New LS430 seen
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Three spy photos of the new LS430 are published in the August issue of a Taiwanese car mag. "CAR News". According to this one-page/three-photo article, both the front and and the back got minor facelift. Engine is the same as the old one. "Automatic manual shift" like the Audi system will be standard.
According to this article, LS500 should be out by 2006. A long version of LS500 would also be available then.
According to this article, LS500 should be out by 2006. A long version of LS500 would also be available then.
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Yes. Please post the photos from the mag! The article you have sounds like genuine information. There ar no radical engine and design claims. A minor facelift is what I think everyone really expects.
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Originally posted by crkao
A long version of LS500 would also be available then.
A long version of LS500 would also be available then.
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Here is the scanned page. These photos could have been an insider job because the background of these pistures had been removed to avoid the location being identified.
Also attached is the Porsche 997 Turbo pictures, also seen for the first time.
Also attached is the Porsche 997 Turbo pictures, also seen for the first time.
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That Ls 430 may be a new one for North America but that sure looks like a stone stock Toyota Celsior to me... My friend took dlivery of one about 3 weeks ago and even the shifter is the same...
I will be seeing him and taking a road trip on next Friday I think so I will grab some pictures if I can...
Sorry, I am looking at the pictures and I just don't see anything different from the current Celsior model but perhaps the Lexus LS430 available to you is not the same as the current Celsior ? ? ?
Cheers,
PS : the comment about a LS500 available in a few years may suggest the inclusion of the 5 liter V-12 from the Century.. LS400 = 4 liter LS430 = 4.3 liter LS500 = 5 liter (V-12?)...... Still 2006 is a LONG way off...
I will be seeing him and taking a road trip on next Friday I think so I will grab some pictures if I can...
Sorry, I am looking at the pictures and I just don't see anything different from the current Celsior model but perhaps the Lexus LS430 available to you is not the same as the current Celsior ? ? ?
Cheers,
PS : the comment about a LS500 available in a few years may suggest the inclusion of the 5 liter V-12 from the Century.. LS400 = 4 liter LS430 = 4.3 liter LS500 = 5 liter (V-12?)...... Still 2006 is a LONG way off...
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Originally posted by Higuma
That Ls 430 may be a new one for North America but that sure looks like a stone stock Toyota Celsior to me... My friend took dlivery of one about 3 weeks ago and even the shifter is the same...
I will be seeing him and taking a road trip on next Friday I think so I will grab some pictures if I can...
Sorry, I am looking at the pictures and I just don't see anything different from the current Celsior model but perhaps the Lexus LS430 available to you is not the same as the current Celsior ? ? ?
Cheers,
PS : the comment about a LS500 available in a few years may suggest the inclusion of the 5 liter V-12 from the Century.. LS400 = 4 liter LS430 = 4.3 liter LS500 = 5 liter (V-12?)...... Still 2006 is a LONG way off...
That Ls 430 may be a new one for North America but that sure looks like a stone stock Toyota Celsior to me... My friend took dlivery of one about 3 weeks ago and even the shifter is the same...
I will be seeing him and taking a road trip on next Friday I think so I will grab some pictures if I can...
Sorry, I am looking at the pictures and I just don't see anything different from the current Celsior model but perhaps the Lexus LS430 available to you is not the same as the current Celsior ? ? ?
Cheers,
PS : the comment about a LS500 available in a few years may suggest the inclusion of the 5 liter V-12 from the Century.. LS400 = 4 liter LS430 = 4.3 liter LS500 = 5 liter (V-12?)...... Still 2006 is a LONG way off...
http://www.toyota.co.jp/Showroom/All...ineup/Celsior/
The Celsior on their web site sure looks like the current LS430 to me, and the new Celsior/LS430 in the magazine looks quite obviously different.
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The Celsior your friend just bought may very well be the actual 2004 LS430. It's just that as usual the Japanese market has a head start. Why the web page isn't updated is beyond me though.
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I, too, hope that Lexus can come out with a 5.0-liter V12 but their conservative past records keep me pessimistic on this.
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Edit: Now that I try to read the text on the magazine page harder, I can finally see the first sentence that reads "In Japan, the Toyota Celsior has already received a minor facelift. Hence it will be only natural that we see the same revision made to the 2004 Lexus LS430...".
So the mystery is gone and your friend indeed got the same car that will become the upcoming LS430.
It's not published on Toyota's web site probably only because the new LS430 hasn't been publicly announced yet either.
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Originally posted by crkao
Here is the scanned page. These photos could have been an insider job because the background of these pistures had been removed to avoid the location being identified.
Also attached is the Porsche 997 Turbo pictures, also seen for the first time.
Here is the scanned page. These photos could have been an insider job because the background of these pistures had been removed to avoid the location being identified.
Also attached is the Porsche 997 Turbo pictures, also seen for the first time.
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Originally posted by crkao
By the way, AWD will be an option for this LS430.
Adaptive front light and laser Cruise similar to RX330 will be standard.
By the way, AWD will be an option for this LS430.
Adaptive front light and laser Cruise similar to RX330 will be standard.
AWD and adaptive front lights are great but to make the option list on par with the RX330 will there be an option for the rear-view camera?
Also, do you mind sending me pictures of the magazine pages in a higher resolution so that I can read the texts as well (I'm from Taiwan but unfortunately not currently in Taiwan BTW
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I'll post the translated texts for everybody here to see as well.
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