All Lexus LS430 reviews

"The latest LS430 is undoubtedly the best Lexus saloon ever made"

Lexus have a good deal to answer for. Were it not for their LS430, the luxury saloon sector would be thoroughly carved up between Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar and Volkswagen. Breaking this European stranglehold isn't the easiest of tasks and in order to retain an Oriental toehold, Lexus have given the LS430 a midlife makeover that aims to put the car back on the map.

With cars like the latest Audi A8, BMW 7 Series, V...

Given that a path had already been paved by its predecessor, the LS400, it would be reasonable to assume that the Lexus LS430 would have an easier time mopping up the floating voters in the luxury car market. That would be to underestimate the size of the task facing Toyota's luxury car division. A combination of the novelty wearing off a credible Japanese luxury challenge and the quantum leaps forward taken by Jaguar, Mercedes, BMW and Audi mean that the LS430 ' whilst undoubtedly a better ...

* A Woman's View ' Will It Suit Me?

The fact that around two-thirds of the small hatchbacks purchased in the UK are driven by women doesn't mean that we all want a small, practical shopping car for the school run. There are plenty of career women out there driving executive saloons ' and many of them would surely be tempted by my test car this week, the Lexus LS430. Like a Rolex watch, the car has not changed dramatically over the years. As design chief Kunihiro Uchida commented, "We wa...