Video & Photo Gallery: 2018 Lexus LS 500 in Manganese Luster

Posted by Kevin on September 24th, 2017

Manganese Luster is a new exterior color that will debut on the 2018 Lexus LS — it’s a beautiful dark silver, with a deep finish similar to Infrared or Ultra Sonic Blue:

Here’s the accompanying photo gallery of the beautiful new color:

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Joaquin Ruhi
This cannot be emphasized enough. The LF-LC to production LC transition was unique in that regard. LF-Ch vs CT, and LF-FC to 5LS are more typical of Lexus' processes.
True, the 5LS is more typical of Lexus' typical concept-to-production process. Even though the 5LS comes after the LC, it's my guess that the LS was just too far in development to change into the LC's process of full integration of design and engineering development. I think that in the future, we will see Lexus adopting the LC's fully-integrated design & engineering process into their other cars. We might see this in the UX, the upcoming 4IS and 5GS if it's not cancelled.
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Joaquin Ruhi
This cannot be emphasized enough. The LF-LC to production LC transition was unique in that regard. LF-Ch vs CT, and LF-FC to 5LS are more typical of Lexus' processes.
True, the 5LS is more typical of Lexus' typical concept-to-production process. Even though the 5LS comes after the LC, it's my guess that the LS was just too far in development to change into the LC's process of full integration of design and engineering development. I think that in the future, we will see Lexus adopting the LC's fully-integrated design & engineering process into their other cars. We might see this in the UX, the upcoming 4IS and 5GS if it's not cancelled.
M
Joaquin Ruhi
This cannot be emphasized enough. The LF-LC to production LC transition was unique in that regard. LF-Ch vs CT, and LF-FC to 5LS are more typical of Lexus' processes.
True, the 5LS is more typical of Lexus' typical concept-to-production process. Even though the 5LS comes after the LC, it's my guess that the LS was just too far in development to change into the LC's process of full integration of design and engineering development. I think that in the future, we will see Lexus adopting the LC's fully-integrated design & engineering process into their other cars. We might see this in the UX, the upcoming 4IS and 5GS if it's not cancelled.
M
Joaquin Ruhi
This cannot be emphasized enough. The LF-LC to production LC transition was unique in that regard. LF-Ch vs CT, and LF-FC to 5LS are more typical of Lexus' processes.
True, the 5LS is more typical of Lexus' typical concept-to-production process. Even though the 5LS comes after the LC, it's my guess that the LS was just too far in development to change into the LC's process of full integration of design and engineering development. I think that in the future, we will see Lexus adopting the LC's fully-integrated design & engineering process into their other cars. We might see this in the UX, the upcoming 4IS and 5GS if it's not cancelled.
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A
Lexus would be wise to introduce a fully electric and/or fuel cell version of this car. At least in the market where I work, it constantly gets compared with the Tesla Model S (since there's a Tesla store literally across the street). To summarize my thoughts: 1) Exterior: blandly elegant in the grand tradition of Lexus sedans, 2) interior: gorgeous and very reminiscent of an S-class, but burdened with a stale infotainment system out of the box, 3) powertrain: uninspired but competitive. All in all, a strong effort, but not enough to retake leadership in this class let alone reinvent it like the original did.
A
Lexus would be wise to introduce a fully electric and/or fuel cell version of this car. At least in the market where I work, it constantly gets compared with the Tesla Model S (since there's a Tesla store literally across the street). To summarize my thoughts: 1) Exterior: blandly elegant in the grand tradition of Lexus sedans, 2) interior: gorgeous and very reminiscent of an S-class, but burdened with a stale infotainment system out of the box, 3) powertrain: uninspired but competitive. All in all, a strong effort, but not enough to retake leadership in this class let alone reinvent it like the original did.
A
Lexus would be wise to introduce a fully electric and/or fuel cell version of this car. At least in the market where I work, it constantly gets compared with the Tesla Model S (since there's a Tesla store literally across the street). To summarize my thoughts: 1) Exterior: blandly elegant in the grand tradition of Lexus sedans, 2) interior: gorgeous and very reminiscent of an S-class, but burdened with a stale infotainment system out of the box, 3) powertrain: uninspired but competitive. All in all, a strong effort, but not enough to retake leadership in this class let alone reinvent it like the original did.
