Remembering the Lexus LS+ Concept

Gecko · Thursday at 9:24 PM

For Lexus fans, today’s reveal of the 2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class might have made you recall that Lexus recently cancelled the LS sedan. The two were long time competitors and this is the first time in 36 years that there is no “Japanese S-Class” to do battle with the standard bearer from Stuttgart.
Seeing that the 2027 S-Class is a major refresh of the W223 2020+ model made me wonder what the LS would have looked like if Lexus took a similarly evolutionary approach instead of cancelling its flagship.
The good news? That already existed as the Lexus LS+ Concept.
The bad news? It was never produced.

Debuting shortly after the...

mediumhot · 2026-01-31T10:47:39-0500

Stretched out 5GS concept known as LS+ for some reason. They've never showed the interior of this concept and we could only assume why. LF-LC on the other hand had a pretty close to production interior.

DarkSpace6383 · 2026-01-31T13:17:56-0500

I wish we had a next-gen LS sedan. It is still theoretically possible (with LS not being a single model but a range of models) but still.

Kelvin2020 · 2026-01-31T16:24:15-0500

DarkSpace6383 said:
I wish we had a next-gen LS sedan. It is still theoretically possible (with LS not being a single model but a range of models) but still.

Sorry to say it’s not possible anymore.

Remembering the Lexus LS+ Concept

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