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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Engine compartment
1. Brake fluid reservoir.
2. Engine oil filler cap.
3. Engine oil level dipstick.
4. Power control unit coolant
reservoir.
5. Fuse boxes.
6. Engine coolant reservoir.
7. Radiator.
8. Conden ...
Horn
To sound the horn, press on or
close to the mark.
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Leftlane’s bottom line
We expected to be able to easily write off the GS 460 given its age and
Lexus’ general aversion to enthusiastic driving. But a week behind the wheel of
the smooth and capable GS revealed a surpris ...