I forgot this car was even made anymore

Why doesn’t Toyota just put the Camry Hybrid’s powertrain into the ES? There Toyota – I just sold 20,000 more cars next year for you!

^Yeah driving into work this morning I was thinking about this since I saw a regular GS, trying to remember, did they ever build a hybrid one or did I just dream that? I still have yet to ever see one.

I like the GS450H. It is the fastest HYBRID (not electric – Tesla / Fisker) vehcile on the road. It does 0-60 in roughly 5.0 seconds. I like that. I am not a fan of Lexus as a whole or the GS line but when you can have a luxury sedan, that is hybrid, still compete with their gas counterparts, I thik it is a win. This is as fast as a 535i or A6 3.0T and faster than an E350. It also costs the same as the others. Seems good to me.

tornado:

In real world testing this car yielded low 20s in combined mileage. Its barely more efficient than the 6 cylinder competition.

I’d much rather have a supercharged audi or a twin turbo BMW than a bunch of laptop batteries in a lexus.

Aging empty-nesters who are too good to buy a Buick, REJOICE!

Gosh I really dont like Lexus as a brand. I do have to give Toyota credit for not puling a Honda/Acura and making everything FUGLY. I just think that A4 hit it on the head, the reason we dont see any of these on the road is that anyone who is shopping for a car in this price braket is NOT going to buy this junk. There are so many other more intriguing drives for the same coin.

It looks the same to me. Boring!!

The good news is that no one forced to buy this. Or wait, who can afford it on this blog

I remember the GS being kind of a semi hot car when it first came out, so what happened? Oh wait, I just answered my own question. That would be nothing.

@sj79 and A$ – I never said I would take this over its competitors but I can understand why some do. I love MY BIG 3 (Audi, BMW, MB). I would take the A6 3.0T then the 535i over this.

Also, not to defend Lexus or knock the Europeons, but they do have reliability going for them. The buyers of Lexus are the same as Toyota but with more money. They are the sensible choice. An appliance for people with money.
The GS450h is just a VERY quick, large luxury sedan, that happens to be a hybrid. Not a hybrid that happens to be a VERY quick, large luxury sedan. The focus isn’t mileage but knowledge of its hybrid roots. Just to say you drive a hybrid. For a lot of people that matters.

I never argued otherwise with you? haha

Although I definitely don’t like the strange center stack, with the weird buttons on the side, the GS has to be my favorite Lexus of all time. It’s the second Lexus ever made that’s fun to drive, the other being the original IS.

^Didn’t Car and Driver do a competition where the GS came dead last because it was the most un-involving car in it’s class? It may have been Automobile or MotorTrend.

so this is supposed to be the Lexus E class ?

The GS was a hot looking ride when it first came out, but turned away any buyers over 6′ due to its ridiculously small cabin. Then my 65 year old neighbor bought one (bright red), so Smegley is spot on.

i can see the HS, LS Hybrid, and MAYBE a RX Hybrid (i live in LA, so hybrids are common here of all kinds), but GS Hybrid is kinda like the Accord hybrid…. performance oriented and not efficiency oriented….. and thats why it isnt selling, or ever will…… when people think hybrid they think amazing fuel econo… not amazing performance….

Hmmmm……something is missing here…..

The GS has always been my favorite Lexus. The hybrid just makes it even better.

But it will be blasted expensive.

Scratchy: Yes.

I don’t like this car much, it has a nice interior and looks decent, but its bland, very bland.

It has to look bland, or I would characterize it simple, to appeal to people who can afford them. Have you seen many Lexus drivers sporting tattoos? I didn’t. They are sort of blend looking professionals (with large sums of money). Granted, Rock n’ roll legends would not be caught dead in Lexus, and they are the only ones with income to buy those, but they wouldn’t. I suspect Lexus is not actively looking this consumer segment.

TornadoGTI, I totally agree with you but somehow this site seems to double as the anti-Toyota-news.com forum for communal Toyota bashing no matter what they do…..

WOW. Nice Camry!
Errrr, I mean, Lexus!

It’s okay.

I wish they’d give it more flare like it should have. Then again it IS the hybrid version.

-cereal

what the hell is lexus doing? their cars all starting to look like toyota camry’s and avalon’s. someone at lexus needs to wake up see that their new products are loooking like crap. or just the camry.

tornado GTI
just forget efficiency and buy an rs6 already! That is a quick luxury car.

JakeK, it probably came in last in all 3 of them. Probably R&T too.

Nice

The thing to remember about comparing BMW/Audi to Lexus pricing is that the first time you pay for your BMW or Audi is when you buy, the second time is as you service it after the warranty expires. Lexus is appealing to so many people because it’s defect levels are SO MUCH LOWER than the European cars. They might design neat prototype mass production vehicles in Germany, they just haven’t figured out how to build yours yet though they are good at pretending. The best example of that is, of course, Mercedes. The last time I checked, $3500 of the price of each new MB sold in the U.S. was the advertising budget spent here to sell it.

Imagine getting to own a car and pay for it only once. That 2nd $50K on the 530i will send one of YOUR kids to college or one of the BMW service writers kids. You choose.