2006 Lexus LS430 Review : The Most Perfect Car? 

8th year of ownership. This is the best car ever made.

I picked up an 06 with 56k miles! Love it!

Excellent review. Good to see that one can still move along nicely even after nearly two decades. I'm four years into my 2005 model and have no plans to replace it. Awesome cars.

Best car I ever owned, I never should have "upgraded" to the LS460.

I have an 05 that was babied. Had a lot of great cars but nothing compares. Great road cruiser

2005 with 42k on the odo. Bought it as my daily and know I paid a premium. But be damned if it’s not the finest car I’ve owned personally.

Great review of an amazing car! I have 2004 LS 430 and I love it!

Great video about a great car, cheers from the UK :)

CRAZY you put this out for me. Im thinking of buying a 2006 ~5-10k , take it apart and make it new from the ground up.

I had a 2002. Such a nice ride.. Traded it in for a 2014 LS460-- being in Colorado, I really wanted a AWD version. Still, I miss this car. Mightt get one again!

Good review. i am the original owner of 05 LS430 Custom. 42K miles. I also have a 24 ES 350. I love the LS more for the comfort quietness and smoothness. i have only had the timing belt changed and fluids. Everything else is original including the Levinson system. This car was ahead of its time. the stereo can be upgraded with a Grom to give you apple car play. One thing to note is that the UZ motors are aviation certified. They are very expensive when something does go wrong like the soft close doors or the locks, but you save money by not having much to do. They can take a beating. I will never get rid of mine . I do love the 18 inch rims on the sport model such as this than the 17 inch i have. The 5 spoke is killer on this car. Maybe when my tires wear out i will change it to these.

Picked up a 2004 custom package with 215k miles about 4 months ago from an old man who took good care of it. He wanted exactly 4k so I gave him the 4k and its been driving like a champ, no issues so far. Truly amazing power plants in these, one of the best investments I’ve made so far haha.

Very nice 👍 Therefore I’m driving a 2000 GS400 V8 to with 120k miles.

I was actually looking at this model car for a little while to buy one.

That color on the LS look so right...Very stately and classy. I would the older LS430/460 over the modern one. :0)

Agree with everything said here. My LS has 210k and it runs like new. The interior has held up great. The only issue I have is the ML Sub needs replacing. But it is almost 20 years old so that’s to be expected. I am thinking about finding an extremely low mileage one as I believe these will be collector cars eventually. They are trending that way.

The gas mileage given the weight and engine size is nothing short of impressive.. had a 6 speed automatic back in 2003 and I get 27mpg on the highway averaging 75mph. I think its highway gas mileage is class leading for sure.

Great video man. Please do more gvr4 content!!!!

10:20 The lines on this car are "classic" dude. Ive come to realize that having seen it new on the lots to now being better than the NEW cars actually ON the lots. So. What a loss for us all to be honest. We should not be in this state. It should be better. Instead this car from the past is better if you had one as new compared to a current new one. Ride quality, fit and finish, reliability. Those things. Back to the styling. Sure its sedate but that's what classic is. This car is a design that is non offensive and id argue handsome. Its "adult" and you only respect that when you become one. Im 40 now but I've always liked big sedans. But an S8, XJR, or W124 all have the lines this car has. That classic sillouett.

I have a 2005 (registered 2006) LS430 bought about 5 years ago. One owner from new, who ticked a few option boxes in that it has no rear electric seats and no sunroof but has everything else. Bought it with 80k on the clock, did the belts etc and have simply just driven it ever since. Everything bar the steering wheel motors works (and I am trying to get somebody local to fix that) just failed its MOT on a headlight that decided to self adjust itself too high after a battery reset (unknown to me somebody turned off the battery tender I have plugged into it) but will have that sorted in a few days. Actually thought about selling it and then when looking could not find anything better. (I have tried quite a few and the only thing that came close was a Range Rover but having owned one of those reliability is not a strong point, so this is a keeper if ever there was one.

Love my 04!❤

I Love my 2006 LS430 never getting rid of mines 🤝😎💎😍🥰.

4:10 Well you are talking 19MPG for the 3rd gen LS vs 22MPG for the current gen V6. So...is that really bad? No IMO that's pretty damn good or we just haven't progressed as much as we like to think we have.

Had a 2011 Gs350, had it for 5 years, paid premium yes but all I ever did was oil change and change tires.. it took me 3 days to sell it. Upgraded to a 2017 RX f sport, for my daily, quite frankly I test drove this model Ls, solid but my decision came down to fuel economy & technology, imagine if they offered this la with a red interior back then hehe. You buy Lexus for one reason only, quality, so far no issue, by far best brand I’ve driven.

Good scenic drive, where's that place?

They go for over 20k at bring a trailer auctions.

My daughter has a 05 with 139k miles & my son 70k miles on a one owner 04 Aircraft Certification on the engine Comfortable Tank

2005 UL Here

Hey man idk if you will see this but I’m currently looking at buying one of these for around 20k but with really low miles. Would that price be worth it or should I go for cheaper with more miles? Also what is the modding scene like for this car?

You already know it is

Bought a 2005 a year ago from the proverbial little old lady from Pasadena with 39,000 miles on it. There's no way I would risk the repair costs of a comparable MBZ S series or BMW 7 and it definitely can be argued the LS was a better car when new.

20k car!..... if it had black interior

Lexus will never drive like a Benz.