LexFather

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...n-spoiler.html

GS placed 6th. They basically loved everything outside of how it feels as it had MANY MANY positives
-lowest weight
-best MPG
-2nd best acceleration (.1 seconds behind the 535)
-world class interior
-fantastic features
-great price

They just felt it needed some "hot sauce". How I WISH LEXUS would get their heads out their butts sometimes and SEND THE BEST CAR. Imagine if it was a F-sport equipped GS. I am positive it would have handled better and been more confidence inspiring.

I've seen this happen for a decade now...Lexus offers some sports parts but rarely EVER sends it to a mag for testing. Hell twice I've seen Lexus send an IS and GS with the rare 16" wheels.

Still, I think the positives really outweighed what we knew here.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...son/index.html






I have yet to see a GS without the wood wheel here outside of the Passionate black and in Europe....yet they sent one.

sincityIS

Doesn't looking at this pic of the test driver just make you hate your ****ing job?

rominl

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haha pretty interesting indeed! i have to agree with mike, lexus could have packaged the car better. f sport becomes debatable, some people might argue they are "aftermarket"

gs350 has no apsss but at least i believe it has the avs option (please correct me), that might have helped?

twylie

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I think their assessment is pretty accurate. I didn't buy it to carve backroads, I bought it to transport me around town or on long trips in great comfort, safety, and quiet. The fact that it's not a total pig in the twisties is a bonus.

I thought these two phrases are spot on:

The G Man

The GS350 doesnt have the AVS option, but it rides pretty stiff as it is, it rides like a GS460 with AVS when on sport.
I think the GS450h would have done better here but its not within the price range. By the way, where can I buy a BMW 535 for under $55000, I sure would like to know. The last time I look, they were all over $60000, some as high as $70000. Maybe they found one with vinyl seats and halogen headlights

jtrue28

Yeah, I wonder how the tests would change if they would have used the 450H or the 460. A lot of those cars that "won" were approaching $60K. If a $60K car doesn't beat it's $50K competitor, than you're paying too much.

This comparison is almost as bad as the 350 vs the Hyundai Genesis V8 test. How the hell can you compare a V6 to a V8??

Nice to see the Lexus pretty much win the Noise/Comfort tests. Gawd...Audi did horrible in all of those tests...but they came in 2nd...

BinaryJay

And where is the long term reliability test! I realize people generally don't think of these things especially in the 50-60k segment (they tend to replace cars every few years, be damned the cost), but for a lot of us this is one of the major selling points of the brand.

whlkev

I think the magazine is biased toward german cars

The G Man

Its funny that I didnt hear any complains here when CR rated Lexus #1.

TWong350

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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Doesn't make me any less happy about my 3GS!

rominl

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http://www.lexus.com/models/GS/features/pricing.html

gs350 has avs option, since 2008

LIMS407

love my car regardless what other say....car mag never had any love for lexus but far as regular peoples point of view, lexus is number #1....free start up button, easy touch navi, and cheap maintenance c'mon son...why dont car mag talk about bmw navi system how great it is....

EyeKutr

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I wish they had thrown in a genesis in there

whlkev

I didn't say that like it was a complaint, it was just a well known fact that "certain" magazine will only prefer the german counterparts

I am a german car fan at heart =)

IS-SV

Good article, thanks for posting it.

Since I don't get hung up on ranking (I do my own rankings), the article adds value for me.