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Hi all, Let me do a poll here for this thread ... so post your feedback from here onwards ...

reached our shore already, whats ur take bros? http://www.lexus.com.sg/models/LS/LS-460/index.html

http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.ph...306&DL=1000 was just checking the prices for fun when this seemed to take my attention. ls460 so cheap? the others in the market are going for $30-40k more. Some sort of gimmick?

It looks like quality issues continue to plague the Japanese automaker. The company has announced that it is currently preparing to recall a total of 270,000 Toyota Crown and Lexus LS, GS and IS models worldwide. As it turns out, some of the company's 4.6-liter V8 and 3.5-liter V6 engines were built using faulty valve springs that may cause the car to stall while driving. Around 180,000 of the faulty powerplants were sold outside of Japan. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company says that some Toyota Crown, Lexus LS460, Lexus LS600h, Lexus LS600hL, Lexus GS350, Lexus GS450h, Lexus GS460 and Lexus IS350 models will be affected by the recall, and that it will initiate a procedure to fix the problem as soon as it can figure out a way to do so with the least amount of inconvenience to its customers. The news comes as Toyota continues to try to put this year's bevy of recall issues behind it, including paying a $16.4 million fine to the U.S. government for delaying certain recalls. Borneo Motors is going to get busy in the coming days..

Toyota's latest recall now affects their Lexus luxury brand. Four models of the LS460 range is affected, the LS460, LS460L, LS460h and the LS460hL (LS600h). The latter two being the hybrid versions of the former two mentioned. This time the recall is due to a defect in the electronic steering control system of the cars. According to reports, the cars would keep on going straight for a few seconds even if the driver has turned the steering wheel to a certain direction. The reports also state that a flaw in the computerised steering may prevent the steering rack to return to its original position until after a few seconds after the corner. If you are doing 40km/h nothing major would happen, but imagine if you're doing a160km/h corner and this happens. The Lexus uses a Variable Gear-Ratio Steering system, which automatically alters how much the steering wheel turns and the position of the wheels, depending on vehicle speed and other conditions. If the car utilising this system is travelling at 20kmh, the system can change the direction of the wheels with only a slight turn of the steering wheel. The higher the speed, the wheels change direction at a slower rate of turn so that the car does not unsettle mid-corner. The transport ministry of Japan had received 12 complaints from Toyota customers pertaining to the malfunctions with the electronic steering system since March 2010. There are 4,500 affected cars in Japan and this is part of a total 12,000 of the current generation LS460s that have been sold worldwide this year. All of the LS series car manufactured in 2010 are affected under this recall. Singapore's bilingual daily My Paper reported on Thrusday (20th May 2010) that 55 Lexus LS 460 and LS 600 cars in Singapore are affected by this recall. According to the daily, Borneo Motors, which distributes Toyota in Singapore had stated that there have not been any safety issues so far. The recall will be officially issued within the next few days will involve reprogramming the software so that the variable ration steering system works properly. LS owners here and elsewhere, kindly take note if you're reading this. Somehow this shows that certain major systems could still be better if it were still mechanical or hydraulic assisted. Anything that utilises computers, hardware and software can do what our smartphones, laptops and PCs usually do. Which is hang or crash while we're in the middle of something. If these electronic items can crash for no apparent reason, I have no idea why car manufacturers insist that these are safe to use in cars. I hope they start listening to skeptics instead of brushing them aside and thinking that electronics are the answer to everything. - The round thing in the picture above that you use to change direction with in this Lexus is currently having issues. You may be able to corner better in a Vios than in one of these

when down to the showroom and test out the audio found that the Lexus's audio system sound quality out perform the Audi especially with CD's include Tom Drums, Palcebo, Obssession after testing, told sales thank you ask if I wanted a test drive told him no money face black like charcoal dare not return for a long long time any opinion on the audio?

From far it does look pretty similar but .... which parts of the anatomy you think is similar .... why do you think Lexus (or toyota) would go all through all these trouble to look a bit similar ... I think I need a new pair of spectacles ....