You are here: Forums Sedans Lexus LS 460/460L Lexus LS 460/LS 460L Styling Impressions

Lexus LS 460/LS 460L Styling Impressions

3321 messages,  Last post on Apr 22, 2007 at 12:29 PM

You are in the Lexus LS 460/460L Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens

What is this discussion about? Lexus LS 460, Sedan

Messages Page 32 of 333 1 ... 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 ... 333 Prev Next Last

Go To Msg # Search This Discussion

#307 of 3321 Prototype Photos of the New Lexus LS is Available by phenom1 Jun 16, 2005 (9:53 am)
That short-wheel base looks small and ugly to me. I seen a picture of the LS 600 in a Road & Track magazine yesterday. Looks real sporty...very nice. Thanks Ken for all your info.
#308 of 3321 :( by mikegiller Jun 16, 2005 (9:58 am)
Replying to: k_mitsui (Jun 16, 2005 8:57 am) Here I was getting all pumped and crying of hapiness, about to see the 2007 LS, a car I am wanting to buy, for the FIRST time, and its pictures of the IS GT I've seen before. My feelings are hurt
#309 of 3321 Come on, now by ljflx Jun 16, 2005 (10:35 am)
If that's an LS than Lexus has cut the size of its flagship in half. Note how small the tires are also. It's an IS prototype, hardly exclusive and as far removed from an LS as possible. I think we all know that the next car will be radically different but without a doubt it will have some signature carryover of the current car which, we can't forget, is the best selling car in its class. Besides my benchmark of the LS prelim pix/drawings being real is tied to the ability to see these 8 lines that are supposed to intersect somewhere on the side.
#310 of 3321 Re: Prototype Photos of the New Lexus LS is Available [k_mitsui] by maxhonda99 Jun 16, 2005 (10:42 am)
Replying to: k_mitsui (Jun 16, 2005 8:57 am) Huh...those are pics of a Lexus IS with a supposed 4.6L V8 underneath the hood. That is definately not the next generation lexus LS!! Replies to this message: ljflx (Jun 16, 2005 11:06 am)
#311 of 3321 Re: Prototype Photos of the New Lexus LS is Available [maxhonda99] by ljflx Jun 16, 2005 (11:06 am)
Replying to: maxhonda99 (Jun 16, 2005 10:42 am) Maybe, he just put a wrong link in and will correct it. He has to know that is an IS.
#312 of 3321 Hmm by chris65amg Jun 16, 2005 (12:00 pm)
Nice IS, but I'm itching to see photos of the next LS....
#313 of 3321 Ljflx by callmedrfill Jun 16, 2005 (1:43 pm)
Back to you.       According to this site, the S430 is $78, the S500 is $87k.       The most expensive LS is around $72K, and that will have many features that are also optional on the S500.       So the next-gen S-Class will go up in price (most likely, due to currency rates and more equipment) to at least $80k-90k.       And a fully loaded LS and a stripped S430 are NOT COMPARABLE vehicles in performance or features.       Thank you.       DrFill Replies to this message: ljflx (Jun 16, 2005 2:13 pm)
#314 of 3321 Re: Ljflx [callmedrfill] by ljflx Jun 16, 2005 (2:13 pm)
Replying to: callmedrfill (Jun 16, 2005 1:43 pm) You have it wrong. The S-class has, as standard, just about all of the things you get in the ultra package of the LS, things like an air suspension. You have to fully load the LS to match the standard offerings of the S430 and particularly the S500. It's not the other way around. Believe me I shopped these cars heavily in 2001. You don't dress up an S to match an LS ultra. You dress up an LS with the ultra package to match an S. That's why the real pricepoint difference is about $6K on a comparative S430 and LS430 ultra. Lexus will let you have a dressed down car that holds prices in the $60-65K range if you want. MB won't, thus air suspension etc are standard. On top of that you can option out an S with further packages that the LS doesn't offer, like Active Body Control, a designo package etc. As outfitted before these MB extras both the Ultra LS and the S may have things that the other doesn't have but for the most part an Ultra LS is about equal to a base S. Very little has changed on either car's option packages since 2001.
#315 of 3321 No, I think you are wrong by callmedrfill Jun 16, 2005 (3:48 pm)
Or am I just so right?         Items on $69k LS430 Ultra Luxury Pkg that are optional on S430:       CD Changer ($430 on S430)       Parking Assist ($1100 on S430)       Heated Front Seats ($680)       Rear Seat Pkg. ($2890)       Xenon Lights & Light Washers ($1250)      Adaptive Cruise ($3110)      Power Door Closers (Trunk Closer $500)      For a grand total of..........darn! My calculator konks out at $85k. Needs a muffler and oil change anyway.      DrFill
#316 of 3321 To all valued Toyota customers on Edmunds.com (part1 of 2) by yamamurakelvin Jun 16, 2005 (6:49 pm)
Dear valued Toyota customers at Edmunds.com My name Kelvin Yamamura and I am currently working as the deputy research director at Toyota Motors in Japan. As you might notice earlier, my good friend Ken has submit a message to Edmunds that provide a direct web link, which connects you to a Chinese website where they showed a photo shot of myself and my assistant Makiko were conducting a high speed and cornering test on our lab’s test track months ago. Unfortunately theses photo shot you are looking at was actually a V8 version of the Lexus IS sedan, but not the LS sedan many of you are discussing in this forum. As a result, I have contact Ken early this morning in Shanghai about the misinformation and he do apologize to everyone in the Edmunds forum about the inconveniences that might have result. Furthermore since Ken was also recovering from his injuries and memory loss he suffered as a result from an auto accident that happened approximately a month ago. Therefore I think this was perhaps the reason why he got very confused in identifying different types of prototype vehicles and I do hope Ken can fully recover from his memory loss very soon. Since before Ken’s accident, I have promised him that I would post a couple of comments about the Lexus LS sedan at Edmunds. Therefore I would now take over Ken’s place and discuss the LS sedan until Ken fully recover from his injuries. Before I begin, I would like to offer my sincere apologies for the long delay before I was able to address many of the comments and concerns that many of you have raised for the past 2 months. This is because of the fact my research on the Century project and daily events that were taking place in Aichi have leave me very little time to read carefully to all the messages that has being posted on the LS sedan forum. Furthermore I was also being recently promoted by the management become deputy research director, which have also keep me very busy for a couple of weeks. For those individuals whom have reported about the defects and troubleshoots that you have reported on the current Celsoir sedan, I have forward these problems to the managing director at Tahara factory and request my engineers to do their best of their abilities in finding a solution to correct these defects. Furthermore I have also contacted the American management to address the defect issue and demand their explanation as to why our customer service has become so inefficient in reporting these quality-controls issues to the management. I do sincerely hope my actions would bring positive improvement to the current situation and I do apologize for those individuals whom have being bothered by these defects on their Celsoirs. Sincerely yours Kevin Yamamura Replies to this message: syswei (Jul 15, 2005 5:18 pm) oac (Jul 15, 2005 5:34 pm) syswei (Jul 15, 2005 5:50 pm) vatvatsetho (Jul 15, 2005 9:41 pm)

Messages Page 32 of 333 1 ... 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 ... 333 Prev Next Last

Go To Msg # Search This Discussion

You are here: Forums Sedans Lexus LS 460/460L Lexus LS 460/LS 460L Styling Impressions