PHOTO GALLERY: First Real Life Shots Of The 2010 Lexus LS Sport And Hybrid

Very nice looking car,but the interior reminds me of an older Acura TL.

The interior in both the LS and HS are great.

If you want to see cheesy-looking interiors, take a look at some of Mercedes offerings, especially the inside of the GLK.

And don't forget the 80s inspired E-class interior...a mishmash of angles and confusion trying to pass itself off as pretentious classiness...who are they fooling? no one...except the fanboys.

I find the current E-Class to be very classy. That "80s design" you people are bashing actually comes from the W124 cabin, which was one of the most elegant and classy Mercedes cabins ever made. There is a phrase that states "more is less" and int his case it speaks the truth. Simple designs with a focus on functionality and less buttons can make a classy impression. This is something the LS interior lacks.

Truth be told, class is something Lexus interiors have always lacked. I've yet to see an interior from Lexus which I find classy. Lexus cabins have a mishmash of designs converging together to form something so utterly bland and characterless and pretentious (in the words of 43LE). Now, notice I complained about Lexus interiors from a design point of view - not the cars.

I forgot to mention this.

The "high-tech" focus Lexus tries to show in their cabins is one of the reasons why their cabins lack class. The second, as already mentioned, is their mishmash of various designs that has no real understandable design language.

I've seen people make fun of the analog clock found in the Mercedes S-Class for example calling it "outdated". You know, that's actually classy. I find digital clocks to be characterless and bland - such as those found in Lexus cabins. I realize their focus is on futuristic design and appearance so in a way that is acceptable because it suits the Lexus character. However, Mercedes or BMW or Jaguar have their own character and thus a classic analog class is a great historical reference and an immediate symbol of class and elegance.

"There is a phrase that states "more is less" and int his case it speaks the truth. Simple designs with a focus on functionality and less buttons can make a classy impression."

un, and just how many buttons are in the E-class? It also looks more cluttered than the LS for sure, intersecting angles and all. Just because it's a classic, doesn't mean it's good.


"Lexus cabins have a mishmash of designs converging together to form something so utterly bland and characterless and pretentious"

If there's one thing about Lexus interiors, they've always had cohesion, since the beginning. You can trace the design of almost every Lexus interior back to a common theme. What you call characterless is ignorance, and what you call pretentious just doesn't exist.

"However, Mercedes or BMW or Jaguar have their own character and thus a classic analog class is a great historical reference and an immediate symbol of class and elegance."

Wow, that sounds like an EL34 statement. BMW certainly has it's own character, cold, uninviting, tech, sometimes cheap. Remember that great 1st generation ML class interior? No one wants to.

"You can trace the design of almost every Lexus interior back to a common theme."


Corolla interior?

You dont even have to squint to see the toyota influence in this thing. Sad.

That front grill looks like something they pulled off of the RAV4.Cheap!

In real life pictures LS is looking lot better than in studio and press pictures. Also i really like the new tail lights. Lexus revised the too curvy tail lamps and they are looking very elegant now.

"LS still doesn't rival the drive of a BMW 7-Series, it is a better driver now than a Mercedes S550 sport"

If it is that than it is spot on. 7 series is a bit too sporty and S500 AMG is a great mix of powerful and comfortable ride.

Stud

JUGNU

haha...they finally changed the wood after 20 years...They must have seen me making fun of it.

What's been wrong with any of the wood used by Lexus?

Granted they haven't offered the range of colors others have (baby poop color from BMW for example), but what about it has made you "laugh"?

I think the sport looks pretty awesome. Good for lexus for trying something new. (though saddle interior isnt new to them)

btw, i noticed the haters are out today.

If it truly drives in between the S550 and the 7 series, then I think lexus hit their target

Once again the LS proves it is a great car and a major player in the luxury market.

The only thing left to argue about are matters of taste/style, and only the ignorant would think that there can be a "right" point of view in those regards.

there's always a 'right' point of view when it comes to aesthetics and good taste. those who don't have it simply don't know better.

Thank you for proving your ignorance.

The automotive world is the same as the world of art: there isn't one design that is for everyone.

PS- That's a good thing.

that white LS600 is THE PRETTIEST CAMRY EVER!! wooohooo! love the front end.

I like the swoopy, curvy styling of the interior. Unlike some others, I think it does give it character. The design is very unique and organic which I think gives it class. It shows there was actual effort put into designing the interior. It sure beats other perhaps classy but stark and cold looking interiors of some of its competitors that seem to have been designed with only rulers.

