Matt Farah from the Smoking Tire is determined to take his LS 400 to over a million miles, and he’s enlisted help from around the country to make it happen. And while pitching in might be fun, it won’t always be easy.
When I first saw the Craigslist post for the 1996 LS 400 with nearly 900,000 miles on the clock, I was hoping it would go to a good home—and it did. Matt Farah from the Smoking Tire saw the post, flew to Florida and bought it.
OK, so purists might want to look away—I know we’ve probably already angered you with our googly eyed celebration of this off-road LS 400. But everyone who doesn’t think the LS 400 should live its life as a reserved executive sedan should turn up their speakers and prepare for greatness.
We’ve learned that the owner of this burly LS 400 is a ClubLexus member. While the ad has disappeared, we’ve updated the post with some videos of the beast in action—and it sounds as tough as it looks!
When I was originally introduced to Lexus’ now signature spindle grille, I wondered who on the executive design team came up with the idea and (honestly) what possessed them to do so. Autocar has finally found an answer.
When it’s time to go, I want to do it in style. The man buried in this casket was a long time lover of the LS. According to Reddit, he owned three LS400s in his lifetime. When his time came, his son went ahead and buried him in these Lexus inspired caskets.
Lexus has recently announced their month end sales figures for May 2013. According to Lexus, the redesigned 2013 LS and the all-new 2013 ES sales have both increased over 100% and 3.6% overall since the same time last year. Coincidentally, these two sedans were the first Lexus models that came out and shattered records […] More »