Typical Top gear Disregard for Lexus
11-12-12 | 10:36 PM
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Typical Top gear Disregard for Lexus
I love haw they show their typical disregard for Lexus here. GS400 came out in 97 (During this era). The class is midsize is it not? Then they start comparing 50k cars to cars that cost 70-90k. (E55, M5 XJR and M5). The GS400 smashes every car in that class and at only 50k. Faster than 540 by almost an entire second. Faster than the XJR, and same 0-60 as the E55 but for 20 grand less. Lastly, the E55 didn't even come out until 99-00ish. Fastest sedan on the market at the time. FACT!
11-13-12 | 05:11 AM
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Top gear is right about the lfa much cheaper cars are better
http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Video...11-GT2-RS.html
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http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Video...11-GT2-RS.html
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11-13-12 | 06:15 AM
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Top gear is right about the lfa much cheaper cars are better
http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Video...11-GT2-RS.html
http://*****************/car-videos-...issan-GT-R.htm
http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Video...11-GT2-RS.html
http://*****************/car-videos-...issan-GT-R.htm
11-13-12 | 01:22 PM
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Top gear is right about the lfa much cheaper cars are better
http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Video...11-GT2-RS.html
http://*****************/car-videos-...issan-GT-R.htm
http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Video...11-GT2-RS.html
http://*****************/car-videos-...issan-GT-R.htm
11-13-12 | 06:40 PM
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So intense was my lack of interest in a Lexus sports car that when the time came to test it on Top Gear, I hid under the sofa and let Richard Hammond do it instead.
It develops 552 brake horsepower, which is about 200bhp less than the current going rate…On paper, then, the LFA looks to be the dinner of a dog. In the flesh, however…
It looks very, very special. And inside it’s even better. It’s the nicest car interior I’ve ever encountered.
I have to say I loved it. It’s an intelligent car, built by intelligent people. In some ways it’s raw and visceral; in others it’s a lesson in common sense.
It develops 552 brake horsepower, which is about 200bhp less than the current going rate…On paper, then, the LFA looks to be the dinner of a dog. In the flesh, however…
It looks very, very special. And inside it’s even better. It’s the nicest car interior I’ve ever encountered.
I have to say I loved it. It’s an intelligent car, built by intelligent people. In some ways it’s raw and visceral; in others it’s a lesson in common sense.
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11-21-12 | 03:56 PM
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They also love the LFA, picked the IS F first in a magazine comparo yadda yadda. So some cars don't resonate (SC 430) and some do (LFA).
If I posted what they thought in the mag most of you would kill yourselves.
11-21-12 | 04:30 PM
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At the time this report was aired, Lexus was hardly a major player in Europe. Of course they wouldn't compare a nobody to the established players in the European market. As far as I know the GS400 wasn't even available in Europe. I believe Lexus sold more LS400s here than GSs at the time.
Lastly, who cares what Top Gear says? When I want to know about cars Top Gear is the last source I'll take seriously.
Lastly, who cares what Top Gear says? When I want to know about cars Top Gear is the last source I'll take seriously.
11-21-12 | 05:49 PM
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I love haw they show their typical disregard for Lexus here. GS400 came out in 97 (During this era). The class is midsize is it not? Then they start comparing 50k cars to cars that cost 70-90k. (E55, M5 XJR and M5). The GS400 smashes every car in that class and at only 50k. Faster than 540 by almost an entire second. Faster than the XJR, and same 0-60 as the E55 but for 20 grand less. Lastly, the E55 didn't even come out until 99-00ish. Fastest sedan on the market at the time. FACT!
11-21-12 | 06:14 PM
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The 2nd Gen GS didn't get very favorable press in Europe when it was new if I recall. And, having owned a couple, an M5 is in every single way a better sports sedan than a GS400. And for what it cost it should have been as well.
11-21-12 | 06:36 PM
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I love haw they show their typical disregard for Lexus here. GS400 came out in 97 (During this era). The class is midsize is it not? Then they start comparing 50k cars to cars that cost 70-90k. (E55, M5 XJR and M5). The GS400 smashes every car in that class and at only 50k. Faster than 540 by almost an entire second. Faster than the XJR, and same 0-60 as the E55 but for 20 grand less. Lastly, the E55 didn't even come out until 99-00ish. Fastest sedan on the market at the time. FACT!