Lexus GS450h Road Test
11 Dec, 2006
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Lexus GS450h – Road Test
Test Model: Lexus GS450h (that’s “h” for hybrid)
Options fitted: Absolutely none and none required.
Recommended retail price: $121,990
On road price: Around $131,000
Warranty: Standard Lexus 4 year/100,000km
Where the car sits: believe it or not, it’s not top shelf in the GS range. That space is occupied by the GS430 Sports Luxury at $137,450
“Lexus has boldly gone where no other car company has gone before”
If Bill Gates and his Microsoft Corporation built a high tech luxorocket – it would be the Lexus GS450h.
Push the starter button and although the beast awakens, you are rewarded with stone cold silence. That’s because you have only engaged ‘one’ of the two electric drives on board this vehicle.
Hammer the throttle though, and the GS450h will go from 0-100km/h in 5.9 seconds and that’s quicker than the BMW’s V8 powered 540i and neck to neck with Audi’s A6 4.2 litre V8 FSI Quattro. It’s also no where near as expensive as the two German cars and comes standard with way more techno goodies.
It’s a remarkable achievement when you consider that this performance requires no large capacity V8, nor is it turbocharged or supercharged. It’s not warp drive either, but rather, an ultra advanced 3.5-litre V6 Quad Cam engine working in concert with two electric motor generators for a little moral support.
Not quite, just one of these so called ‘motor generators’ let’s call him “MG2” puts out 147kW of power, all on its own. To put that into perspective, Volkswagen’s revered hot hatch, the 2 litre turbocharged Golf GTi, generates the same power figure, in total. Astonishing, I know! This is truly brains over brawn stuff.
And that’s not the half of it, literally. All up, the GS450h delivers 254kW of power and a serious amount of torque which I can’t really be specific about. What I mean by that is, the V6 engine is rated at 368Nm at 4800rpm but then you need add the additional 275Nm rating from “MG2” which comes on song from zero revolutions! It’s not that simple though. The electric motor can’t quite realize its maximum torque output, but let me assure you, it’s substantial.
It seems someone at Lexus has taken a leaf out of the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow 1 owner’s manual with regards this total torque figure thing, which although ran a seriously large 6.75-litre V8 engine, only ever listed the performance figure as “adequate” even though, it could stomp on most performance cars of the day.
It’s probably fair to say that Lexus cars have won more awards for luxury, dependability and customer satisfaction that all the European marques put together. You think Luxury, you think Lexus. You think reliability, you think Lexus. You think gold class customer care, you think Lexus. They are pretty much the undisputed world champions in automotive luxury.
The performance of the GS450h and the sheer number of LF (think “F” for fast) concept cars and SUVs which Lexus has in the pipeline, is another ominous sign for the European car makers. You get the feeling that they also want the performance title, and personally, I can’t wait!
In June 2006, Max Moseley, the head of the FIA (the organisation that governs Formula One racing) described in a press conference the organisation’s intention to head towards hybrid technology in future years and went on to talk about energy recovery and technologies that could provide a burst of energy for passing moves.Well listen up, Lexus is already there! The GS 450h is the world’s fastest hybrid and employs a regenerative braking system which captures the energy usually lost when braking and sends it to the battery where it is stored until needed. The result is better fuel efficiency and emissions.
While blasting off from Zero in the 450, don’t bother checking the rpm’s or when the gear shifts are taking place. There’s no tachometer and there are no gears, at least in the traditional sense
The Tachometer has been replaced by a power meter which gives you an active kilowatt reading right up to 275 kW worth.
It’s a little more complex when it comes to the transmission though. What makes this hybrid special is the Electronic Continuously Variable Transmission or ECVT, which is designed to seamlessly blend the petrol and electric power units. And it does that, to near perfection levels.
There are no pulleys or belts as is normally found in CVT transmissions. In fact, all connections in the ECVT are mechanical, which means there is no loss of power through slippage in the driveline. It’s a unique design which delivers silky smooth acceleration without the need for gear changes.
I’ve never heard of a CVT transmission with a sequential shift system, but then again, this is no ordinary CVT. Driver’s can simply move the shift lever over to the left into the “S” position, and work through six different positions just as you would driving a standard automatic transmission with a tiptronic option. It’s not exactly doing the same thing mechanically, but at least it feels the same.
The thing is though, the GS450h performs so damn well in the standard “D” for drive position, I just don’t know if you would ever use this feature, but then again, maybe on a twisty mountain stretch, just maybe.
What’s even more remarkable about this car is the fact that it delivers such blistering performance, despite weighing in at around 1900kg which is a full 200kg more than the similarly kitted GS430. I suspect the battery, complete with its 40 modules, makes up the bulk of the weight gain.
No matter though, I drove this car hard all week and my worst consumption reading was 12.1 litres/100km, and that folks is nothing short of miraculous. I’m reasonably certain that if you drove the GS450h to and from ‘the office’ at city traffic speeds, you would come very close to the 7.9L/100 consumptions figures as stated by Lexus. And that means fewer trips to the petrol pump.
You can certainly feel the weight of the car when pushing into corners but with the world’s first rear-drive hybrid, it’s not really an issue, particularly with the level of active stability systems on board coupled with the 18 inch wheels wearing low profile 245/40R rubber
To keep the car in check in almost any situation is Traction Control (TRC), Vehicle Swerve Control (VSC) and Vehicle Dynamics integrated Management (VDiM) which manages all the crash avoidance systems built into this car.
The GS450h also gets tricky Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS) which allows for different damping forces to be applied at each corner depending where sensors detect slippage. Drivers can also change the suspension settings from normal to Sport depending on driving styles and yes, this system works.
