rominl

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dunno, the whole thing looks like PS to me

spwolf

blah, why would Lexus build an Bentley/Maybach competitor? bull.

XeroK00L

Sorry but that PS is absolutely horrible. The headlights are short and awkwardly shaped, the grille looks retarded, the side is just a copy & paste from a short-wheelbase LS, and the 2-tone is a blatant copy of the Maybach. I seriously hope the real thing (if there ever will be one) looks nothing like that.

Gojirra99

The 2-tone treatment for ultra-lux cars was started by RR decades ago, I think Maybach copied that

I do agree if Lexus build this car, I hope it will look different from this.

encore888

It's a rendering that was inserted on top of an auto show photograph, so the people are real but the car is just the magazine's idea of what such a vehicle might look like.

Nextourer

Looks like a Maybach. No, Lexus will have its own design theme and hopefully original ideas.

Och

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This is a photoshop of cls

RX_330

Looks like a PS'd Maybach to me.

rominl

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yeah i would say it's PS of maybach as well

vraa

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Major photoshop or not, at least there are some guys out there with ideas and concepts of having a Lexus sedan that's more than just a V8+hybrid (ie: a real S600 competitor finally).

bitkahuna

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I think Lexus CAN compete with Maybach, Bentley, Rolls Royce, if it wants to.

Even those 3 brands are quite segmented though... Maybach and Rolls - owner has a chauffeur, where Bentley owner drives themselves.

But if you think Lexus models are close to those brands today - think again.

Nextourer

It depends which part of the world you're in. In some parts, you get a chauffeur if you own an LS, in other parts, the owner drives the LS (like here in NA). Hell, in China, people get chauffeured in a Camry! (Granted, their Camry is better equipped than ours).

bitkahuna

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A chauffeur-driven Camry - now that's living large.

picus

I like that Lexus is really pushing the envelope hard now and trying to compete with bigger names. It's about time a Japanese company did that. I really hope something like this comes to fruition and does well.

encore888

I don't think any of the Lexus models, with the exception of the LS 460 L with rear seat package, or the LS 600h L, even approaches that status. But they shouldn't be trying to be luxo-barges, except for the LS (in part).

However, I think Lexus has the opportunity to go up--way up. The Lexus brand image is amorphous enough, that magazines have talked about Lexus-Ferrari beaters, etc. Lexus has outdone BMW and Mercedes on luxury, why not gun for the top? I have sat inside a Bentley and IMO, aside from space and a more traditional flair, it doesn't have anything on an LS 600h L.