How’s It Drive?
It’s On A Different Plane Compared To The Gs 350, When Speed Is What One Seeks. True To The F Brand Promise, The Gs F Allows Almost Anyone Who Can Afford It To Discover The Joys Of Nitrite-popper Acceleration Out Of A Corner Or Dizzying Lateral G Loads -- In A Progressive, Relatively Safe Fashion. It Doesn’t Hide Its Charms Behind A Veil Of Intimidation.
The Gs F Feels Lighter Than Some Of Its Competitors On Track, And Really No Heavier Than The Compact Rc F Coupe. It’s Hard To Find Significant Dynamic Differences Between The F Models. Fully Credentialed Pros Might Find Some -- Subtle Differences In Balance, For Example -- But The Rest Of Us Probably Won’t. The Gs F Could Use More Horsepower, If That Doesn’t Sound Ridiculous For A Car With 467. It Has The Finesse, Stability And Solidity For At Least 100 More.
Not That 467 Is Anything To Sneeze At. This Lexus Delivers Acceleration Times That Were The Stuff Of Adolescent Wet Dreams 10 Years Ago, And You Don’t Need A Racetrack To Know. Boot It On Any Empty Stretch And It Will Downshift A Couple Of Gears, Press You Into The Seat And Blast. The Back Wheels Will Skip Laterally In The Upshift From Second To Third, Even As The Traction Electronics Do Their Work. Yet Beyond That Brief Interruption In Traction, It’s Silk. When Competitors Are Gasping For More Forced Air And Stuttering Under The Weight Of Their Own Internal Inertia, The Normally Aspirated Gs F Has Another Thousand Rpm Of Free Breathing.
It Sounds Better, Too. Lexus Felt Compelled To Fit The Gs F With Digitalized Engine Sound, Only Here We Actually Like It. Active Sound Control Uses Two Speakers In The Cabin, Feeding Synthesized Mechanical Noise Through One Or Both, Depending On Drive Mode And Throttle Application. You’ll Drive Yourself Nuts Trying To Distinguish Real From Virtual, And If You Can’t Abide, You Can Switch Asc Off And Lower The Windows.
Powertrains And Performance
The Highlight Of The Gs F Is Its Engine, A 5.0-liter V8 That Develops 467 Hp And 389 Pound-feet Of Torque. It's A High-revving Power Plant That Was Borrowed Intact From The Rc F. As In That Car, The Gs F Is Available Exclusively With An Eight-speed Automatic Gearbox With An Element Of Manual Control Via Paddle Shifters Mounted To The Steering Wheel.
According To Lexus, The Gs F Will Accelerate To 60 Mph In 4.5 Seconds. Perhaps A Better Gauge Of Its Thrust Is Its Quarter-mile Elapsed Time Of 12.8 Seconds. It's Certainly Quick, Though Even This Heady Performance Lacks The Fireworks Of Its Competition.
An Automatic Stop-start Function, High Compression Ratio And Clever Variable Valve Timing Help To Conserve Fuel. Epa Estimates The Gs F Will Return 19 Mpg Combined (16 City/24 Highway), Which Is Quite Good Compared To Other Sedans In This Segment.
Interior Design And Special Features
Starting With The Cabin Found In Lesser Gs Models Is A Fine Jumping-off Point For The Gs F, Since Lexus Employs High-quality Materials And A Design Motif That Owes Nothing To Its Rivals. For The Gs F, The Supple Leather And Aluminum Trim Are Supplemented By Synthetic Suede Accents At Certain Touch Points And Carbon-fiber Trim Across The Dashboard. It Also Receives A Pair Of Unique Front Seats That Have More Prominent Bolsters To Support Enthusiastic Driving. As In Other Gs Models, The Gs F Seats Five And The Rear Seats Have Ample Head- And Legroom For Two S.
One Area That Is A Weak Point In The Gs F Cabin Is The Lexus' Remote Touch Interface, Which Is The Only Means By Which To Interact With The Infotainment System. Mainly, It's The Mouselike Controller, Which Is The Primary Method For Making Audio And Navigation Selections, And It's Far From Ideal. Although The Display Screen Is Sharp, Cursor Control With The Device Is Jerky, Particularly When You're On The Move. Lexus Is Paying Attention To Criticisms Of This Interface Because For 2016 The System Gains Some Additional Menu Shortcuts, But The Reality Is That Most Rival Infotainment Controllers Are Less Distracting To Use.
The Trunk's 14 Cubic Feet Of Cargo Capacity Is On Par For The Segment, But The Rear Seats Do Not Fold To Expand The Cargo Volume. Instead There Is A Center Pass-through In The Backseat To Swallow Longer Objects.
