Tuesday, June 28, 2011

2011 Lexus LS460 Touring Edition: Sportier Appearance Sans Actual Sportiness

June 27, 2011 at 2:00pm by Alexander Stoklosa

The Lexus LS460 is an understated full-size luxury liner that goes quietly and reliably about its businessâ€"yawn. Aware of its flagship’s lack of visual zestâ€"and perhaps young, image-conscious buyersâ€"Lexus has released the Lexus LS460 Touring Edition for 2011. For the Touring Edition, Lexus slaps on a sport body kit and 19-inch five-spoke wheels (18-inchers come on the all-wheel-drive model) and slathers on a coat of Smoky Granite Mica dark gray paint. The interior is outfitted with leather sport seats, wood and leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, and matte-brown wood dash trim.

The Touring Edition looks quite smooth, although it does little to up the sedan’s dynamic equation, lacking as it does the Sport packageâ€"equipped LS460’s sport suspension and steering tweaks. So the LS460 Touring Edition is for LS buyers who want a sportier look without any of the sport; if that tickles your fancy, you’ll need $73,875 for a rear-wheel-drive model. Lexus intends to limit sales volumes for the Touring Edition, however, so you might want to get thee quickly to a Lexus dealer.

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