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Lexus SC430

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Buy a Lexus and you expect perfection. Engineers at Toyota set up the brand to prove they could do better than BMW, Mercedes and Jaguar, and the refinement and dynamics of the big LS430 saloon and the IS200 mean they can hold their heads up high.

By Tom Barnard

October 2002

Buy a Lexus and you expect perfection. Engineers at Toyota set up the brand to prove they could do better than BMW, Mercedes and Jaguar, and the refinement and dynamics of the big LS430 saloon and the IS200 mean they can hold their heads up high.

So, it must have come as a bit of a rude awakening for the perfectionists when the SC430 was given a 'cool' reception at its launch a year ago. The drop-top coup

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FIRST OPINION

    At launch we said the SC430 was simply not good enough. Changes to the suspension and tyres prove the criticisms were taken seriously, but the car is still far behind the standards we'd expect from Lexus. Only its styling, competitive price and smooth V8 look favourable in this market.
 

AT A GLANCE

    Revised SC430 on sale now
    Changes to suspension and tyres to improve ride and handling
     
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