I8ABMR

I really like the new wheels on the car. I love lots of spokes.

DaveGS4

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From the review it appears the changes they made to tune the suspension work pretty well so I'm not sure why you are poo-pooing it. Electronic dampening changes in the factory suspension and bigger, stickier rubber seem to be an effective combination. This clearly isn't supposed to be an "F" car... the sport model brings a nice combination of looks and performance upgrades including transmission, suspension tweaks and big brakes.

http://www.lexus.com/models/LS/sport/index.html
LS 460 Sport includes:
- Brembo® brakes [2]
- 19-in split-10-spoke forged alloy wheels [3] with summer tires
- Sport-tuned air suspension
- Sport exterior trim and grille
- Black with Saddle Tan Accent perforated leather interior trim, matte dark brown ash burl wood interior trim
- Sport front seats
- Sport leather-trimmed steering wheel with paddle shifters and downshift rev-matching

Let's not take the thread off topic on Dr Bose's linear electromagnetic motor suspension (which is not air suspension) - start a new thread if you want to discuss that or better yet search the old ones up and bump 'em.

Joeb427

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A pain to clean,though.

RXSF

especially with those brakes

pagemaster

Lexus Canada mentions that the LS using Adaptive Variable Suspension on the front wheels only . Not sure if this is a mistake on the Lexus Canada but it is the first time I have seen Toyota use TEMS (AVS) on only the front.

spwolf

you are getting really sad... either you did not bother to read any of the reviews, or you did and yet made the same comment... which would be even worse i guess.

seems like lexus is rocking the boat

;-)

spwolf

lx system had far more issues.... gx not that much (newer system). Of course, all these suvs are heavily used. GS and LS have had air suspensions for a while, and reliability has been improved in new models... it is still an lexus.

LexFather

I wonder how many Lexus are going to produce?

LexFather

I was picking my car up for service and Hennessy Lexus of Gwinnett had a Sport model parked outside out in front. Looked really good in person. The interior looked just as good in person as in photos. I really like this model. The rear of the sport had really good wheel fitment but the front to me was slightly higher with some wheel gap. I would like to see wider rear wheels on here. The brakes are HUGE, clearly from the IS-F but no drilled rotors.

List was 74k and there was no ML system. Is this SE allocation? I cannot see why this would have NAV but no ML system.

Here are some comparison pics of a similar color 07 SWB I saw there.

RNM GS3

Its great that Lexus is starting to offer a REAL SPORT package.

Its not so great that add on body kit and small wheels make the car look horrible and the styling is even more similar to the Camry.

Memo to Lexus: Please study MB S class sport package and BMW to see how its done. Proper stance and wheels is everything.
Tack on body kits and mesh grilles dont work on a luxury sedan=Fail.

The G Man

Looking at those pictures, the LS sport need to stand out more from the regular LS.

Gojirra99

Other than the body kit, the different grill is supposed to make it stand out more too, too bad they botched the design/choice of the sports grill

Joeb427

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To me,the LS's look is so far from sport that a body kit,new grill and a set of 19" wheels isn't going to do anything.

Gojirra99

The S-class look is even further from sport, but they did it right with their AMG kit and wheels, & makes the car look more aggressive and sportier.
I would not buy a S-class, or any Mercedes coupes/convertible without the AMG body kit and wheels ...

Joeb427

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That's true but the S-Class styling has some pizazz to begin with.
The LS is kind of boring and the sport add ons don't add much to the look,IMO.