Lexus LS News
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The Lexus LS enters the new model year with useful technology updates.
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Preview: 2022 Lexus LS ups refinement, safety
New electronic driver-assist features help improve the safety of Lexus' flagship sedan.
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First drive review: 2021 Lexus LS 500 delivers bargain flagship in need of a flagship powertrain
The V-8 Lexus flagship is still missing its V-8, but its touchscreen now stands tall.
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2022 Lexus LS 500h to offer hands-free driver-assist system called Lexus Teammate
The 2022 Lexus LS 500h arriving this fall will come with Lexus Teammate that can park the car and allow hands-free driving on the freeway.
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Review update: 2020 Lexus LS500 steps out from a luxury car shadow
The 2020 Lexus LS500 is handsome but not as polished as its rivals.
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Toyota boss Akio Toyoda re-creates Lexus LS Champagne glass ad from 1989
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Lexus recreated an original ad from 1989 with a little help from Toyota's president.
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Lexus has applied its special Inspiration Series to a sedan for the first time.
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Toyota prepares next-gen self-driving car prototype for 2019 CES
Toyota isn’t as vocal as some rivals in the self-driving space but the Japanese auto giant is making steady progress and at next week’s 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will unveil a fourth-generation prototype. Toyota used last year's CES to show off the third-gen design...
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2019 Lexus LS 500 F-Sport retrospective: A far cry from the original
The relentless pursuit of perfection has not been easy for Lexus, but things got off to a solid start in 1989. At the Detroit auto show that year, Toyota unwrapped both a sedan and a brand that were about six years in the making. The result was a flagship four-door luxury sedan to challenge staid...
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Lexus mulls electric, fuel cell powertrains for LS
The Lexus LS may soon receive alternative powertrains to challenge new electric cars being developed for the full-size luxury sedan segment by rivals such as Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, not to mention Tesla and its Model S. But Lexus isn't just looking at pure electric powertrains. It seems every...
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Lexus Super Bowl 52 spot stars 2018 LS 500 and "Black Panther" cast
Lexus will return to the Super Bowl on February 4 with a brand new advertisement featuring the 2018 LS 500 F Sport and plenty of help from the "Black Panther" cast. It's no coincidence T'Challa, better known as the Black Panther, will help highlight the new LS 500. The protagonist in the latest...
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2018 Lexus LS priced from $75,995
Lexus has introduced a significantly improved LS for 2018. The car has been designed from the ground up around a lightweight platform shared with the LC coupe, and it features two new powertrains, one of which is a hybrid. The good news is that there's only a small premium for all this as the new...
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Lexus rolled out the LS+ concept car on Wednesday at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show. The concept is based on the recently introduced fifth-generation LS but is slightly longer, wider and lower, giving it a more imposing stance. It also features unique styling treatments that hint at the next evolution of Lexus’ L-finesse design language. The spindle grille is still there but the lights are now much more pronounced, especially at the rear where the two taillights are connected by a single bar of light. At the front, laser headlights replace the current LS’s LED units. The concept also...
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Will Lexus bring an LS F to the Tokyo motor show?
Lexus used the 2017 Detroit auto show to debut the totally redesigned 2018 LS sedan, but Tokyo may be the place where the LS earns its performance credentials. Posted to an Instagram by the user Jzsinternational is a photo from a Japanese automotive magazine with a caption that seems to claim a...
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Lexus trademark reveals future LS fuel cell concept
Lexus seems to have something green planned for the near future, judging by a new trademark filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Lexus has moved to protect the "LS-FC CONCEPT" name from others, for use with “automobiles and structural parts thereof.” It likely hints...
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Lexus fears the sedan's extinction due to crossovers and SUVs
Lexus is taking the threat of crossovers and SUVs very seriously. The Japanese luxury brand fears the sedan may not be long for this world if the traditional body style doesn't begin to offer buyers something different from a crossover or other utility vehicle, according to Automotive News...
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2018 Lexus LS gets F-Sport and handling packages
Since its debut three decades ago, the Lexus LS has stood apart due to powertrain and ride qualities that are both among the smoothest and quietest in the industry. In more recent years, Lexus has attempted to inject some sporting qualities into the mix with the availability of an F-Sport package...
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Lexus bringing LS F-Sport to 2017 New York auto show
Lexus is looking to spice up its latest LS flagship sedan with an F-Sport package. The new package, which will be available on both the LS 500 and LS 500h going on sale late this year, will be shown for the first time at next week’s 2017 New York auto show. However, it's been partially...
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Are you one of the seven people who wants a high-dollar Lexus hybrid, but think the new LC 500h's two-door body isn't practical enough? Well, there's good news coming from Geneva, where the Japanese luxury giant introduced the new LS sedan with the LC's hybrid powertrain. Dubbed the LS 500h, the new sedan uses the same 3.5-liter V-6, twin electric motors, and lithium-ion battery to drum up a total system output of 354 horsepower. Now, yes, that is significantly less power than the old LS 600h, which produced 438 ponies, but Lexus claims the new arrangement's battery is lighter and more power...
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Lexus confirms multi-stage hybrid system for 2018 LS 500h
Lexus will unveil the 2018 LS 500h hybrid sedan at next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show, and the automaker has confirmed the car will feature the innovative multi-stage hybrid system that we first saw in the LC 500h. The system combines an internal combustion engine with two motor-generators...
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2018 Lexus LS 500h confirmed for 2017 Geneva auto show
Lexus has released the first photo of the hybrid version of its newest LS sedan ahead of a debut at next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show. The fifth generation of the Lexus flagship made its debut in January at the 2017 Detroit auto show was only shown as an LS 500, which comes with a...
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Lexus inadvertently confirms electrified LS
A hybrid model was noticeably absent when Lexus took the covers off its fifth-generation LS flagship sedan at last week’s 2017 Detroit auto show. The sole model was an LS 500 powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 delivering 415 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of torque. The related LC...
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2018 Lexus LS video preview
Mercedes-Benz went running home to Germany with night terrors 28 years ago after Lexus introduced the new LS at the Detroit auto show. Then the Japanese automaker let its flagship whither on the vine since 2006. Now, it’s getting serious again with a new LS on a that moves the...
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Tech-laden 2018 Lexus LS flagship debuts in Detroit
A flagship model is supposed to push a brand forward with new technology and style. And yet the Lexus LS hasn't received a complete redesign since 2006. That all changes for 2018 as Lexus is redesigning its flagship and lading it up with new technology and engineering. The engineering starts with...
Kirk Bell