When you picture a chauffeur car, you probably think of a black, four-door luxury sedan, most likely from a German automaker. And while cars such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class or the BMW 7 Series often dominate the streets in financial districts around the world, the executive sedan isn’t the end-all, be-all of executive cars.

 

Here in Japan, you’ll still stumble upon benchmark executive sedans, of course, but an unexpected player dominates the country: Lexus. While Lexus also offers a traditional executive sedan with the LS, there’s an even more intriguing vehicle from the Toyota Motor Corporation’s luxury division. This is the Lexus LM, the marque’s ultra-exclusive executive van.