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Lexus LS 460/LS 460L Styling Impressions

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Re: AWD [ljflx] by lexusguy
Aug 17, 2005 (9:53 am)
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Replying to: ljflx (Aug 17, 2005 8:53 am)

I dont know about that. They certainly added more wood than before, but the basic design is the same as it has always been since '90. The '01 LS started a trend towards much more and much glossier woods, and slighty more fluid, curvy designs than before, which continued with the '02 ES and SC. I think the SC is their classiest, most luxurious interior to date, but the '04 RX is significantly more modern and more interesting looking than any of these previous designs. What I'm expecting for the '07 LS is the same direction that started with the RX and then developed in the GS and IS, elegant splashes of wood instead of long, old style strips, and perhaps aluminum for the center stack. I hope that the NAV screen is seperate from the temperature and stereo controls so that it can be covered up as in the A8 or SC430. All three of my cars have NAV screens, and I dont think there's anything particularly beautiful or luxurious about them.
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Wow by nexuslexus
Aug 17, 2005 (10:54 am)
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I have never actually noticed how similar the vehicles looked. I think that a good example of an interior revolution would be the newset E-class vs. the older one.
 
In terms of Navigations: I also have navs on all my cars, and I would have to agree that they arent elegent. While they add substance to the center stack, it would be perferable if a wood peice could slide over them, ala the rolls royce or for example the pictures that can slide down over plasma tv systems.
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Re: IS IT AWD? IS IT HYBRID [barry5] by jerry5505
Aug 17, 2005 (7:51 pm)
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Replying to: barry5 (Dec 13, 2004 12:11 pm)

They say snow tires help. I know I got stuck in the snow last year with my LS430.
Still don't have snow tires.
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Re: Wow [nexuslexus] by lexusguy
Aug 17, 2005 (8:48 pm)
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Replying to: nexuslexus (Aug 17, 2005 10:54 am)

The ES300 also stayed pretty much exactly the same inside from '93 up through '01. Frankly, all Japanese interiors were kinda similar in those days - tan leather, brown vinyl, red wood or faux wood in the middle. Not much imagination.
 
"it would be perferable if a wood peice could slide over them, ala the rolls royce or for example the pictures that can slide down over plasma tv systems."
 
Thats why I like the SC430 interior so much, there's a wood cover for the NAV screen and the stereo, in a car thats actually affordable. Unfortunately no other Lexus to date has anything like it, but it would be nice if the LS had at least some kind of screen cover.
 
There was a recent trend in high-end preamps to have NAV style LCD screens as displays instead of small, traditional monochrome displays, and I thought they were tacky looking. Fortunately the trend seems like its over. Example:
 
My Parasound Halo C2:

 
Parasound Halo C1 with expensive, cheesy screen:
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Re: AWD [lexusguy] by merc1
Aug 17, 2005 (9:04 pm)
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Replying to: lexusguy (Aug 17, 2005 8:26 am)

I don't think I've ever seen a LS model without a nav screen. I thought they were standard. I know I've never seen a 2001+ LS430 without one. Looks very different without it.
 
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8-speed by syswei
Aug 18, 2005 (3:28 am)
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From today's WSJ: "Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus brand is going even higher. It is working on an eight-speed automatic transmission, industry executives say."
 
Not a big deal, imho. But the first mention I've seen from a reliable source.
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Re: AWD [merc1] by lexusguy
Aug 18, 2005 (6:07 am)
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Replying to: merc1 (Aug 17, 2005 9:04 pm)

Actually Nav was pretty unusual in the '98-00 LS. It was an option, but I've only seen a few equiped with the first gen Nav. In the LS430 yes, its usually there, but it is still optional. Currently, the only Lexus standard with Nav is the SC430, like the RL, it comes with everything.
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Re: AWD [lexusguy] by nexuslexus
Aug 18, 2005 (6:28 am)
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Replying to: lexusguy (Aug 18, 2005 6:07 am)

I may be wrong, but imo, though nav is officially optional, Lexus is not making any of their cars without it (for example, on the toyota sienna, though both DVD and NAV are sep. options, you can't get the nav without the DVD)
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Re: AWD [nexuslexus] by ljflx
Aug 18, 2005 (6:46 am)
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Replying to: nexuslexus (Aug 18, 2005 6:28 am)

Plenty of ES,RX and some GX and GS (in the past, not sure about 2006) lack nav as does the premium edition of the LS. Nav has always been an option except on the LX470 recently where it was made standard. It's always been standard on the SC.
 
Merc - thats why you can't go by those base prices you see, Here's the usual guidelines:
 
Base car - which doesn't exist - $56K
Premium - this adds sunroof and other stuff - $58K (this is really the base car)
Nav/Mark Levinson + some other things - $62K
Custom lux - $64-65K depending on leather
Ultra - $70-71K depending on leather.
 
Pre-safe collision system can be added on to any trim package but I forgot the price of it. It was just coming out when I took my car in April 2004. Most LS430's are in the 62-65K range but they do sell about 12K ultras a year. They'd probably sell more but they don't make enough. I'd have taken an ultra on my last go round but every one that was due in for the following two months was already sold.
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Re: AWD [ljflx] by lexusguy
Aug 18, 2005 (7:21 am)
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Replying to: ljflx (Aug 18, 2005 6:46 am)

Nav is optional on the new GS, but I have yet to see any cars without it. Do you have any idea what it looks like without? I'm curious if it still has a basic screen as in the old RX, or if there's a totally different head unit as in the ES and LS.

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