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| Gallery: Lexus GS (05- ) |
| First launched in 1991, the GS-series is Lexus's contender in the BMW 5-Series/Mercedes E-Class/Audi A6/Jaguar S-Type sector. Its first two iterations have been very US-focussed, with an emphasis on comfort and luxury rather than driving pleasure, but this high-tech third-generation model has been developed with far more sporting aspirations. Rear-wheel drive, it comes with an all-new 3.0 V6 (245 bhp) or a revised version of the 4.3 V8 (279 bhp) petrol engine, and a hybrid petrol-electric model, to be called GS450h, will follow next year. There won't be a diesel version, however - with the bulk of Lexus sales in the USA, developing such a model wasn't deemed worthwhile...
Read the full Lexus GS Road Test
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| GS430 versions have a pre-crash sensing system which uses radar sensors to detect if a collision is likely, and tightens up the seatbelts and primes the brakes for an emergency stop (optional, in conjunction with adaptive cruise control, in the GS300 SE-L). The S430 also features VDIM (Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management) which co-ordinates the traction control, ABS, stability control, electric power steering and all the drive-by-wire functions (throttle, brakes), and variable steering ratios, similar to BMW's Active Steering, as well as electronic brakes, similar to Mercedes' SBC system. |
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