I've a 2011 LS460, which I like for its luxury, but think it's out of date regarding safety and some electronic features, and would like to get a model that has them. What would be the earliest year after 2011 that 460s have them?

 

What sort of features are you looking for?

2013 saw the inclusion of blind spot monitoring. PCS and radar cruise are available on the 2013+ (and on older ones too) lane keep assist was an option after 2013.

 

Thank you. It sounds like I should look at 2014 and later.

 

It would be 2013 and later

 

SW17--What do you think of your car's air suspension, is it a plush ride? I hadn't considered air because of all the warnings of how it breaks down often and costs a mountain of $ to repair.

 

I understand. I'd rather have a car a bit younger, if good price can be found.

 

I love the air suspension. I've had two LS460s, a SWB one with AWD and coil suspension, and my LWB one with RWD and air suspension. The air suspension makes the car IMHO.

The coil sprung car rode well, but the air suspension is just that little bit more refined and disconnected.

 

There aren't many LS's with some of these advanced safety features - I look at least weekly for a 13+ with PCS & Radar Cruise and rarely find them...

 

Yeah they arent easy to find, especially outside the south and west coast.

 

I'm beginning to think PCS is like unicorns. I was checking autotrader for a late-year LS 460 in my area, and only one came up, without PCS. I was also shown other used (excuse me: "Preowned") and new Lexi, none of which listed "PCS," not even the LS500. Can that be?

 

The LS500s all have PCS

 

I thought so. For some reason, in all the specs they list for it, PCS isn't one of them. PCS is a big deal, I'm surprised.

 

I was checking out a couple Youtube reviews of a 2013 LS460 F-sport and lo-and-behold, the test car shows a F-sport with adaptive cruise! I have never EVER seen a 4th gen LS F-Sport with adaptive cruise; even watched a review (I think by CNET) which shows a 13 F-sport with flaxen (tan) interior, which again I don't think exists in the real world.