The notebook's external storage options include a LS-120 SuperDisk drive (which also supports 3.5-inch floppy disks), a CD-ROM drive, a DVD ROM drive and hard disk drive options of up to 20G bytes.

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This is the first year that a model other than the BMW 7 Series, Lexus LS or Mercedes-Benz S-Class has led the overall model ranking.

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While it is unlikely that anyone who is used to traveling in, say, a Bentley would be unduly impressed with the LS 430, that's probably what Lexus executives want.

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The video shows a prototype Lexus LS fitted with what Toyota's described as an "Intelligent Transport Systems" (ITS) technology.

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So we see boring names like CTS, EXT, LS, XLR and 3.2TL. It's an effort to copy Mercedes with its C and CLK and SLK. Letters are also big for super high-powered jobs, like M (on BMWs) or V (on the Cadillac CTS) or R (on Volvo).

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Today's hi-tech industry owes as much to him as it does to an LS Lowry scarred landscape.

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