Massage parlour on wheels: 2002 Toyota Celsior/Lexus LS430 - The Daily Star

In terms of value for money (because yes, car owners on the deep-pocketed end of the scale worry about value as well, like everyone else), the Japanese have always been hard to beat. Whether you want the entry level executive car in the shape of a Camry, as opposed to the German excellence that is the 3-series, or even if you want a fully loaded, fully specced car, the Japs will have something to offer up. In most cases, the... Lexus was branded as the luxury automaker arm of Toyota, a move designed to sell cars to rich people without the cheap-as-nails-mass-market-motoring image that Toyota had been attached to since forever. Lexus took North America by storm in the early 90's, selling by the boatloads, and their piece de resistance, in the form of the ubiquitous LS, cemented its place in the luxo-barge race with a cheaper price tag, solid engineering, and a level of... Fast forward a decade and Lexus is still a solid competitor, although rising costs have rendered the brand's price advantage almost nil. Akbar, a certified car nut (his resto-mod Fiat X1/9 was featured on Shift, 20-09-13), wanted the Lexus you see in the. Source: www.thedailystar.net