The Lexus LS400 is the best engineered car on the planet. BMW, Mercedes and jaguar are for badge snobs. The Lexus is for people who know a really good car when they see one, it's what lies beyond the badge that counts. I feel that my 1999 mk4 will out live me and I'm only 39!!! Fabulous luxury cars, why drive anything else?
I believe when it comes to smoothness, noise and refinement an LS400 will even give a Rolls Royce a run for its money and probably beat it!!! That's why many refer to it as the Japanese Rolls Royce. I can't imagine how any car can be much quieter, when you stop at traffic lights you think it's stalled until you check the rev counter. It really is that quiet. As an autotrader used car heroes video on RU-vid states, you could probably get a MB of similar age and spec but it will be from the time when Mercedes stopped engineering their cars properly so will undoubtedly be a glitch fest.
Have a 1990 LS400, rare burgundy cloth interior and burgundy exterior. Only 51k miles!! clean and very well maintained. I truly admire the craftsmanship and quality of this car. Amazing.Fixed the radio antennae and detailed it. No longer need car so thinking of selling it. Though hard to sell, it's so damn smooth!
Good god. I thought Aaron Hernandez did damage to my name but that’s nothing compared to what’s been done to you, Jeff. My sincerest condolences, mate.
My 91 Ls400 with 340,000 miles is the last car i will ever buy until it decides it's time to end it's service life. By the looks of it, it might be a few more years.
smithraymond09029 I agree my 91 has 225,000 and it runs as good as my other 93 Lexus Ls 400 with 123,000. Amazing cars with absolutely no rattles of the interior.
100% original drive train. The suspension components however have been replaced with new components. All new bushings all around and the original air suspension went away sometime in the early 2000's. Replaced it with an coil over set up.
***** It is my daily driver but possibly might become a project car soon as the 2JZ engine in the GS300 is stronger than the 3.8 V6 in my Hyundai Genesis Coupe
In the past six months I’ve bought three Lexus LS400s A 92 I bought for $310 fixed in two days with $200, the second was a 93 I paid $400 for, I bought a battery and drove it 30 miles home. put a new throttlebody for $20 perfect running car now, and today I bought a 98 LS400 for $500 drove it 80 miles home, the same day I put two new ignition coils because it had a pretty good misfire literally the smoothest quietest running car in the world. So for under $1500 I’ve got three working and reliable LS400s!!! The million mile Lexus is what inspired me I watched it exactly 6 months ago
This video is a testament to the fact that *_every rise has a fall._* While they are still reliable as the sun that rises every morning, will outlast everything in sight and are made of some of the highest quality materials known to man, today's Lexus has none of these qualities of "smoothness", "quietness", "refinement" and the "pampering" qualities that made the LS 400 and Lexus of that era, in general, so desirable! Those qualities are DEAD in today's Lexus! I own a 2000 LS 400 and that car is going with me to my grave, because I think it is, possibly, the best car ever made, in the universe! The competition has embraced those attributes, while Lexus has gone in a totally different direction, abandoning those core qualities that made these cars some of the BEST!
I second that...I've had a 98 ls400..that car hands down was the best car I've ever owned..I now own a 04 ls430..this car is super dope too..and it's still a head turner..only cause they want one too
Would be very interested to see them do this on new models and see if they can still do this, the direct injection models are noisier than the old engines
i agree with facts and who says you cant compare ? they are cars even in 1992 they were merc 560sel about but in comparison they cant beat a lexus ls400 this is why smoothness quietness build quality quite engine electrics all work reliability facts about merc noisy engines bad gearboxes electrical issues old engineering quality of leather not good refinement lacks reliability issues get to 50k and you have problems so you see my point?
xjs2 ..never had any of the problems you 've listed on Mercs I ve had..190e..420se..the e320 coupe w124..which I still have had bad wiring loom design which becomes brittle due to it being bio-degradeable..needs to be replaced every 75k and it's not cheap...every button works. .Lexus is better...until LS ..Benz were charging for radios..nevermind stereos..taking us for a ride..Jags were soooo unreliable it's damaged the brand...Beemers were no good either...LS all the way
Had Lexus paid attention of reviews, perhaps we would see 15k USD used LS400s instead of 3k examples needing maybe a tune-up. The dated electronics make it a sketchy proposition for enthusiasts. But In 20 years who knows what those cheap buys today will bring.
Well I like the Lexus but comparing the brand new LS400 to the W126 which was already 12 years on the market was stupid. Anyway, I dont think it outlasted the W140 when it arrived. I wonder how was it against the Audi A8 D2 which was new aswell in these days.
Great points- also the presenter of that segment knew nothing about Lexus I general, the first gen Ls 400 had multi-link rear suspension/struts ay yjr front, not wishbones like he's said in this video... The second gen (95-97) had an update of double wishbones at the front...
They stripped a S class mercedes to the very last bolt and used it as the car to beat...and booyyy did they beat it...the germans were napping and they suffered as a result
You folks seem to forget one thing... these kind of cars are bought mostly by business folk. And NOTHING beats showing up in a Mercedes, like it or not. This is not about Horse power or how many buttons you have on the dash. The car you roll up in tells a lot about you and the business you represent. and a Camry; sorry, Lexus, just will not cut it.
I believe he was talking about in 1989, when this car first came out. He also didn't mention a specific car. Now a days, I think the statement is at least partially true. Nothing beats pulling up in a brand new Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG or a BMW M3. Lexus doesn't even have anything that competes with the M series or AMG series as far as I know.
Yeah the LS400 didn't cut it so much that it won Wheels Car of the Year the year it was released as well as placing in top 10 lists for that year. Yeah. It sure didn't cut it.
Peter Rafeiner...ya..until your pretty s500 air suspension stops working and your sitting on the ground or it won't start..then I come around you pointing fingers at you..and I'm in my ls400 quietly purring..then I roll my window down (just to be a sport about it) need a ride!!! lmfao! !!
