Shinchan

I just pickup a new copy the the Road and Track June, 2003. It looks like now days.. all the cars can beat GS in 0-60.... A 5.8 Sec factory 0-60 is old news.....

What's up with that corp lexus!

We need a bigger hp GS. Not ur average 300HP.

Even Cad CTS-V can kick our butt. A 4 door lexuary car... with Corvette Z06 Engine. Killer machine.

I need a faster Lexus...

Just quickly glanced at the magazine..... WTF... almost every car in that magazine will kick my GS butt...

INHOCJP

What do you expect? The 2nd Gen GS was released in late 1997. Of course some new cars will be faster. But would I rather drive a new Caddy b/c it has better 0-60 times? Heck no. There's more to a car than speed. Considering the GS is almost 6 years old, I think it's holding up very well.

gs400998

I am glad to see there is progress by other car manufactures to realize there there are consumers out there that like performance. GS400 came out in 97 with 300HP and six years later I am still waiting for a 4-door American car with A/T than is faster and better built than the GS400. Caddy CTS-V is such ugly car. I havn't seen a CTS in my area for several months.

jcramair1

All i have to say is I still love my GS and the supercharger is just icing on the cake.

rkytop_bob

I have a 2003 GS430. If it was any quicker I could'nt handle it. My golfing buddy just got rid of one of those little Cadillac's. He said it was pure junk. Like most common sence people know there is a lot more to a fine automobile than just speed.
Best Regards.............Bob

J.P.

If you have to use a high HP rating to sell cars, your in trouble.

Yankees Diva

well maybe you guys should give credit to lexus instead of puttin it down......the release of the new gs is comin im sure there gonna blow something out of the water on the other manufacturers thats gonna hurt them big time. plus give them credit that yes they DID in 1997 have the top 300HP 4dr sedan........i mean 6 yrs. it too 6 yrs. for the other car companies to finally catch up. so good for lexus, im sure they have a surpise in store for us.

~ Stella

ChrisFL

There's been a journalist backlash to the big hp wars the luxury marques seem to be involved in. When you think about it, do most luxury car owners really worry if their car is .2 seconds quicker in the 1/4 mile than a competitor? I don't, then again, I own a GS300

LS4fun

I have full confidence that Lexus will come out with something that will satisfy all of our needs. I hope i'm right.

Hameed

Yeah Baby!!!!

ShowGSLuVv

yea but that's the thing, it has been 6 years and they didn't even tweak anymore horsepower out, they upped it to a 4.3 liter and still kept the HP the same, which is BS as far as im concerned, I think everyone would be very satisfied to have a 350hp GS, that would have kept it really up there, no one is asking for the GS to be the fastest car but u want to have a car that satisfies all of ur needs, I love the GS body styling as much if not more then the next guy but I can tell u this if Lexus doesn't make the next Gen GS like I hope they do them im gonna be jumping to the E500 or hopefully E55 for my next car

ShOwGS

J.P.

Looking at the new E500 - 302HP
Looking at the new 545I 325HP
Looking at the A6 4.2 V8 300HP

Lexus does not have a M series or AMG etc to compare so lets forget about comparing the big 450-500hp machines.

So looking at the OLD A6 and the NEW BMW and MB, how far off is the OLD GS 430 with 300hp? Not by much to me.



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Gojirra99

The new GS doesn't necessarily need to win the silly horsepower war. But Lexus should offer a manual transmission option for both the 6 and 8 cylinder GS even if they don't expect to sell many of them
It will enhance its image as a true sports sedan to enthusiasts who truly enjoy driving(look at 5 series frequently mentioned in reviews and comparisons as the only in its class to have stick shift).
To purists, it's still a "pretend sports car" without a manual transmission nomatter how powerful it is.

bitkahuna

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Well said. Every few months we get the same venting on here about why Lexus can't keep up. Of course what is also conveniently forgotten is cars like the RS6, M5, etc., cost $25-30 THOUSAND more than a GS430.

meanboy

They are all "pretend sports cars". A real sports car with the same hp will run circles around every sedan bar none. It's the nature of the beast and it's called physics. Even the E39 bmw guys will acknowledge that their sedans handle pretty good for a two ton car. Go on over to roadfly.com and read some of their comments.