lucasb7

The 4GS looks and sounds amazing! My poor little 450h may be on the back burner sooner than I expected.

About the power trains I think its important that we take a step back. As nice as it would've been to have new engines I think we may be expecting too much. Lets look at the competition.

E60 debuted with an outdated 25i, 30i, and 45i and later upgraded those at the LCI to the 28i, 35i, and 50i. The F10 debuted with the same 28i and 35i we saw in the E60. The 50i option is the same engine we saw earlier in the 7 and X6 (essentially carried over-they didn't debut any new engines in the 5). The new A6 comes with the same 3.0T the last A6 got after its LCI. Hell the E350 debuted with the same dinosaur, anemic power plant as the generation before it too. Now the 4GS may come with the same (perhaps modestly improved) 2GR-FSE from the LCI 3GS. If you ask me it's a great engine and Lexus was ahead of its time with D4S tech.

The transmission is a bit of a disappointment but we may see an upgrade later down the road. They have to keep some tricks up their sleeves to keep sales up later in its life. If you ask me the 6 speed is at a bare minimum adequate and will serve the car well. Then they will introduce a 450h with the planetary gearbox. Something more advanced and efficient than any of the competition's offerings. I think it's going to be a great launch.

My 3GS isn't going anywhere--it's basically perfect and I love it... But it may have a new garage mate.

msgs350

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Awesome!!! thanks for the post/link.

This article answers a lot of questions we've had about the interior.

JARFACE

interior almost reminds me of Bimmer's 5 series interiors...**** just like BMW's iDrive system, even if lexus is not using it as that.

Joe Z

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Rolling at the Ring....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCOBYAUOTgg


~ Joe Z

JH48

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that place is at santa anita mall

ydooby

I wonder if they have given the 2.5L the much needed D4-S technology. Also note that the gated shifter of the GS250 is distinctly different from that in the GS350 and GS350 F-Sport.

84Cressida

Uh, no it's a 2012. It's been confirmed by Lexus themselves and nowhere have they ever said it was going to be a '13 model. The '11 will just have an extended production run until the end of the year.

aLexGS350

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Damn are you sure its a lexus? I mean they taped up the emblem on the steering wheel pretty nicely. hmmm

1QWKGS4

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though i like BMW styling but i don't my Lexus to be a BMW clone! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Wrong Direction Lexus.. I was thinking they should've taken the path of the LS but more sporty... I really hope this is a dummy test car to throw us off.. (sigh)

ndk83

I hate the BMW direction Lexus is going in. ITs really just the nav but still. not a fan at all. Cringe worthy. And wat the hell is up w that gear shifter? the leather better come off.

jjbenzo

Just in case others have not heard yet, but the GS will be introduced first as a 350, then in September will come the Hybrid, followed by the F-Sport at SEMA in November. NO standard V8 GS. GSF is expected to be shown some time during 2012.

dunnojack

the current GS already has over 15 cuft of trunk space.

I dunno how they eeked it out. but it has 15.

www.lexus.com/gs

spwolf

in any case, new one can fit 4 golf bags, old one only 2...

syzygy

"If Lexus is serious about this whole "fun to drive" business, you'd think a buttoned-down, high-performance GS with the thundering 416-hp, 5.0-liter V-8 from the IS F under the hood would be a no-brainer, but Lexus insiders remain cagey on the matter, merely pointing out the IS F engine is now relatively old, and that tough new fuel economy laws on the way suggest it might not have much of a future."

Any thoughts on this?

MPLexus301

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I think it'd be hard not to have a GSF when you're offering F Sport trims of the car. Buying an IS F Sport is like a half rate ISF...the whole allure in buying a GS F Sport should be that it's the little brother of the GSF.