Which is better car and why:1990 Lexus LS400 or a 1990 Merce

Which is better car and why:1990 Lexus LS400 or a 1990 Mercedes Benz 300se?

The MB 300 SE for sure way better engineered car the LS is a glorified Toyota

they are both 18 years old. purchase a newer car.

LEXUS IS COOL.
MB IS FOR OLD PEOPLE.

Both are at the end of normal service lifetime. 18 year old cars? Why could you want to compare? When a car get that old you have to see what the service history is. Both cars will be frightfully costly to fix should there be work to be done. Japan Car Parts become out of date after twelve years. German cars you may be able to get parts for liked cars a little longer because there holders replace lots of parts as they wear out. Japan car holders tend to neglect broken switches and power window motors and locks when there cars get old. The Mercedes Benz you want you can not close the glove box because the receipts fill it up. MB could cost 1,000's a year to operate.Just look at the last years receipts.

justcurious
Mercedes is a glorified Chrysler. I'd take a Toyota over a Chrysler.

I like the LS 400 the best. it seems really good, today and it is 18 YEARS OLD. It holds up really nicely so that is the one I could go with.

the Lexus...MUCH MORE dependable for a used car

This is a subjective opinion. I think more auto experts will vote for the 1990 LS400 as the clean sheet engineering and quality of build pretty much leap frogged the Mercedes 300, and pretty much made the Germans change to a new competitor. Also a high quality V8 versus a six cylinder, and it was first more than $10K cheaper. It was a pretty bold move taking on the Germans, and Lexus has usually beat the Benz in business JD Powers ratings year over year. as well, they put a LS400 in a commercial running on a dyno with champagne glasses stacked on the hood up to 150 mph. I never saw any competitors create a counter to this.because maybe they could not.

My friend's 90 LS400 with 340K miles is still running good.