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It’s On A Different Plane Compared To The Gs 350, When Speed Is What One Seeks. True To The F Brand Promise, The Gs F Allows Almost Anyone Who Can Afford It To Discover The Joys Of Nitrite-popper Acceleration Out Of A Corner Or Dizzying Lateral G Loads -- In A Progressive, Relatively Safe Fashion. It Doesn’t Hide Its Charms Behind A Veil Of Intimidation.
The Gs F Feels Lighter Than Some Of Its Competitors On Track, And Really No Heavier Than The Compact Rc F Coupe. It’s Hard To Find Significant Dynamic Differences Between The F Models. Fully Credentialed Pros Might Find Some -- Subtle Differences In Balance, For Example -- But The Rest Of Us Probably Won’t. The Gs F Could Use More Horsepower, If That Doesn’t Sound Ridiculous For A Car With 467. It Has The Finesse, Stability And Solidity For At Least 100 More.
Not That 467 Is Anything To Sneeze At. This Lexus Delivers Acceleration Times That Were The Stuff Of Adolescent Wet Dreams 10 Years Ago, And You Don’t Need A Racetrack To Know. Boot It On Any Empty Stretch And It Will Downshift A Couple Of Gears, Press You Into The Seat And Blast. The Back Wheels Will Skip Laterally In The Upshift From Second To Third, Even As The Traction Electronics Do Their Work. Yet Beyond That Brief Interruption In Traction, It’s Silk. When Competitors Are Gasping For More Forced Air And Stuttering Under The Weight Of Their Own Internal Inertia, The Normally Aspirated Gs F Has Another Thousand Rpm Of Free Breathing.
It Sounds Better, Too. Lexus Felt Compelled To Fit The Gs F With Digitalized Engine Sound, Only Here We Actually Like It. Active Sound Control Uses Two Speakers In The Cabin, Feeding Synthesized Mechanical Noise Through One Or Both, Depending On Drive Mode And Throttle Application. You’ll Drive Yourself Nuts Trying To Distinguish Real From Virtual, And If You Can’t Abide, You Can Switch Asc Off And Lower The Windows.
Powertrains And Performance
The Highlight Of The Gs F Is Its Engine, A 5.0-liter V8 That Develops 467 Hp And 389 Pound-feet Of Torque. It's A High-revving Power Plant That Was Borrowed Intact From The Rc F. As In That Car, The Gs F Is Available Exclusively With An Eight-speed Automatic Gearbox With An Element Of Manual Control Via Paddle Shifters Mounted To The Steering Wheel.
According To Lexus, The Gs F Will Accelerate To 60 Mph In 4.5 Seconds. Perhaps A Better Gauge Of Its Thrust Is Its Quarter-mile Elapsed Time Of 12.8 Seconds. It's Certainly Quick, Though Even This Heady Performance Lacks The Fireworks Of Its Competition.
An Automatic Stop-start Function, High Compression Ratio And Clever Variable Valve Timing Help To Conserve Fuel. Epa Estimates The Gs F Will Return 19 Mpg Combined (16 City/24 Highway), Which Is Quite Good Compared To Other Sedans In This Segment.
Interior Design And Special Features
Starting With The Cabin Found In Lesser Gs Models Is A Fine Jumping-off Point For The Gs F, Since Lexus Employs High-quality Materials And A Design Motif That Owes Nothing To Its Rivals. For The Gs F, The Supple Leather And Aluminum Trim Are Supplemented By Synthetic Suede Accents At Certain Touch Points And Carbon-fiber Trim Across The Dashboard. It Also Receives A Pair Of Unique Front Seats That Have More Prominent Bolsters To Support Enthusiastic Driving. As In Other Gs Models, The Gs F Seats Five And The Rear Seats Have Ample Head- And Legroom For Two S.
One Area That Is A Weak Point In The Gs F Cabin Is The Lexus' Remote Touch Interface, Which Is The Only Means By Which To Interact With The Infotainment System. Mainly, It's The Mouselike Controller, Which Is The Primary Method For Making Audio And Navigation Selections, And It's Far From Ideal. Although The Display Screen Is Sharp, Cursor Control With The Device Is Jerky, Particularly When You're On The Move. Lexus Is Paying Attention To Criticisms Of This Interface Because For 2016 The System Gains Some Additional Menu Shortcuts, But The Reality Is That Most Rival Infotainment Controllers Are Less Distracting To Use.
The Trunk's 14 Cubic Feet Of Cargo Capacity Is On Par For The Segment, But The Rear Seats Do Not Fold To Expand The Cargo Volume. Instead There Is A Center Pass-through In The Backseat To Swallow Longer Objects.
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