Wheels and extra body cladding do not a car that drives like a waterbed "SPORTY".

"We got a chance to drive them today and although the Sport version of the LS still doesn't rival the drive of a BMW 7-Series, it is a better driver now than a Mercedes S550 sport." -Agent 001

You should ask 001 what he thinks of the S550 sport, because if the LS drives like a "waterbed", the S550 must be terrible.

You missed the point. I was referring to the standard LS with the waterbed comment.

No. . sorry. I just forgot a word. Add "make". Cladding and wheels don't MAKE a car that drives like a waterbed. . sporty. . .

As expected a flood of haters showed up to comment on a car that they've never driven or probably even seen in person, but thank you, all of you. I enjoy it when people expose themselves as openly biased and ignorant.

The car looks good, however the two mistakes Lexus made was not offering the new instrument cluster on the regular LS, and also not offering the Sport upgrades on the long wheelbase LS. I love that they are getting more adventurous with interior options. The matted wood looks great.

"As expected a flood of haters showed up to comment on a car that they've never driven or probably even seen in person, but thank you, all of you. I enjoy it when people expose themselves as openly biased and ignorant."

- Have you driven it? Have you seen it in person? If not then you are just as bad as the Haters, except in the opposite (fanboy) direction. You are just as openly biased.

So in order to critique the car, you have to see it in person or your opinion isn't vald, but in order to praise the car you don't have to see it in person and that opinion is valid. Is that how it works?

And I'll say this slowly.... "HAVE YOU SEEN THE CAR IN PERSON".

Congratulation Lexus you just turn the beautiful Lexus LS460/LS-HL600 into a Toyota Camry. This new upgrade really make the Lexus LS look like the current Toyota Camry SE version.

No wonder their sales is going down the drain. Whomever redesign this car should be fire ASAP!!! They need to distinc the two brands.

"...although the Sport version of the LS sedan still doesn't rival the drive of a BMW 7-Series, it is a better driver now than a Mercedes S550 sport."

OMFG! This is the most hillarious thing I have heard all this week! I havent drove this vehicle OR the S550 so I cant say that it isnt true. SO DONT DEBOOST ME! It just "SOUNDS" extremely hillarious!

QUESTION: Why does the LS still have that black display below the Navigation for the HVAC? Shouldnt it be incorporated into the Nav screen @ this price point? Why do they still have the digital clock @ the top of the dash? If they dont want to add an analog clock to the interior, @ least let the time just be displayed in the corner of the Nav screen and deleted that microwave oven looking sh*t all together. Funny how none of this was addressed (even on the hybrid) when they spent all of that $$$ on the LCD tach/speedo cluster.

agreed. the very idea of an LS 'sport' is hysterical. as is the notion that this car is a legitimate rival to the S-class.

star: you can't compare sales volume of a car that starts at $64,000 to one that starts at $91,000. FYI--that's a 42% difference in base price.

that's no different than comparing the sales volume of a $25,000 accord to a $36,000 lexus IS.

apples to oranges. nobody would buy the LS if it weren't priced at a massive discount.

they're in the same class....just like a 3000 square foot apartment in manhattan is in the same class as a 3000 square foot apartment in brooklyn. while brooklyn is nice, it'll never be manhattan.

so an aero kit, brembo brakes and stiffer shocks....and now the LS has superior performance to the S-class. you'd have to be a fool to believe it's so simple to create a rival to a masterpiece like the S-class.

wonder what would happen if lexus raised the price of the LS 'sport' by $30,000 to match the price of the S550. who sincerely thinks that ANYONE would choose the LS?

the LS is a very good car. it's 80% of the car, for 60% of the price. that's the lexus volume model. and it's hugely successful. but if you're not interested in compromise, you buy the S-class.

Whoever took the gallery photos of this car should be fired. Not a single closeup of a wheel showing the brakes? Is it me, or is incompetence running wild these days?

Reason why I complained is because someone here said that the car had Brembo brakes. So I went to the Gallery (about 60 photos) and not A single closeup of the wheels. What? The wheel design isn't worth taking a picture of? LOL!!

Get your act together spies, or hire someone who knows what the hell they are doing.

Buick style suspension- check
boring design inside and out-check
Weak gas pedal-check
Engine noise muffled to an excessive level-check

Yup it's a Lexus

I know it's been all too easy to feel empowered by the plethora of illogical anti-Lexus posts, but some of you guys are really making yourself look foolish with some of your arguments.

