Though the Toyota group's racing division in Germany
has toyed with the idea, Lexus has never actually produced a full-on LS F. Much
as Audi hasn't done an RS8, BMW an M7, or Jaguar an XJR-S – to take on the
Mercedes-AMG S63.
The vehicle you see here, can at least look
the part. Captured on the floor of the Javitz Center where the 2017 New York
Auto Show is currently under way is the new Lexus LS F Sport.
Rather than a unique model, the F Sport treatment
can be applied to either version of the new LS: the LS 500 or the LS 500h.
Either way you're looking at a V6. And contrary to Lexus' usual
approach, the hybrid is the less powerful version, with 354 horsepower on tap
to the twin-turbocharged version's 415 Hp.
The F Sport does look meaner, and it promises to
handle better, too. The package adds a tauter air suspension, active
stabilizer, variable steering rack, four-wheel steering, and 20-inch alloys
packing upgraded brakes. Those in addition to the aero upgrades and special
badging that let people know that you may (or may not) be driving a big
blinged-out Camry, but you mean business by it.
