior craftsmanship, the 2013 Lexus LS flagship models hail the future of the Lexus brand as it embarks on its third decade in the premium luxury category. While retaining many of the qualities that have defined Lexus for more than 20 years, the LS reaches new heights with an exciting blend of beautiful design, modern refinement and advanced technology.

The 2013 LS line-up includes the LS 460, LS 460L, LS 600hL hybrid, and the first-ever LS 460 F SPORT. LS 460 and LS 460L are available in RWD and AWD. The LS Hybrid is available with a full-time AWD system.

The all-new LS 460 F SPORT combines a more aggressive exterior with a unique sport interior featuring F SPORT seats with larger bolsters, a leather-wrapped steering wheel with paddle shifters and genuine aluminum trim. With a sport tuned air suspension that has been lowered 0.4 inches, a Torsen® limited slip rear differential (RWD model), Brembo six-piston caliper brakes, and 19” forged wheels with summer or all-season tires, the LS F SPORT promises to be the most engaging LS ever.

The entire 2013 LS lineup is refined with dynamic, fresh styling that reflects the bold new face of Lexus. The aggressive spindle grille gives the new LS a greater road presence and stronger brand identity while heralding a significant improvement in driving dynamics, responsiveness and handling.

Increased body rigidity enhances stability, and allows for a more comfortable ride. Pitch and bounce control has been enhanced by adopting new frequency dependent shock absorbers, resulting in an even flatter, road-hugging ride. Revised steering offers improvements in accuracy and turn-in response. The braking system has been adjusted for more immediate power and greater pedal feel.

Available safety enhancements include the industry’s most advanced Pre-Collision Safety (A-PCS) system with Collision Avoidance Assist. This system is designed to assist the driver in avoiding or mitigating collisions with vehicles and pedestrians under a wide range of city and highway speeds. At speeds lower than 24 miles per hour, this technology helps the LS to avoid accidents by automatically bringing the LS to a full stop.

The driver-focused interior integrates modern refinement with intuitive technology. The Advanced Illumination System (AIS), an all-LED interior lighting system, illuminates to greet the approaching occupants and then fades in sequence with the vehicle starting procedure. Read more.

[Brown_Pride]

SEXY!

[kamikazeKID]

AMAZING!

[The Voice of Doom]

A strange-looking grill and cutesy rear turn signals do not a soulful car make. I'll take a Jag XJ any day of the week. Leave the plastic people to their Lexuses.

[Brown_Pride]

Enjoy your Jag (that you'll be pouring thousands of dollars of repairs into) because you'll be the only person on the road driving one!

[docCarter]

Yuck.

I'll take the XJ's poor reliability over this hunk of junk.

[All-Or-Nothing]

SEXY ASS CAR.......

[LovemyPathfinder]

FYI bird poop aka BP,

The New jag's don't have many problems and even scored at the top for initial quality. Plus people that buy these cars don't keep them after the warranty so long term reliability is irrelevant.

I wouldn't mind being a passenger in the LS though. That's all it's got going for it.

[The Voice of Doom]

Brown_Pride;223524 Wrote:Enjoy your Jag (that you'll be pouring thousands of dollars of repairs into) because you'll be the only person on the road driving one!

Complete and utter nonsense. The Jaguar is what Jags always have been: artwork disguised as a performance car. The Lexus is just the Dyson Ball vaccum cleaner of automobiles: an exquisutely-engineered appliance that nonetheless will do the same job as a $75 Dirt Devil.

[All-Or-Nothing]

^^^^^


Haters GOTTA Hate

[The Voice of Doom]

^^^^^

Trolls gotta troll. I just wish they'd put some kinda effort into it.

[All-Or-Nothing]

Yep............I'm trolling in the thread of the car I like. I see what you did there.

[The 'Burg]

The Voice of Doom;223556 Wrote:

Brown_Pride;223524 Wrote:Enjoy your Jag (that you'll be pouring thousands of dollars of repairs into) because you'll be the only person on the road driving one!

Complete and utter nonsense. The Jaguar is what Jags always have been: artwork disguised as a performance car. The Lexus is just the Dyson Ball vaccum cleaner of automobiles: an exquisutely-engineered appliance that nonetheless will do the same job as a $75 Dirt Devil.

Absolutely dead-on accurate! Jags have always been about artwork and beauty. Sometimes they have been nothing but beautiful POS's but they've always had personality and total elegance.

Your analogy of Lexus as the "Dyson Ball" of automobiles is brilliant because it is so true. The new LS certainly shows more passion and personality than any previous version, but what is that really saying? Lexus had nowhere to go but up in the character department.

And AoN, this is isn't hate either. In the past I have found Lexus automobiles to be comfortable and luxurious but also painfully dull (with the exception of the SC coupes). I could never say that about a Jaguar.
Even Akio conceded he didn't really have a definition for what Lexus stood for. Lexus is finally making an effort to define themselves and I think they will get there (however "there" is defined) but there's no way you can put the LS on the same level as an XJ.

Whenever I see a new XJ on the road I stop paying attention to what I am doing so I can admire the car. I'm afraid that one of these days, an XJ will be the reason I experience the effectiveness of the airbags in my Altima.

The LS does not have the same effect on me. In fact, unless they have been blinged out I don't even notice them - and when I do see a blinged-out LS my first thought is "no amount of money makes up for bad taste".

But this new LS is a step in the right direction. A baby step, perhaps, but it's a start.

[jaybird]

Great to see toyota wasting R&D dollars on something that doesn't sell!

YTD the current "h" has moved a grand total of 40!

[greyhairedpete]

Other than the cool wood trim, I don't see anything on or in this car that says "buy me".

The new style grill is a bit much, and the tail looks like a generic MB clone.