Thirty four years ago Lexus was created out of thin air by Toyota to be their luxury arm, and they, as Top Gear host Chris Harris memorably put it, “kaboomed the entire US prestige car industry” with their brilliant first generation LS 400 sedan. The 2023 LS 500 represents the fifth generation of the Lexus LS, and boy have things changed since 1989. Most notably, full-size luxury sedans have gone from “the” automotive status symbol to, “why did you get that instead of a big SUV or luxury electric car?”
2022 Lexus LS 500
2022 Lexus LS 500
2022 Lexus LS 500
Thirty four years ago Lexus was created out of thin air by Toyota to be their luxury arm, and they, as Top Gear host Chris Harris memorably put it, “kaboomed the entire US prestige car industry” with their brilliant first generation LS 400 sedan. The 2023 LS 500 represents the fifth generation of the Lexus LS, and boy have things changed since 1989. Most notably, full-size luxury sedans have gone from “the” automotive status symbol to, “why did you get that instead of a big SUV or luxury electric car?”