Lexus does luxury in a distinctively stylish way

The Lexus LS – the company’s first model – has evolved into something quite unique in its fifth generation

Lexus hit the ground running in 1989 when it was first launched by its parent company, Toyota. The very first model was the LS 400, a large flagship luxury saloon designed to compete with the likes of the BMW 7 Series and the Mercedes S-Class. The German companies had been in existence for decades and those two models were well into their second generation, following on from predecessors of different names.

The long, ...