The LS430 has a 4.3 litre V8 engine - 207kW at 5600rpm and 417Nm at 3500rpm. It has rain-sensing windscreen wipers, low reflection windscreen glass and rain repellant side windows.
Parking is made easier by an ultra-sonic proximity detector.
The new car has a heavy look to its styling, particularly about the nose, which is perhaps Toyota's interpretation of imposing.