Production chronology1989–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
popular_cohort_family_projection1 year
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Lexus / Model record
LexusLS 430
Production1989 – present
Recorded originJapan
ClassLarge Cars
The Lexus LS is a series of full-size luxury sedans that have served as the flagship model of Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, since 1989. For the first four generations, all LS models featured V8 engines and were predominantly rear-wheel-drive. In the fourth generation, Lexus offered all-wheel-drive, hybrid, and long-wheelbase variants. The fifth generation changed to using a V6 engine with no V8 option, and only one length was offered.
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2001–2006
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2001–2006
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗6 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2001–2003
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗3 years
Swiss TAS/TARGA approval observations2000–2003
Swiss type-approval years; approval dates are not production chronology.
Swiss ASTRA TAS/TARGA ↗4 years