So, you've decided to take the plunge and do an LS swap into something. We've been dancing to that tune for over 20 years, and like the insurance company commercial says, "We know a thing or two ...

Sitting behind the 2023 Lexus LS 500’s spread of controls took me back to childhood. Specifically Christmas 1998—when I delightedly pulled the wrapping off a stereo the size of an engine block.

Luxury doesn't just mean leather seats and real wood on the dashboard these days, with high-end models falling over themselves to add every bell and whistle possible. Amid the vast screens and ...

Engine swaps open up a lot of possibilities for project car builders. One of the most common engine swaps to see is the LS swap, with everyone from drift car builders to drag racers opting to use GM's ...

Lexus is solely offering the 2026 LS sedan in a new Heritage Edition, a 250-unit which celebrates its 36 years on the market. However, not all things last forever. In the past few years, the sales ...

Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest performance cars, but GM read the tea leaves and knew that this platform would not be able to get them where they would ...

When people turn 30 years old, the realization that their 20s are behind them can hit hard, and at 40, you’re over the hill. But 35? Well, it’s a lot like 34. It’s the same for the LS, the sedan that ...

In the late '80s, Japanese automakers were best known for well-built economy cars, and pundits questioned whether they could build a credible luxury car. When Toyota introduced its new Lexus luxury ...

Brands attempt to move upmarket all the time, but few succeed to the degree Lexus did with its first luxury car. I was 9 years old when my father traded in his 1988 Saab 900 Turbo for a new 1991 LS ...

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Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...