What is it?
Now nearing the end of its third generation, the GS slots in above the sporty IS and below the luxury-laden LS. It’s sized about like the tremendously popular ES 350, but the GS offers rear-wheel-drive and a much higher price tag – not to mention the optional V8 seen in our tester.
Its basic style is derivative of the original Giugiaro-penned 1991 GS300 (a rebadged Toyota Aristo), but the latest car was introduced for 2006. Smoother and suaver than the second-generation GS – notable for its Shakespearean “Something wicked this way comes” ad campaign – the S190-platform car retains the two-engine configuration of its predecessor.
As enthusiasts, we jumped at the range-topping GS 460 with its 342-horsepower 4.6-liter V8. A hybrid – dubbed GS 450h – was briefly on offer before sluggish sales forced its removal from the North American market.
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Exterior
The GX looks like a huge, lumbering SUV, but that's mostly a misleading trick
of the eye. The GX is actually shorter and narrower than competitors like the
Acura MDX and Buick Enclave. It's the SU ...
Headlight aim
Vertical movement adjusting bolts
- Vehicles with discharge headlights
1. Adjustment bolt A.
2. Adjustment bolt B.
- Vehicles with LED headlights
1. Adjustment bolt A.
2. Adjustment bolt B.
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Emergency flashers
Use the emergency flashers if the vehicle malfunctions or is involved in
an
accident.
Without navigation system
Press the switch to flash all the
turn signal lights. To turn them
off, press t ...