Thread: Lexus LS460 is a copycat of 7er.
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Old 01-21-2006, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by SANguru
That's a pretty big misnomer though. Lexus 3.0 V6 motors had a major fiasco a couple years bad - oil sludging problems. They did hide the problem pretty well and bought cars back. They even gave some customers brand new cars to keep CSAT surveys high. I did drive the 3.5l IS and that car definitely has more soul and power than the E90 330i... Well done on Lexus' part.
Very interesting. I think it's quite unfortunate that Lexus didn't offer the 350 with a manual transmission. That egine has some good technology/R&D behind it.

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