Kansas

Radar cruise control keeps your car an even distance behind the car in front of you - three following intervals are selectable. It replaced the older and less reliable Laser cruise control system. Pre-Collsion System uses the same radar sensor and senses an impending collision, tightens the seat belts and automatically applies the brakes - the Toyota/Lexus system will brake the car down to about 15 mph, sounds an alarm and depends on the driver to brake the car the rest of the way to a halt. Similar systems from some other manufacturers can bring the car to a complete stop.

PCS and Radar Cruise control cost about $2,200 as options on the LS430. There is continuing debate in the DOT on whether PCS-like systems should be required on new cars. A body shop manager told me last fall that PCS is noticeably affecting his business due to fewer and less severe front end crashes.

timmy0tool

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to my understanding the radar CC was available on 99-00 models in japan!

mikiels400's car, US car with japan bumper (note the radar sensor)!

Kansas

It was laser instead of true radar cruise control on the 99-00 Japanese market Celsior - confusing since it was sometimes called "laser radar" in the literature.

mortey

Just wanted to update this thread that I finally did sit in a LS400 and definitely did not have headroom. It was a 1992 LS400 so maybe later years would be different but this one was not ideal. I was so sad. It only had 35,000 original miles too