2006 Lexus LS 430 Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the Lexus LS 430:

Silky smooth, amazingly quiet V8

-- AutoWeek

Switch on the massaging, heated rear seats and you'll never want to get out.

-- Motor Trend

It delivers quick acceleration performance along with features designed to take all work out of the driving experience.

-- New Car Test Drive

Enviable record of extremely high quality and long-lasting durability

-- Road & Track

Mark Levinson stereo that is better than any home system I have heard.

-- The Kansas City Star

What reviewers liked least about the Lexus LS 430:

Copycat styling

-- AutoWeek

The trunk is not especially large.

-- The Kansas City Star

Adding options raises the price to un-Lexus-like levels.

-- Edmunds.com

Lexus LS 430 Comparisons:

The broad seat doesn't clamp its owner in place like a BMW or Mercedes sport seat does.

-- Car and Driver

The LS 430 'sport' version can probably outdrive a Mercedes-Benz S430 and may be able to keep up with a BMW 740i.

-- Car and Driver

Would take the Lexus [LS 430] over the Infiniti [Q45] on any cross-country drive.

-- Road & Track

Best one-liner about the Lexus LS 430:

More gee-whiz features than an F-16

-- Automobile

It's a stress-reduction therapy chamber on wheels.

-- AutoWeek

Bumps? What bumps?

-- Edmunds.com