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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But does it go?
With less horsepower on tap than its V8 rivals, the GS 460 won’t win
stoplight races. That hardly means that it’s a slouch, however, its eight-speed
automatic firing off quick shifts even when lef ...
Clock
Without navigation system
1. Adjusts the hour.
2. Adjusts the minutes.
3. Rounds to the nearest hour.*
*: e.g. 1:00 to 1:29 → 1:00
1:30 to 1:59 → 2:00
With navigation system
1. ...
If a warning message is displayed
If a warning is shown on the multi-information display, stay calm and
perform
the following actions:
1. Master warning light.
The master warning light also
comes on or flashes in order to
ind ...