Article: SMOOTHING THE WAY; Our Lexus is gracious, spacious and almost too luxurious.(News)

Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON

The Society of Automotive Engineers declared the Lexus LS 460 L the "best engineered'' new car of the 2007 model year. After six months in the saddle, we could argue that a better declaration might be that it is the best "most engineered'' new vehicle.

Lexus hasn't missed a trick. More gears (eight) than any other production automotive transmission out there? Check, and boy, it's smooth. There are continuously variable transmissions that shift more abruptly. Automated cruise control? Check, and a few of us even use it. Navigation with traffic updates? Check, thanks to XM radio. Parks itself? Check, though if we use this, it's only to entertain ...

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