A
Lexus would be wise to introduce a fully electric and/or fuel cell version of this car. At least in the market where I work, it constantly gets compared with the Tesla Model S (since there's a Tesla store literally across the street). To summarize my thoughts: 1) Exterior: blandly elegant in the grand tradition of Lexus sedans, 2) interior: gorgeous and very reminiscent of an S-class, but burdened with a stale infotainment system out of the box, 3) powertrain: uninspired but competitive. All in all, a strong effort, but not enough to retake leadership in this class let alone reinvent it like the original did.
Ian Schmidt
automovista
Lexus would be wise to introduce a fully electric and/or fuel cell version of this car.
I agree, especially since Tesla recently abandoned any pretense at luxury by deleting the ventilated seats.
Ian Schmidt
automovista
Lexus would be wise to introduce a fully electric and/or fuel cell version of this car.
I agree, especially since Tesla recently abandoned any pretense at luxury by deleting the ventilated seats.
Ian Schmidt
automovista
Lexus would be wise to introduce a fully electric and/or fuel cell version of this car.
I agree, especially since Tesla recently abandoned any pretense at luxury by deleting the ventilated seats.
Ian Schmidt
automovista
Lexus would be wise to introduce a fully electric and/or fuel cell version of this car.
I agree, especially since Tesla recently abandoned any pretense at luxury by deleting the ventilated seats.
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now. Still, using Fuel Cell technology for hybrid vehicles, let alone fully electric vehicles by Toyota is foolish when it is lacking infrastructure and its not as efficient as regular electric vehicle batteries.
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now. Still, using Fuel Cell technology for hybrid vehicles, let alone fully electric vehicles by Toyota is foolish when it is lacking infrastructure and its not as efficient as regular electric vehicle batteries.
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now. Still, using Fuel Cell technology for hybrid vehicles, let alone fully electric vehicles by Toyota is foolish when it is lacking infrastructure and its not as efficient as regular electric vehicle batteries.
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now. Still, using Fuel Cell technology for hybrid vehicles, let alone fully electric vehicles by Toyota is foolish when it is lacking infrastructure and its not as efficient as regular electric vehicle batteries.
Ian Schmidt
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now.
Right, if they switched their hybrids to a series hybrid system then it becomes much easier to chuck the ICE and drop in either a fuel cell or batteries. The actual drivetrain stays the same in all 3 cases, it's just where the power comes from that's different. But for whatever reason they seem married to their mechanically-more-complex parallel HSD/LHD system.
Ian Schmidt
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now.
Right, if they switched their hybrids to a series hybrid system then it becomes much easier to chuck the ICE and drop in either a fuel cell or batteries. The actual drivetrain stays the same in all 3 cases, it's just where the power comes from that's different. But for whatever reason they seem married to their mechanically-more-complex parallel HSD/LHD system.
Ian Schmidt
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now.
Right, if they switched their hybrids to a series hybrid system then it becomes much easier to chuck the ICE and drop in either a fuel cell or batteries. The actual drivetrain stays the same in all 3 cases, it's just where the power comes from that's different. But for whatever reason they seem married to their mechanically-more-complex parallel HSD/LHD system.
Ian Schmidt
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now.
Right, if they switched their hybrids to a series hybrid system then it becomes much easier to chuck the ICE and drop in either a fuel cell or batteries. The actual drivetrain stays the same in all 3 cases, it's just where the power comes from that's different. But for whatever reason they seem married to their mechanically-more-complex parallel HSD/LHD system.
M
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now. Still, using Fuel Cell technology for hybrid vehicles, let alone fully electric vehicles by Toyota is foolish when it is lacking infrastructure and its not as efficient as regular electric vehicle batteries.
That would be a cool, unexpected twist. Not sure if it's possible at all, but would be neat.

What do you guys think about the interior of the LS? In this comparison:

I feel it holds up well against the S-class, which looks way too boisterous in a luxurious way. The LS on the other hand is very subtle and mature.

