OFFICIAL 2008 GS 460 Thread! (new info 342hp?)
07-05-06, 09:49 PM
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All I can say is, I'm glad I found this forum this weekend. I was real close to picking up a 430, but found this place + the news about the new models. I'll wait a few months instead....
07-07-06, 11:01 AM
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I heard from a sales person at a local Lexus dealer in Southern California that the plan was to discontinue the GS 430 beginning in Model Year '07 and to not replace it (i.e., no GS 460). He indicated that the GS 350 would be new to the line, but that was it. I find this hard to believe, and am hoping that the sales person was misinformed.
Has anyone heard similar updates?
Has anyone heard similar updates?
07-07-06, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by socal1
I heard from a sales person at a local Lexus dealer in Southern California that the plan was to discontinue the GS 430 beginning in Model Year '07 and to not replace it (i.e., no GS 460). He indicated that the GS 350 would be new to the line, but that was it. I find this hard to believe, and am hoping that the sales person was misinformed.
Has anyone heard similar updates?
Has anyone heard similar updates?
The GS450h simply doesn't cut it for those who value practicality as well as performance.Come on Lexus... You can do it!!!
07-07-06, 01:10 PM
#155
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Originally Posted by socal1
I heard from a sales person at a local Lexus dealer in Southern California that the plan was to discontinue the GS 430 beginning in Model Year '07 and to not replace it (i.e., no GS 460). He indicated that the GS 350 would be new to the line, but that was it. I find this hard to believe, and am hoping that the sales person was misinformed.
Has anyone heard similar updates?
Has anyone heard similar updates?
There's absolutely no way that Lexus is going to get rid of the GS V8.
Now if the GS was the only V8 car they made at this point they'd probably consider it. But with the motor already being necessary for the LS, it will without a doubt filter down to the GS and SC as well.
07-07-06, 09:38 PM
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Being a salesperson at a lexus dealer in Phoenix, I have to say the uninformed plea is more likley than the misinformed. We don't get any inside info! Understanding the car business, I have to believe that the GS350 will be unveiled for the fall and the 460 will be held back until late winter or maybe a very early 2008 MY release. The Marketing Dept. is not going to allow Lexus to fire all of their guns at once. With the new LS hitting the stores this year made public, they almost have to delay the GS's release. Any one else follow that logic?
07-11-06, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by socal1
I heard from a sales person at a local Lexus dealer in Southern California that the plan was to discontinue the GS 430 beginning in Model Year '07 and to not replace it (i.e., no GS 460). He indicated that the GS 350 would be new to the line, but that was it.
I'm willing to bet he was trying to sell you that 430...
07-11-06, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by benhunt
Being a salesperson at a lexus dealer in Phoenix, I have to say the uninformed plea is more likley than the misinformed. We don't get any inside info! Understanding the car business, I have to believe that the GS350 will be unveiled for the fall and the 460 will be held back until late winter or maybe a very early 2008 MY release. The Marketing Dept. is not going to allow Lexus to fire all of their guns at once. With the new LS hitting the stores this year made public, they almost have to delay the GS's release. Any one else follow that logic?
I haven't heard anything new, except they are coming here. Let us not forget the GS 350 has been sold alongside the GS 430 in Japan since last summer.
Europe gets the GS 300 like us, so they will more than likely get the upgrade like us.
07-11-06, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Incendiary
Not saying they should do it, but a GS300 would compete well with the 525i, no?
07-11-06, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by shortboard
I'm willing to bet he was trying to sell you that 430...
Or maybe to be more realistic maybe a very lightly depreciated trade... as in charge you a 400 dollar a month lease for having the 430.
07-11-06, 09:02 PM
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The GS 460 will come we just have to be patient. Check out this free online dictionary which mentions the GS 460...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus_G...281991-1997.29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus_G...281991-1997.29
07-11-06, 09:18 PM
#164
Originally Posted by Trexus
The GS 460 will come we just have to be patient. Check out this free online dictionary which mentions the GS 460...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus_G...281991-1997.29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus_G...281991-1997.29
heh...cool link...but not sure about wikipedia...cuz it isn't 100% reliable information...but i guess 2008 we will see the gs460...or unless lexus releases information about the car or through a car show...
07-12-06, 01:07 AM
#165
Originally Posted by GSXOTIC
I am too lazy to check the spec on the 525i, but my friend told me it was actually a 3.0 liter. Is this true? In any event, a friend of mine who just bought a 525i with Xenon, Navi and premium (no sport) for $53K. Sounds pretty pricy to me for a 525i. The best part is, the car (one week old) is already in the shop for couple days now due to a computer problem that produces some kind of warning signal.
but yes, honestly, looking at real out of the door market price and such between comparable lexus and bmw / mb, i am really surprised how much more expensive bmw / mb are. price out a 550i or e500 with similar options, you see the same thing