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LS460 pricing BASE ES 350 (Includes Destination, Trunk Mat, Wheel Locks & Cargo Mat) $34,059 PM PREMIUM PACKAGE- Includes Leather Seats; Key Fob-Activated Front Driver’s Seat, Steering Wheel and Exterior Mirror Memory $1,280 NV Lexus Premium Audio w/ Navigation-Lexus Generation 5 Navigation System w/ Voice Recognition and Voice-Activated Wireless Bluetooth Hands-Free System $2,650 PT PREMIUM PLUS PACKAGE-Includes PREMIUM PACKAGE plus Key Fob-Activated Front Passenger’s Seat, Heated and Ventilated Front Seats w/ Power Cushion Extender and Rain Sensing Wipers $2,480 UL ULTRA LUXURY PACKAGE-Includes PREMIUM PLUS PACKAGE plus Panorama Glass Roof, Perforated Leather Seats, Power Rear sunshade, Wood and Leather Steering Wheel and Shift Knob, Rear Side Airbag, High- Intensity Discharge Headlamps (HID) w/ Adaptive Front Lighting System (AFS), Unique 17” Alloy Wheel with 215/55R17 Tire and Spare $5,380 VN NAVIGATION/MARK LEVINSON PACKAGE-Includes Lexus Generation 5 Navigation System w/ Voice Recognition, 14-Speaker AM/FM Tuner w/ Cassette and 6-Disc In-Dash CD/DVD Changer and Voice-Activated Wireless Bluetooth Hands-Free System $4,050 HL High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Headlamps with Adaptive Front Lighting System (AFS) $815 HH Heated and Ventilated Front Seats $640 PA Intuitive Parking Assist $500 FS Full Size Spare Tire w/ Alloy Wheel $205 WU Wood/Leather-trimmed Steering Wheel and Shift Knob $330 HN Power Rear Sunshade $210 DC Bluetooth Audio-Voice-Activated Wireless Bluetooth Hands-Free System $300 FJ N/C 215/55R17 Summer Tires Factory combinations DC-FJ-FS-PM-WU $36,174 DC-FJ-FS-HH-HN-PM-WU $37,024 FJ-FS-HL-HN-NV-PT-WU $40,749 PA-UL-VN $43,989

I believe rows and rows of small LED's on the brake lamps. But the reverse looks like a standard bulb.

wing is definetly automatic $90k no chance featuring 6caliper rotors up front, and giant carbon ceramic rotors. dry sump, headers, ITB's, 9000rpm+ not mentioning the forged wheels, probably forged suspension, aluminum space frame and body. F1 nose, spending serious time in the windtunnel.

I doubt the wing is fixed. I'm sure it goes up and down. The GT3's wing is fixed.

Judging from the wheels, brakes, and aerodynamics (front diffuser, rear diffuser, sideskirs, and wing) this is an all out high-performance car.

Serious braking hardware

The V8 Lucerne is rated at 17/25mpg. 14mpg-17mpg range for in any mag tests are probable. Edmunds data could simply be on the lower end. The Azera is rated at 19/28 and edmunds got 17.7mpg. They've been raving about it non-stop. If they deliberately tamper w/objective data it would have gotten over 19mpg

There is no need to, edmunds stated the Lucerne is quieter than the ES350. If they were screwing objective data then they would haven't brought it up. A non VVT 4spd V8 doesn't get better fuel economy than any modern V6. The fact that it is still slower than its V6 equipped competitors is a major flaw. What you get for your fuel economy is irrelevant. If I drive a Lucerne or Avalon I promise I can get 10mpg city w/o any difficutly.

All of edmunds reviews are pretty flawed, nothing new here. The review was factually accurate on the Lucerne. The acceleration times, braking performance, and fuel economy are all accurate. There is no conspiracy. The fact that they didn't bring up the Camry/Avalon trunk issues doesn't make this review inaccurate. Or misquoted the Avalon's hp is irrelevant, the Avalon is still faster, makes no difference if it's rated at 280 or 268hp.

There actually is a redline, btw. I don't know how the Camry keeps winding up in these threads. Edmunds has no record of giving the Camry wins. If you don't like edmunds rankings, then stay away from R&T, C&D, and MT when they do their comparos. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drive...540/pageId=7328 http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drive...34/pageId=64748 http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drive...rticleId=101056

In a Lucerne thread bashing the Camry interior for cost cutting, right. Odd I've redlined my V6 Camry what 1000 over the past 6yrs. Yet it idles and sounds the same it did when I bought it, must be a fluke. That Ford rental I had wasn't running smooth once I was finished w/it though.

Only if you see and hear things.

why does GM compare these vehicles to last February comparing them to last March makes more sense. Now if March 05 was unusually good it'd work fine, but it wasn't March 05 http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet...n=3&docid=13554

is this a confirmed CTS? Looks bigger than what I'd expect, at least the front end. It's as large as the Chrysler 300's Either way if its built looking that good, it'll sell very nicely.

No, no watch the end. The car is being driven, albeit slowly.

finally someone willing to tear the interior to accomodate the rollcage. midway thru 4th till he bothers opening it up. 201mph current record 211mph Hennessey Viper. move over Viper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2IgzCgGfE...h=supra%20Viper

I hear silence http://www.nihoncarandbike.com/news-253-X.html

I too predict a major sales decline