I know here at Autospies it's "cool" to act as if you would prefer an old 80's diesel Benz to a brand new LS, but please remember that Autospies ain't the real world.

"..but please remember that Autospies ain't the real world."

This simple fact is the very reason most of these people hang out here and post crap. They know that in the real world most people don't see Lexus as "POS's" so they post it here. The deboosting system proves my point as well.

Interior is definitely an improvement. Exterior, unfortunately, is a step in the wrong direction. The exterior design had some elegance going for it that has now been taken away. I like Lexus but no manufacturer is putting a serious fight to the current Mercedes S-class, inside or out.

OK let me see if i can do this with a Straight Face.

Lexus LS460 SPORT !!

Is that not a perfect example of an OXYMORON ??

I thought the whole point of the LS was that those who felt the S-Class was too sporty (?) could choose instead the LS which Cocoons its passengers and divorces them from the Noise and Hustle outside while they Waft to whatever destination they so desire.

I do not have much criticism for the interior other than that Wood which looks like Wood Coloured Plastic. I wonder who spends money on Real Wood Pieces that LOOK like Fake Wood ?

And are my Eyes playing tricks or are those Aerodynamic Modifications {Front Lower Spoiler / Side Skirts / Rear Lower Bumper} Stuck On ?

So Lexus did not feel that a Vehicle at that Price Point deserved a New set of Kit as opposed to just Gluing On some Plastic Bits ?

You will never See Glued on Bits like that on an S-Class, 7-Series or A8
and that is what these Lexus Fans never understand, cutting corners will never get you level with the Competition let alone Overtake them.

195S
So you think the bodykit in the S class makes the difference. You mean the S500 regular kit and S500 AMG kit make some differnce. Recently i was driving S500 with S65 AMG kit and i didn't notice any differnce in performance or more grip when taking corners. It was exactly same as S500 AMG. Why? because it was S500 AMG underneath and only the bodykit was S65 AMG.
S500 and S500 AMG differences and that also just slight are in suspension, exhaust system and slightly sportier steering wheel.
No difference in performance due to bodykit at all.

If Lexus has tuned the suspension, brakes, steering feel, added some paddle shifters and revised gearing...etc of the Sports version than it is good enough. Kit is more of a show and to distinguish models.

JUGNU

Are you stupid ?

When you opt for a Mercedes Sport Package you get Different Suspension Setup, Different Wheels, in some cars Different Brakes {CLK Drilled Front} and Different Bodykit {New One Piece}

All Lexus Did was Glue 2 Bits to the Bottom of the Front Bumper of the Vehicle and Glue 1 to the Bottom of the Rear Bumper.

For Crying out loud the New Pieces are not even Flush with the Old, thats why i noticed it. It looks Exactly like the Sporty add ons on a Corolla.
http://houston.craigslist.org/ctd/1472631567.html

Take a look at that and tell me you do not see the similarities.

You will NEVER, I Repeat NEVER see such RETARDRD Glue-Ons from German Manufacturers in their FlagShip Sedans.

If you cannot see what i mean then you are Beyond Salvage.

Oh I forgot Different Seats, Different Exhaust Silencers and Tips, Different Steering Wheels.

This is the same for BMW and AUDI. {Except for Exhaust Silencer & Tips)

Here the Exhaust seems the same.
Seats do not seem More Supportive
Steering Wheel Seems the Same (4-Spoke)

Let's read your earlier comment again.

"Aerodynamic Modifications {Front Lower Spoiler / Side Skirts / Rear Lower Bumper}"

You said and i suppose you mean the kit of S class AMG or new 7 series M sport is very aerodynamic and makes a difference in performance. I said NO the bodykit of these type of cars doesn't make any performance difference. It's more of a show and to differentiate variants. Performance differences are because of the tuned suspensions, brakes, steering feel, exhaust...etc.
Bodykits (both bumpers, skirts, bonnet and bootlid) account for less than 1% performance difference in cars like S550 and S550 AMG or 750i and 750i M sport. There are many S500 with S65 AMG bodykits, Porsche Cayenne S with Cayenne Turbo kits, Carrera S with GT3 kits...etc here in Dubai and i have driven plenty and they drive exactly same as the regular car.

JUGNU

we should really stop saying anything negative about the LS. the ads here on autospies say "the LS line, inspiring an industry." so it must be the best!