2010 Lexus LS460 Sport

With Lexus getting cautiously cultured a reputation for insulating drivers from all of the undignified sensations generally related with riding, it could appear amazing to get a Sport model in the LS lineup. Certain, Lexus provides the M3-chasing IS F, as well as the hideous LFA supercar, however an LS460 Sport? Come on, even sport-synonymous BMW does not provide an M edition of its full-size 7 Series luxobarge.

BMW does provide, but, an Alpina B7, likewise as a BMW M5. There’s also the Cadillac CTS-V, Audi S6and S8, and a complete undercard of Mercedes-Benz AMG automobiles out there that show there is a store for sports-tuned big sedans like this 2010 Lexus LS460 Sport. You definitely can not envy Lexus for attempting to sneak a piece of that more stiffly-sprung, high-test pie, however is it just boosters’ hype or may this LS Sport very drift like a butterfly and insect bite like a bee?

We’d a concise meet with the 2010 Lexus LS460 Sport a few months ago down in San Diego and came away imprinted. While we did not instantly fall the Germans or lone American from our good competitors record, we were at minimum consenting to total the LS to our “worth-watching” column. So we determined to get a nearer appear.

Could Lexus with success act its F-Sport tuning up a weight category, and would the LS460 Sport really argue with different heavyweights in the section? We gave it seven days to show its pluck.