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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If your vehicle has to be stopped in an emergency
Only in an emergency, such as if it becomes impossible to stop the vehicle
in the normal way, stop the vehicle using the following procedure:
1. Steadily step on the brake pedal with both feet and f ...
How does it look?
Lexus says the ES 350 features extensive use of its “L-Finesse” design
language. That sounds like marketing jargon to us, but it seems to work. The ES
is a bit chunky from some angles, particularl ...
Sun visors
1. To set the visor in the forward
position, flip it down.
2. To set the visor in the side
position, flip down, unhook,
and swing it to the side.
3. To use the side extender,
place the visor i ...