Hoovey689

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Video: LS 460 owner recreates seminal Lexus commercial with different results

Remember that early Lexus commercial from 1989? You know the one, where an LS 400 is sitting on a dynamometer and makes a run up to 145 miles per hour, then the camera pans to the hood, where a large pyramid of crystal champagne glasses calmly sits? An Arizona Lexus owner decided to recreate that clip using his much newer LS 460.

So, does the more advanced and powerful LS fare as well the second time around? Certainly, the owner has a rather different approach, so click past the jump and see for yourself (we've also posted the classic '89 ad for those that need a refresher).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8scT...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp_hY...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzjES...layer_embedded

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/18/v...s-champagne-g/

Stormwind

I am just glad he didn't try to string up a bounch of Lexus together on a crane and try to drive another one under it.

DustinV

I want to try that with my BMW 118d.

Vladi

Welcome to the world of advertising where everything is a lie

Or how they like to say it an exaggerated truth.

Nice work buddy, i really liked it.

caddyowner

Maybe he should have used plastic glasses?

Jewcano

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1. Isn't the original LS's hood alot more flat than the LS460? Flat surface = easier to balance on?

2. I wonder if his paint suffered any scratches from the falling glasses.

spwolf

actually not, Lexus was sued by lawyer back in the day alleging that commercial was false, and 3rd party verified it.

it was different car, with straighter hood, on incline and with empty glasses... very different experiment... this guy barely managed to put them on the car due to the hood design.

in fact i thought it went very well... i thought they would go down when he slammed doors like that.

Och

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Haha, LS400 hood was WAYYYY flatter and the paint wasnt so smooth and slippery.

And this guy is a complete dumb ***, does he realize that broken glass will scratch ANYTHING? At least buy some plastic wine glasses from party city, so you don't scratch your hood if they fall.

RXSF

the original LS in the commercial was also put on an inclined dyno. Any way you look at it, it isnt a true representation, but I am glad he did it. Very interesting attempt.

the funny thing is that I saw this on the Lexus Enthusiast yesterday, and the actual guy who made the video chimed in on the comments!

rominl

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yeah the original commercial is the car really running at high speed (wheel spinning) on an inclined so it gets the flattest spot to build up the height, and this one is just revving on driveway, quite different

spwolf

or any diesel for that matter

:-)

LeX2K

Maybe the LS400 was a better car?

Och

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LS400 didn't have direct injection, which basically turns a perfectly normal petrol engine into a diesel

-J-P-L-

Yeah, completely different test with a totally different car.

The guy kept saying he couldn't remember the details of the commercial which is easily found online. Maybe he should've watched it before going through all this trouble.

He may have noticed the inclined dyno.

Still, I think his results were pretty good. He still had a good amount of glasses remain unshaken at high RPM and getting in and out shutting the door.

Och

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Haha, I thought I was the only one who noticed that. In the original LS400, even if you put a buckets of water on the hood, it would fall off when someone try to get in, that car was softer sprung than a boat