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Old Aug 31, 2017 | 03:51 PM
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It's a beautiful car.
I hope there is a non chrome option for the wheels.
Old Aug 31, 2017 | 06:09 PM
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I'll admit...it's growing on me. I like that color.
Old Aug 31, 2017 | 06:12 PM
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Home run for Lexus IMO. But boy does black make even the best of interiors look drab.
Old Aug 31, 2017 | 06:20 PM
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Did anybody watch past where he walked out to the outgoing car? Does it look to anybody like the new one has less rear legroom than the old one?
Old Aug 31, 2017 | 06:22 PM
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They look like gaudy aftermarket wheels.
Old Aug 31, 2017 | 06:45 PM
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Normally I like a lot of chrome, but this car may actually be overdoing it a bit. Especially with that front end and grille, it makes one recall the American Chrome-O-Matic monsters from the late 1950s.
Old Aug 31, 2017 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SW15LS
I'll admit...it's growing on me. I like that color.
Perhaps you'll end up in another makes flagship after your 2015 LS, but maybe after you test drive one (and like the TTV6?), and there's a good lease, you'll be SW19LS
Old Aug 31, 2017 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Perhaps you'll end up in another makes flagship after your 2015 LS, but maybe after you test drive one (and like the TTV6?), and there's a good lease, you'll be SW19LS
You just never know lol.

I always try to get something different, but I always wind up back with Lexus in the end. Their cars always just wind up being equipped the way I like, accessible on the lot equipped the way I like, etc. I think the market is soft enough for big sedans that within 6 months of the new LS being out you'll be getting 10% off again. Thats the case for all the competitors.

My thing is I don't want to stray too far from $1000 payment.
Old Aug 31, 2017 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Perhaps you'll end up in another makes flagship after your 2015 LS, but maybe after you test drive one (and like the TTV6?), and there's a good lease, you'll be SW19LS
Technically he will be LWB19LS since the new LS is long wheelbase as standard.
Old Aug 31, 2017 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Burns
Technically he will be LWB19LS since the new LS is long wheelbase as standard.
SW are my initials

My usernames have always been "SW" and the year and model. I'm real imaginative.
Old Sep 1, 2017 | 01:09 AM
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That wheel design is similar to the ES hybrid's stock wheels. I think the shape is fine but the chrome bling is way over the top. There's so much styling madness going on with the new LS but like the LC, it somehow works. This car would look jawdroppingly gorgeous in Atomic Silver.
Old Sep 2, 2017 | 06:29 AM
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Great video - probably the first to have a walkaround of a production LS. Going to echo what everyone else is saying. The rims remind me something GM would put in their buicks or cadillacs from the mid 2000s. not worthy of a flagship
Old Sep 2, 2017 | 06:32 AM
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There will be several rims I'm sure.

I don't really see the problem with them
Old Sep 2, 2017 | 08:14 PM
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New interior looks great and very high quality... and nice to see one without the 'elvis' cut glass and origami on the doors. exterior is mixed for me... front overhang seems huge.
love how this hybrid has a huge trunk and i have a feeling this is going to be a great new hybrid drivetrain.

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Old Sep 2, 2017 | 08:17 PM
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The new LS just does nothing for me inside or out. It looks like a stretched Altima from the outside and just seems very plain and barren on the inside. It now having a 6 cylinder is also disappointing. Maybe I have to see it in person.



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