Video & Photo Gallery: 2018 Lexus LS 500 in Autumn Shimmer

Posted by Kevin on September 22nd, 2017

Next week, the floodgates will open with reviews of the new 2018 Lexus LS flagship all over the Internet — before that happens, let’s start looking at some of the official photos & video that will get buried in all of the coverage.

This is the 2018 Lexus LS 500 AWD in Autumn Shimmer with a Parchement interior:

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CIF
Wow! Amazing find White Beach! Look at the rims, and the trim. Less chrome, and very sporty rims, gunmetal as opposed to the opulent use of chrome on the debut 5LS rims. That has to be some sort of F model, likely an F-Sport. I think it's too early to be seeing any LS F prototypes on the street. Definitely looks like an F Sport emblem.
CIF
Wow! Amazing find White Beach! Look at the rims, and the trim. Less chrome, and very sporty rims, gunmetal as opposed to the opulent use of chrome on the debut 5LS rims. That has to be some sort of F model, likely an F-Sport. I think it's too early to be seeing any LS F prototypes on the street. Definitely looks like an F Sport emblem.
CIF
Wow! Amazing find White Beach! Look at the rims, and the trim. Less chrome, and very sporty rims, gunmetal as opposed to the opulent use of chrome on the debut 5LS rims. That has to be some sort of F model, likely an F-Sport. I think it's too early to be seeing any LS F prototypes on the street. Definitely looks like an F Sport emblem.
CIF
Wow! Amazing find White Beach! Look at the rims, and the trim. Less chrome, and very sporty rims, gunmetal as opposed to the opulent use of chrome on the debut 5LS rims. That has to be some sort of F model, likely an F-Sport. I think it's too early to be seeing any LS F prototypes on the street. Definitely looks like an F Sport emblem.
White Beach
But Actually side air intake of the LS500 shown at NAIAS and the LS500h of upcoming Geneva Motor Show is slightly different. NAIAS version has a horizontal slat, and the Geneva version has mesh. Is this a indication that there will be a F Sport version? Or this simply differentiates ICE and hybrid?

NAIAS teaser


Geneva teaser
White Beach
But Actually side air intake of the LS500 shown at NAIAS and the LS500h of upcoming Geneva Motor Show is slightly different. NAIAS version has a horizontal slat, and the Geneva version has mesh. Is this a indication that there will be a F Sport version? Or this simply differentiates ICE and hybrid?

NAIAS teaser


Geneva teaser
White Beach
But Actually side air intake of the LS500 shown at NAIAS and the LS500h of upcoming Geneva Motor Show is slightly different. NAIAS version has a horizontal slat, and the Geneva version has mesh. Is this a indication that there will be a F Sport version? Or this simply differentiates ICE and hybrid?

NAIAS teaser


Geneva teaser
White Beach
But Actually side air intake of the LS500 shown at NAIAS and the LS500h of upcoming Geneva Motor Show is slightly different. NAIAS version has a horizontal slat, and the Geneva version has mesh. Is this a indication that there will be a F Sport version? Or this simply differentiates ICE and hybrid?

NAIAS teaser


Geneva teaser
Ian Schmidt
So Lexus just Tweeted an info page on the new LS, which is this: http://www.lexus.com/concept/LS/?cid=sf59682137+sf59682137

And that page says "Coming Fall 2017". So now I'm confused about when we'll actually be able to drive the thing, but I certainly hope it's this fall instead of this winter.
Ian Schmidt
So Lexus just Tweeted an info page on the new LS, which is this: http://www.lexus.com/concept/LS/?cid=sf59682137+sf59682137

And that page says "Coming Fall 2017". So now I'm confused about when we'll actually be able to drive the thing, but I certainly hope it's this fall instead of this winter.
Ian Schmidt
So Lexus just Tweeted an info page on the new LS, which is this: http://www.lexus.com/concept/LS/?cid=sf59682137+sf59682137

And that page says "Coming Fall 2017". So now I'm confused about when we'll actually be able to drive the thing, but I certainly hope it's this fall instead of this winter.
Ian Schmidt
So Lexus just Tweeted an info page on the new LS, which is this: http://www.lexus.com/concept/LS/?cid=sf59682137+sf59682137

And that page says "Coming Fall 2017". So now I'm confused about when we'll actually be able to drive the thing, but I certainly hope it's this fall instead of this winter.
meth.ix
Wow. Great Finds! It clearly is an F Sport embelem if you look close enough. It also can't be the F embelem since you can also see the letters saying SPORT below the F.

