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Lexus will need every bit of data they can possibly find that will put their new LS500 in a good light, as the car is not very special. I drove the new LS and after all the hype that has been going on for like two years since the car was announced, I was ready to be blown away, but that was not the case. It feels just like the last generation LS. The ride is not as nice as in the S Class and you definitely know you are driving a V6 powered car, something I did not feel when I test drove a new S450. They are also using their “F Sport” model in this test, which is reasonably more tricked out than a W222 with the AMG Line option, which is nothing more than body work and wheels. Perhaps using a REAL AMG model, like the S63 would have shown different results.

All that said, who really gives a rat's *** about the tests they did? Anyone here taking their S Class to the track? The tests they did, IMO, are virtually meaningless to 99.9% of S Class or LS drivers. The fact of the matter is that the new Lexus LS is a second class car to the W222 and Lexus knows it. With the horrendously ugly exterior design, they are scrambling to find a way to market their homely beast. I would take a new Genesis G90 over a new LS500 any day of the week and the LS has a $25K Premium over the G90. Lexus dealers worldwide need to get together and do an intervention with the factory design heads and the idiot execs who green lighted the ridiculous Lexus design philosophy currently soiling Lexus showrooms. It really is disgusting.