Would Love To See A Lexus In Pracital Classics Magazine!

[lexus lee 72]

Would love to see a feature on the Lexus Gs300 mark 1 and the Lexus Ls400 in practical classics magazine! I fear they see them as to new and not a classic but choose carefully and i can't think of a better sub £1000 reliable quality made motor! even them 80's merc's look shabby now and rot! Would also love to see them in the price guide! anyone else agree?

[steve2006]

I agree they are up and coming classics, mine, or rather parts of mine have featured in Car Mechanics a couple of times.

It may be worth writing to the editor of Practical Classics to see what they think.

[LowriderUK]

A Lexus in PC?

No thank you, it's simply not a marque with sufficient heritage or timeline to suit the readers of that magazine, and I'd be quite dissappointed if I picked up a copy and found them in there.

Maybe in 10-years time or so.

Such an article would be better in the likes of Auto Express.

[LowriderUK]

A Lexus in PC?

No thank you, it's simply not a marque with sufficient heritage or timeline to suit the readers of that magazine, and I'd be quite dissappointed if I picked up a copy and found them in there.

Maybe in 10-years time or so.

Such an article would be better in the likes of Auto Express.

[steve2006]

Think you may be right when I think of PC I see a Ford Popular, Anglia or a Humber not a 1990 Lexus model, as you say not quite old enough at present.

Auto Express sounds OK "Lexus Bargain banger for under 1K"

[lexus lee 72]

would still like to see it in prac clack lol any exposure for these wonderful cars can only be a good thing. they can only go on about mk 2 jags and the like for so long before readers get bored. and how about getting younger people involved!

[whysub]

They have featured many 1990's cars in the mag-such as the Jag XJ6 and the Fiat Coupe in this months edition. can't say either are classics (in my mind at least).

I had a 1995 XJ6 (the X300 model) and the only reason it could be describedd as a classic was because it was constantly breaking (either down or parts disintegrating). Maybe a feature could be good for the marque-just to show what a lot of reliable and well built car you can get for your money (and a V8 that will give a better mpg than a 1963 1200cc Mk1 Consul Cortina-mine did around 22 mpg).

[mikeyv]

There is a bit of LS400 material on pistonheads site.

One was featured as shed of the week (not as derogatory as it sounds, just means bought for under £1k), and drew some pretty favourable responses.

Another is being run by one of the staff, again with favourable results, though he did spend quite a bit on suspension etc, to bring it up to scratch.

http://www.pistonhea...lexus+ls400&d=0

The article by Garlick about his staff car was partly responsible for me getting my first Lexus yesterday.

Although I'd considered a few in the past, and having owned loads of Jap vehicles, his article kind of planted a seed if you know what I mean, helped along by this place, which is a great advert for the LS400.