- The 2025 Lexus LS is the company’s flagship sedan, representing the best Lexus has to offer.
- Pricing starts at $81,685, including the destination charge | Price it your way
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Many large luxury sedans go for overstatement — with extravagant power, assertive exterior designs, and the absolute latest in technology to impress anyone who encounters them. That’s great in its own way, but there’s also the Lexus LS route. It’s a subtler yet no less impressive approach to moving in the world.
This path takes owners through centuries of Japanese tradition while providing exquisite hospitality, as well as up-to-the-minute safety features and dependable engines. For some people, once they’ve experienced the Lexus way, they don’t care for anything else, going back to its dealerships time after time. Lexus buyers are among the most loyal.
Let’s go inside the LS sedan, for more insight into on how this luxury car wields its beguiling influence.
Passenger Room and Comfort
Although driving the Lexus LS is a pleasurable experience with perfectly comfortable front seats, the back seat is really where the magic happens. Especially when the optional Executive package is selected. At about $20,000, it’s expensive, but probably quite affordable for an LS buyer who plans on being chauffeured most of the time.
The lucky passengers’ eyes first fall upon the diamond-stitched and perforated semi-aniline leather. Then these pampered people will settle into heated, massaging, multi-directional/power-adjustable rear seats, with the person on the right side given a footrest and a powered reclining function that (when the car is parked) goes down by 48 degrees. That precise figure was determined through research carried out by Lexus engineers in their quest to attain the ideal recline angle. Oh, what a hard day at work that must have been.
This preferred seat also features a shiatsu massage function, while both rear seats have power-retractable “butterfly” headrests. And to ensure absolute comfort for everyone in the car, this package also includes an air suspension. The standard adaptive suspension is totally fine, by the way, in case anyone didn’t want to stretch to the Executive package. It’s also available as an individual option. Other standard equipment includes a powered rear shade, and heated/ventilated front seats.
Rear legroom measures 38.9 inches. That’s quite generous, beating the Genesis G90 by about an inch, yet losing out to rivals from Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz.
Features and Tech
Let’s focus first on the infotainment system, which is controlled by a 12.3-inch touchscreen and responds to voice commands. Wireless phone integration is standard, along with wireless charging, while six USB ports (a mix of USB-A and USB-C) are dotted around the cabin. We’re also pleased to see an actual volume control knob that can be used by the driver or the front passenger instead of some slider or touchscreen menu function.
One option that deserves special mention is the 23-speaker, 2,400-watt Mark Levinson surround-sound system. We’ve been fans of Mark Levinson equipment ever since we first heard it. The clarity, richness, and power make it a worthwhile purchase.
There’s plenty of driver assistance technology as standard, including adaptive cruise control and blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert. We may also be tempted to choose the Lexus Safety System+ A Package for Traffic Jam Assist, Front Cross-Traffic Alert with Intersection Support, and a lane-changing feature added to the adaptive cruise control.
Among many other much-appreciated details are the head-up display, active noise cancellation, a digital key (using a phone app), and powered seat belt buckles that rise up.
Materials and Design
Against a backdrop of fine materials like nice leather and open-pore walnut wood trim, as well as exceptional build quality, Lexus brings special touches. For example, Kiriko glass is available with the Executive package. This evokes the traditional Japanese Kiriko craft of hand-carving intricate patterns into glass to create different light refractions. In this instance, the human element comes in the hand-polishing of these door panel inserts. Another special item is Haku foil, the result of a 400-plus-year-old technique where metal has been hammered to within a fraction of a millimeter. Lexus hand-applies it to the doors of the LS.
Most people have heard of origami, the Japanese art of folding paper into complex shapes. At Lexus, artisans also do it with fabric and use these creations as door panels. It’s things like these that all add up and contribute to the greater LS experience.
Cargo Room and Flexibility
The LS has a decent cargo area of almost 17 cubic feet — or 15.2 cubic feet in the hybrid variant. For reference, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and Genesis G90 have much smaller trunks, while the BMW 7 Series tops the class with 19.1 cubic feet. The rear seats don’t fold down, but that’s typical for a sedan like the LS.
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