2013 Lexus LS 460 F Sport First Drive

If you're going to put an F Sport badge on your redesigned flagship, it has to be the real deal.

This is doubly true on a thinking man's luxury sedan like the Lexus LS, which doesn't tend to attract buyers who get caught up in their emotions. If it's good and priced appropriately, they'll pay for it; otherwise, forget it.

As we point a 2013 Lexus LS 460 F Sport down twisty La Honda Road, the back way to work for Silicon Valley executives commuting from Los Gatos, it feels as if Lexus is about to turn a corner with this crowd.

F Sport: Say It With Feeling
Like the 2013 Lexus GS 350, the LS 460 F Sport model is more than a collection of go-faster/look-faster accessories. It's an enhancement on the Sport package offered on last year's LS 460, which already provided a Brembo brake kit, paddle shifters and a sportier suspension calibration. Now, though, the upgrades are applied to a sedan that's fit for cornering in the first place.


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enthusiastx11 - 8/10/2012 1:12:34 PM

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review was predictable. the refreshed LS is a continuation of the previous generation...refined, well-built car, same appearance except for the grille, pleasantly removed from the driving experience. currently elderly customers will rejoice at the lack of significant change and sales will continue.

not taking on the S63AMG or event the A8 anytime soon.

LexSucks - 8/10/2012 1:48:01 PM

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Sport? LOL!

GermanNut - 8/10/2012 2:18:09 PM

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The day Lexus comes up with an LS that genuinely competes with Audi's S8 or Mercedes' S63 AMG is the day hell freezes over.

The LS doesn't have the same acceleration, handling, braking, or connected feeling offered by its German competitors. In fact, it never has.

enthusiastx11 - 8/11/2012 11:36:57 AM

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exactly. these lexus nutjobs think this is car is somehow revolutionary. it's exactly what it's always been...a conservative, rather boring refreshed sedan with no 'driving experience' to speak of...

Baby - 8/16/2012 2:51:13 AM

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Why the hell are you guys comparing the F Sport to AMG and the S8? The F Sport are simple minor stock enhancements, not full upgrades... If and when a true F version of the LS comes out it will rival its competitors. The next evolutionary step for Lexus will be to go Forced Induction. 'They have already built a twin turbo system on the current LS 460 motor and got 640 HP.' Right now Lexus is in its infancy with the sport world but that is the direction they are heading.

Dr550 - 8/10/2012 2:54:53 PM

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The LS looks like a GS. Lexus had the chance to do something unique, but chose not to. I remember the old argument about BMW being the "same sausage but different lengths." Looks like Lexus has a similar "sushi roll" styling theme. BMW is doing the same thing. Kudos to Mercedes for models looking different from one another.

cidflekken - 8/10/2012 4:13:45 PM

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LS F-Sport. Oxymoron.

giants8412 - 8/10/2012 9:19:47 PM

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Lexus models keep getting worse, the older Lexus models are so much better.

knowitall1985 - 8/11/2012 11:06:10 AM

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Great Job Lexus can't wait to drive one. The more the germans hate the more worried they are.....

enthusiastx11 - 8/11/2012 11:38:00 AM

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lol. yeah...this is definitely going to rival an AMG, a B7 or even an A8.

knowitall1985 - 8/11/2012 6:20:07 PM

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For 30k to 40k less than the germans it will rival........

Holydude - 8/11/2012 4:43:11 PM

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I don't understand why all the pessimism, at least it's a step in the right direction.

USNA1999 - 8/11/2012 11:44:32 PM

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It might not rival on performance but it beats them all in price. For someone like me, that is all it took.