Lexus LS 500 2021 Review Lexus LS 500 2021 Review May 04, 2021 16 / 20 Small dose of F Sport performance adds a racy spin on Lexus’ large and luxurious flagship sedan Lexus LS 500 F Sport Road Test Lexus is synonymous with delivering high quality detail and refinement in its luxury cars and isn’t the first prestige brand you think of when it comes to performance and handling. If you want your limousine to tease its superpowers rather than hide them – as if Clark Kent forgot to unbutton his shirt and reveals just enough of the Superman suit to uncover his alter ego – then you’re more likely to turn to traditional European brands like Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi with their respective high-performance AMG, M and RS divisions, or Jaguar which pioneered the whole luxury sports sedan segment. Now Lexus wants to join the ever-growing league of hi-po heroes by waving its F Sport wand over the super-plush flagship LS 500. In order to see if has the skillset and street cred required to warrant a cape, we put the Lexus LS 500 F Sport through a rigorous initiation test on the road – and the racetrack!