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Email a Friend	Article: The Lexus LS400
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Message:	I found this article at autospeed.com and thought you might be interested in reading it: 'The Lexus LS400' - Now within the reach of the masses - and it's a damn' good car. The first Lexus was the LS400, built in 1989 and released in Australia in 1990. Powered by a quad cam, 32-valve 4-litre V8, it's the car's engine which has featured mostly in the fast car circles since. The darling of modifiers wanting a relatively light, powerful and durable mill, the 1UZ-FE has appeared in low-volume cars as diverse as heavily modified Mazda Miata MX5s to kit car replicas. It's common in these circles to refer to the V8 as one of the best ever made - with its forged pistons, forged crank, 190kW and eerie smoothness. However, what about the actual car? You can read the article at: http://www.autospeed.com/A_0978/cms/article.html