In this comparison between the LS500 and 7-series, I feel like it blows away the 7.
M
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now. Still, using Fuel Cell technology for hybrid vehicles, let alone fully electric vehicles by Toyota is foolish when it is lacking infrastructure and its not as efficient as regular electric vehicle batteries.
That would be a cool, unexpected twist. Not sure if it's possible at all, but would be neat.

What do you guys think about the interior of the LS? In this comparison:

I feel it holds up well against the S-class, which looks way too boisterous in a luxurious way. The LS on the other hand is very subtle and mature.

In this comparison between the LS500 and 7-series, I feel like it blows away the 7.
M
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now. Still, using Fuel Cell technology for hybrid vehicles, let alone fully electric vehicles by Toyota is foolish when it is lacking infrastructure and its not as efficient as regular electric vehicle batteries.
That would be a cool, unexpected twist. Not sure if it's possible at all, but would be neat.

What do you guys think about the interior of the LS? In this comparison:

I feel it holds up well against the S-class, which looks way too boisterous in a luxurious way. The LS on the other hand is very subtle and mature.

In this comparison between the LS500 and 7-series, I feel like it blows away the 7.
M
meth.ix
It would be cool if the electric motor of the hybrid was fuel cell rather than a traditional battery so they are using stuff from the LF-FC Concept but they are not ready for a fully electric Fuel Cell Vehicle, so they just use the motor in a hybrid for now. Still, using Fuel Cell technology for hybrid vehicles, let alone fully electric vehicles by Toyota is foolish when it is lacking infrastructure and its not as efficient as regular electric vehicle batteries.
That would be a cool, unexpected twist. Not sure if it's possible at all, but would be neat.

What do you guys think about the interior of the LS? In this comparison:

I feel it holds up well against the S-class, which looks way too boisterous in a luxurious way. The LS on the other hand is very subtle and mature.

In this comparison between the LS500 and 7-series, I feel like it blows away the 7.
James
mikeavelli
Yes :) These are all my personal pictures. I will debut a Flickr Folder soon and another video. The first is below.



I'll start with that I don't like which is the rear 3/4 quarter. Not that its ugly but I am not in love with it. I love the size, its obvious this is a big car, you cannot confuse this with what people are currently saying "it looks like____". Especially the front. It is mind blowing how sculpted and curvaceous it is leading into the rest of the design. When I walked back to my LS F-Sport, it suddenly looked like a box. I'm driving a new BMW 740iL now and it also seems like a box in comparison. This is one super stylish car. I am completely positive it will be grand slam based on design alone.

Oh that reminds me, we have some comparison shots of the 2018 LS with a 2017 LS. Lexus Enthusiast ftw :)
I meant to look at this video when you put it up but forgot. I think looking at it the LS gets better and better. I guess those that don't like the spindle grill just never will as I think the LS has one of the best ones. Either way great video it's awesome to be able to on this site get some info that not everyone might be able to see. Thanks for the close up mikeavelli!!
James
mikeavelli
Yes :) These are all my personal pictures. I will debut a Flickr Folder soon and another video. The first is below.



I'll start with that I don't like which is the rear 3/4 quarter. Not that its ugly but I am not in love with it. I love the size, its obvious this is a big car, you cannot confuse this with what people are currently saying "it looks like____". Especially the front. It is mind blowing how sculpted and curvaceous it is leading into the rest of the design. When I walked back to my LS F-Sport, it suddenly looked like a box. I'm driving a new BMW 740iL now and it also seems like a box in comparison. This is one super stylish car. I am completely positive it will be grand slam based on design alone.

Oh that reminds me, we have some comparison shots of the 2018 LS with a 2017 LS. Lexus Enthusiast ftw :)
I meant to look at this video when you put it up but forgot. I think looking at it the LS gets better and better. I guess those that don't like the spindle grill just never will as I think the LS has one of the best ones. Either way great video it's awesome to be able to on this site get some info that not everyone might be able to see. Thanks for the close up mikeavelli!!

J