Used car review: Lexus LS430 2004-2007 - Drive
From the moment it was launched here as the first of the Lexus brand's offerings, the LS model has been regarded as a quality piece of work. Aimed squarely at the luxury limo establishment – namely the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7-Series – the big Lexus soon attracted its own following of early adopters who were prepared to forgo a prestige European badge for a car that was... And since that time in the early 1990s, the LS sedans from Lexus have managed to grow their own halo with the marque emerging as its own kind of luxury brand. Well, one habit in particular: While 7-Series and S-Class cars drop residual value faster than just about anything else on four wheels, the Lexus LS is also a victim of the funnel-effect whereby there are enough executives to buy the things... So, the car that was a mega-buck proposition when new can be a very inexpensive used-car buy a few years down the track, yet you're still getting all the engineering, safety and convenience that helped sell the thing to its original owner back in... Of course, while second-hand, big-dollar European cars scare a lot of would-be owners, the Lexus reputation is such that there's a lot less consternation in the. Source: www.drive.com.au
