Jul. 31, 2012

Lexus Announces Worldwide Premiere of New 'LS'

Toyota City, Japan, July 31, 2012―Lexus announces today the new partially redesigned "LS 460", "LS 460L" and "LS 600hL" luxury sedans for the North American market.

LS 460 (North America market)
LS 460 (North America market)

The new LS series has been designed with a bold blend of refinement and innovation, taking the series a major step forward. With modern and dignified styling, exhilarating driving performance and some of the most advanced safety technologies in the world, the new LS has evolved into a truly premium sedan befitting the Lexus flagship.

Vehicle Outline

Design Befitting the Lexus Flagship

The exterior design features the signature spindle grille¹, giving a powerful and resolute expression to the modern and dignified styling.

The dignified and expressive instrument panel with new modern layered design incorporates a 12.3-inch LCD multi display screen with the Remote Touch Interface (RTI) for an advanced and modern driving environment.

Driving Performance Maturity and Evolution

The all-new LS 460 F Sport package was designed to offer the ultimate in sporty driving performance. F Sport-exclusive features, such as lowered Adaptive Variable Air Suspension (AVS), a Torsen^® limited slip differential (LSD) and the Active Stabilizer system² come together to create an emotional and memorable driving experience. The F Sport also features exclusive interior and exterior components such as an F Sport-specific grille and front bumper, and leather sports seats.

World-leading Technologies

The new Advanced Pre-collision System (A-PCS) with collision avoidance assist is among the most advanced automotive safety systems in the world, using a combination of millimeter-wave radar, a stereo camera, and a near-infrared ray emitter to avoid or mitigate collisions with both vehicles and pedestrians, day or night.

The newly developed Adaptive High-beam System (AHS) uses a camera to detect preceding and on-coming vehicles and selectively blocks sections of the high beams that could interfere with other drivers' vision, thereby ensuring high forward nighttime visibility for the driver without blinding the drivers of other cars.

The Blind Spot Monitor (BSM) system uses millimeter-wave radar to detect vehicles traveling alongside and notifies the driver when a vehicle enters his or her blind spot.

Key Specifications of LS 460 (North America market version; 460L specifications in parentheses)

Length		5,090 (5,210) mm
Width		1,875 mm
Height		1,465 mm
Wheelbase		2,970 (3,090) mm
Engine	Type	4.6-liter V8 gasoline engine
	Maximum output	288 kW [386 hp] / 6,400 rpm
	Maximum torque	498 N-m [367 lb-ft] / 4,100 rpm
Transmission		8 Super ECT
Driveline		Rear-wheel drive

Key Specifications of LS 600hL (North America market version)

Length		5,210 mm
Width		1,875 mm
Height		1,480 mm
Wheelbase		3,090 mm
Engine	Type	5.0-liter V8 gasoline engine
	Maximum output	290 kW [389 hp] / 6,400 rpm
	Maximum torque	521 N-m [385 lb-ft] / 4,000 rpm
Motor	Maximum output	165 kW [221 hp]
Motor	Maximum torque	300 N-m [221 lb-ft]
System	Maximum output	327 kW [438 hp]
Transmission		Electronically controlled continuously variable transmission
Driveline		Four-wheel drive

1	With trapezoidal contours evolved from current Lexus styling, the spindle grille features the fusion of the Lexus-unique inverted trapezoidal upper grille and a trapezoidal lower grille with a functionally integrated brake-cooling duct. This distinctive new front represents the future direction of Lexus front-end design.
2	Available on the LS 600h F Sport package.