it's got all-wheel drive, a big v8 enginewith a hybrid drive train, and it seats 4 very comfortably. this is the 2016 lexus ls600hl. as you can see from under the hood, lexus doesn't intend on letting owners really workon these cars. it's got, just basically covers over everything. however, under all of thesecovers lies a 5l v8 that is connected to a hybrid drivetrain. overall you're lookingat 19mpg around town, 23mpg on the highway. sitting back here, you can clearly see whyhaving an l edition of a luxury executive sedan makes total sense. if i have a driver,i can stretch back, i can relax, i can even control my own seat warmers and coolers aswell as seating position. let's go further out, oh yeah. that'll change my back position.this is really nice. and, i even get (ahhh)
leg support. oh! ha! it's got a seat massager!oh yeah. i am totally working this. so you might be wondering what is it liketo sit in a $135,000 lexus. well, they've done pretty much everything just right. wehave this wonderful trim. this is a bamboo trim. bamboo, in case you didn't know, isa grass not a tree, and it is very quick to replenish, so it is actually an environmentallysound wood-like material. the rest of the interior is just gorgeous leather, which ishand trimmed in here and here with the exposed stitches-- looks just beautiful. the mainscreen is a wide high definition display, and of course you would expect nothing lessin this category of vehicle. we've got all sorts of options here, we have navigation,radio, media player integration, it even supports
lexus apps, and then you can also do generalsetup of the vehicle. but one thing i really like about this car isn't necessarily thehigh-definition display, which is good-- it does navigation and all of that, but it'sthe fact that there's so many actual physical buttons. they didn't relinquish all of thetransitional switch gear with a big screen. case in point, the dual-zone climate control.i can control-- ooh, that's really cool, looks like it's an analog display but it's actuallydigital. i can of course pick fan and all of that stuff and it tells me informationup there as well. and then right here, we have the transmission. nothing weird! it'sall what you expect where you expect it. we do get some extra bonus buttons though. behindthe gear shifter is one more bonus set of
buttons. this is the drive modes. now, there'sall sorts of stuff you can do here-- there's a big dial where you can pick between normal,comfort, eco, sport s, or sport plus. now of course this is a hybrid so i can switchev mode when the battery is fully charged and when i keep speeds at a minimum. we havecontrol of the display. i can look at my miles per gallon-- looks like i'm averaging around20mpg. moving on down, there's an lka button. now, what do you think lka would mean? well,it means 'lane keep assist'. this car will actually keep you on the straight and narrowbetween your lanes when driving on the freeway, which is really quite nice for long drives.it also has adaptive cruise control, which will pace the vehicle in front of me so idon't hit somebody if i'm not paying that
much attention. it is of course equipped withblind spot monitoring with little lights in the wing mirrors, and in addition it has parkingradars in the front and the back to help me park the vehicle without scratching it-- whichis great, and there is one more feature. there's a little box here, you know what that boxdoes? it actually monitors my eyes. it makes sure i'm not getting sleepy while i'm driving. everything that lexus can do, they have donein this vehicle. this is the flagship lexus and it is worthy of that title. cause thisthing, it's got everything. this car has everything. so, we've talked about it enough. let's goahead and take it out for a drive and see exactly what a $135,000 lexus feels like onthe road.
side roads in connecticut can be a bit rough,but the suspension on the lexus ls600h l soaked up every bump and pothole without complaint.and because it's a hybrid, the electric drive assist gave it that little extra punch itneeded while accelerating. it also improved overall economy. just because this is an executivesedan designed for comfort doesn't mean it's not fun to drive. switch the mode selectorto s + and the eco gauge turns to a red tac. the suspension firms up and the transmissionmodifies its attitude to provide more fun around the corners. regardless of which modeyou like to drive in, the lexus ls600h l also features available safety systems that allowit to practically drive itself. it's just shy of full autonomous behavior when cruisingdown the freeway. it will stay in the lane,
accelerate and brake automatically for a fewseconds at least. the system is reliable and easy to use, which is a great thing for newtechnology. for more on the full lexus lineup, visit yourlocal autonation dealer. i'm your host ryan douthit. thanks for watching.