I know it is just the camo but I like how the taillights and the have the chrome trim blacked out. Hopefully that is how it will look on the production LS F. Looks very aggressive.

Also, where did you find those photos? Are their any other shots and angles?
meth.ix
Wow. Great Finds! It clearly is an F Sport embelem if you look close enough. It also can't be the F embelem since you can also see the letters saying SPORT below the F.

I know it is just the camo but I like how the taillights and the have the chrome trim blacked out. Hopefully that is how it will look on the production LS F. Looks very aggressive.

Also, where did you find those photos? Are their any other shots and angles?
meth.ix
Wow. Great Finds! It clearly is an F Sport embelem if you look close enough. It also can't be the F embelem since you can also see the letters saying SPORT below the F.

I know it is just the camo but I like how the taillights and the have the chrome trim blacked out. Hopefully that is how it will look on the production LS F. Looks very aggressive.

Also, where did you find those photos? Are their any other shots and angles?
meth.ix
Wow. Great Finds! It clearly is an F Sport embelem if you look close enough. It also can't be the F embelem since you can also see the letters saying SPORT below the F.

I know it is just the camo but I like how the taillights and the have the chrome trim blacked out. Hopefully that is how it will look on the production LS F. Looks very aggressive.

Also, where did you find those photos? Are their any other shots and angles?
White Beach
meth.ix
Also, where did you find those photos? Are their any other shots and angles?
I found it on Twitterland!;)
No other shots unfortunately...
White Beach
meth.ix
Also, where did you find those photos? Are their any other shots and angles?
I found it on Twitterland!;)
No other shots unfortunately...
White Beach
meth.ix
Also, where did you find those photos? Are their any other shots and angles?
I found it on Twitterland!;)
No other shots unfortunately...
White Beach
meth.ix
Also, where did you find those photos? Are their any other shots and angles?
I found it on Twitterland!;)
No other shots unfortunately...
Joaquin Ruhi
Ian Schmidt
It's already been revealed that the TTV6 is a Dynamic Force engine rather than a 2GR extension (and didn't @Carmaker1 give the engine code for it already?). It's great to have some numbers backing all that up though.
Yes, hence my comment "building on the conversation in page 4 of this thread" which is where Carmaker1 revealed the engine code.
Joaquin Ruhi
Ian Schmidt
It's already been revealed that the TTV6 is a Dynamic Force engine rather than a 2GR extension (and didn't @Carmaker1 give the engine code for it already?). It's great to have some numbers backing all that up though.
Yes, hence my comment "building on the conversation in page 4 of this thread" which is where Carmaker1 revealed the engine code.
Joaquin Ruhi
Ian Schmidt
It's already been revealed that the TTV6 is a Dynamic Force engine rather than a 2GR extension (and didn't @Carmaker1 give the engine code for it already?). It's great to have some numbers backing all that up though.
Yes, hence my comment "building on the conversation in page 4 of this thread" which is where Carmaker1 revealed the engine code.
Joaquin Ruhi
Ian Schmidt
It's already been revealed that the TTV6 is a Dynamic Force engine rather than a 2GR extension (and didn't @Carmaker1 give the engine code for it already?). It's great to have some numbers backing all that up though.
Yes, hence my comment "building on the conversation in page 4 of this thread" which is where Carmaker1 revealed the engine code.
mikeavelli
Damn guys great great finds!!!

Joaquin, not surprising about the thermal efficiency. I'm sure you recall news like this
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/holy-****-41-thermal-efficiency-out-of-a-gasoline-eng-1790036659

Really excited to see the MPG ratings on all the new engines.
mikeavelli
Damn guys great great finds!!!

Joaquin, not surprising about the thermal efficiency. I'm sure you recall news like this
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/holy-****-41-thermal-efficiency-out-of-a-gasoline-eng-1790036659

Really excited to see the MPG ratings on all the new engines.
mikeavelli
Damn guys great great finds!!!

Joaquin, not surprising about the thermal efficiency. I'm sure you recall news like this
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/holy-****-41-thermal-efficiency-out-of-a-gasoline-eng-1790036659

Really excited to see the MPG ratings on all the new engines.
mikeavelli
Damn guys great great finds!!!

Joaquin, not surprising about the thermal efficiency. I'm sure you recall news like this
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/holy-****-41-thermal-efficiency-out-of-a-gasoline-eng-1790036659

Really excited to see the MPG ratings on all the new engines.
mikeavelli
See the 2017 LS vs the 2018 here
mikeavelli
See the 2017 LS vs the 2018 here

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