Rexus300

iTrader: (1)

Here it is, the updated LS430 for 2004 Model Year. This picture has come straight from a Japanese Car Magazine and the current picture of the LS430 is used by me for a comparison.

titanskj10

hey u think that u can make it a lil' bit more clearer? its hard to see

XeroK00L

Hopefully the Japanese magazine got the picture from a reliable source.
If it's real, I'm relieved and glad that it's not any of the photoshopped pictures previously floating around.
But hey, is that the best your scanner can do? And if it's really from a Japanese magazine, it'd be nice to see it in the whole page with texts and everything...
Thanks for sharing no matter what.

Rexus300

iTrader: (1)

Hey, Sorry Guys, I was in a rush, but I will have a nice clear photo for you hopefully tmw evening. I certainly believe that this magazine got this photo from a reliable source since they revealed the photos of many of the Japanese cars about 3 months before they were introduced. Anyways, I will post a clearer one tmw.


Dave

XeroK00L

Thanks, Rexus300!
Hate to say this, but later I realized why I like what I see in the picture--the new design of LS430 is almost a direct copy of the current S-class!

Now narrow your eyes and distance yourself from the monitor for a minute...don't the pictures of the new LS430 and the S-class look simply identical?
Just when you think the current LS430 is blatant enough a copy of the previous S-class, the new LS430 is going to be a even more blatant copy of the current S-class, which is soon going to be an old design too.
Even as a diehard Lexus fan, I can't help but agree to the saying that Lexus, design-wise at least, is no more than a poor copy of a 5-year-old design from MB.

titanskj10

YEAH i see what u are talkin bout it does kinda look like the LS in a way. I hope that the new LS will have those i dont know what u call them but they are on the 2000+ ES models with the clear taillights, i bet thats what the LS will have with a few upgrades for 2004

bluestar

I don't see what you are seeing on the LS-S comparison. The so-called 2004 redesign picture is too fuzzy to make it out that clearly. Secondly, it does not appear to be different from the 2003 LS design, unless of course you claim that the '03 model is also a copy of the S. BTW, the picture of the S you showed in your post is NOT a 5-year old design, but the recent re-design by Mercedes.

BTAIM, we will have to wait for a clearer picture of the 2004 and see if indeed it is a copy ot the S-. The jury is still out, imo.

squarehat

The six spoke rims on the blurry pic certainly do look similar to the S-Class, though.

stevec

I like this one better!
SC

lexusls430

You like the current one better? I do it looks more original and elegant

Higuma

Supossidly there are few changes to the Celsior in Japan - BUT - that doesn't reflect on the LS in the States... As we well know what we get here is ussually quite different from what is made available there...

Here is a picture of the soon to be available "ER" version of Celsior

Higuma

Smart Key - picture 1

Higuma

Smart Key - #2

Higuma

Sorry - fat fingers - Smart Key #2 - Ignition switch

Higuma

Smart key - activation zones