View Photos of the 2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
The Lexus LS is, in theory, a competitor to the Mercedes-Benz S-class and the BMW 7-series. However, the LS skips the assault of technology that the Germans embrace, leaving nothing but a comfortable ride.
Tired of every large luxury car resembling a Macau casino inside? Kick it old-school style in the Lexus LS instead.
The LS500h gets its motivation from two electric motors and a naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V-6, which combine to produce 354 horsepower.
The transmission is a complicated mix of a continuously variable transmission and four fixed-gear ratios.
In our testing, the LS500h required 5.6 seconds to reach 60 mph, which is well behind similar offerings from Mercedes-Benz and BMW.
It's the same story on the skidpad, where the LS's all-season run-flat tires led to a middling 0.81 g of lateral grip.
Hybrids are more efficient in the city than on the highway, which goes some way toward explaining why the Lexus returned just 31 mpg in our 75-mph real-world highway fuel economy test, the same as a nonhybrid Mercedes S500.
So, the LS doesn't beat the Germans on paper. Where it excels is in the subjective stuff.
The LS provides a pillow-smooth ride atop a sea of soft inputs, lending this large luxobarge a decidedly old-school feeling.
The LS500h is the most expensive LS, starting at a hair over $115,000, which won't even get your foot in the door when shopping S-classes.
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2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
2024 Lexus LS500h AWD
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