There’s sufficient feedback from the steering wheel at most speeds but with Electric Power-assisted Steering (EPS) and Variable Gear Ratio Steering, the feeling through corners is a little too remote for my liking but I doubt that would worry most buyers.
What’s very cool about this car, and similar to the Toyota Prius, is that when you accelerate gently, there’s whisper quiet all the way up to 25-30km/h before the V6 engine feels the need to kick in. It’s quite a calming experience inside this ‘palace of quiet’. That is, if you haven’t cranked the volume up on the Mark Levinson 14 speaker audio system, which I now rate up there with the best from Bose and Harman Kardon.
As with most Lexus badged cars, you don’t need to use your remote fob to enter the car. As long as it’s on your person, just walk up and open the door and hit the starter button.
Once inside, you have no problems understanding the “L” in Lexus stands for “Luxury”. The sports leather seats are infinitely comfortable and the bespoke wooden steering wheel with leather grip inserts is superb.
I’ve already mentioned the top end sound system but the remaining inventory of luxury features is simply too large to put down here but the “A” list includes: Rear view camera with Rear Guide Assist working alongside Parking Sonar, Active Cruise Control with Pre Collision System, Power Boot (Close), Climate Controlled Front Seats (a must on a hot and humid day), CD/DVD player, Satellite Navigation, Power Rear Blind and anything else you can think of. It’s absolutely all there.
It’s a spacious interior too, with loads of smart storage spaces front and rear. Worth a mention, are the front door pockets which expand so as to fit large items such as bottled water. The rear seats are as comfortable as the front pews with substantial leg and headroom for anyone under 190cm.
I suppose the one and only criticism I have with the GS 450h is the boot space. At 280 litres (the hybrid system and batteries have to fit somewhere) it’s about half what you would expect in a car in this class. That said you could easily fit two large soft bags or two sets of golf clubs in the space. When I spoke with some Lexus dealers about it, it didn’t seem to be much of an issue, as it’s the first thing the sales consultants show prospective buyers. Not a bad strategy.
The other Lexus sedan trait which I’m not overly fond of is the fact that you can’t split fold the rear seats in the interest of body stiffness. It’s a pity Lexus and other manufacturers can’t come up with a design to incorporate this feature without losing any of the torsion rigidity as Audi seem to have done across their range.
Even the instrument panel is “beam me up Scotty” stuff. It’s Electronic Chromatic and was a world first when introduced by Lexus in early 2005. What it means is, you will have glare free and clear viewing of all instruments in any light conditions. One other thing, the interior lighting can be customised with 11 different sequences and the actual light resembles the white glow which the Bi-Xenon’s put out. The detail is remarkable.
There are enough safety features on board this car to rival Volvo’s best, with no less than 10 airbags and more safety acronyms than I have room to list.
The Head of Lexus design strategy is an Englishman who has lived in Japan for over 17 years and the GS 450h is part of the L-Finesse strategy and for me, is a huge improvement over the previous generation of GS cars which lacked well…finesse. It’s a fairly subtle design with mostly smooth lines all round with the exception of rear of the car which seems a little abrupt when compared to that of the Mercedes Benz CLS.
The GS450h is distinguished by its five by three spoke alloys with chrome highlights along with small “HYBRID” badges on the rear door sills and rear badging with blue accents.
“The GS450h is a remarkable achievement. Its fast, its luxurious, its beyond economical and it’s as clean as it gets. Lexus has built a futuristic car for the ‘here and now’ and at a price which is substantially less than anything from Europe, on any level.
By Anthony Crawford
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December 11th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
[...] Original post by alborz [...]
Vote:December 13th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
This is a great car .Its fast, its luxurious, its beyond economical and it’s as clean as it gets. Lexus is just a great company
Vote:December 14th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Just wondering if this is a review or an advertisement? It certainly sounds like the latter.
How can you say “When I spoke with some Lexus dealers about it, it didn’t seem to be much of an issue, as it’s the first thing the sales consultants show prospective buyers.”? Do you think a dealer would admit to having problems with the product? I don’t think so…
Vote:December 14th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Hi Brian,
no this is a review, we don’t do “advertisement” reviews, we have absolutely no affiliation with lexus/totyota or any other car company for that matter.
Its not a problem with the car, what the review meant by that is that the dealer is willing to show the boot space to the prospective buyer so that if they are not after something with a small boot space, they wont waste their time, and it is a great idea, because they show you the worse first, than get you with the goods!
if they do it the other way around, the boot is all you’ll remember!
Vote:December 22nd, 2006 at 8:37 am
Gee,
Vote:Was there ANYTHING wrong with this car, or were you drinking champagne throughout the test? Does it surf too? Or can you drive it by remote control like my kiddies RC control?
January 15th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
We just sold our Volvo S60 (going to miss it) but the G400h (4wd) cost us significantly less than the new Volvo XC90 if we were to add all the options that we have with the Lexus. Customer service is one big factor where nothing is too hard for them. If you want to be treated like royalty then this is the car for you. We received one of the 1st hybrids (400h) and it changes your way of driving to the point that you are constantly trying to keep the battery charged to its max. I think these cars need a badge or sticker on the rear bumper stating something like “electric regenerative braking” +(keep your distance) to keep all the hot heads who want to race to a red light and brake suddenly off our rear ends (I empathise with the truckies). All mod cons in one package. Very happy so far. I’ll vouch for the article by Anthony Crawford as non fiction.
Vote:January 30th, 2007 at 11:40 am
What are these hybrids going to be worth about 6 months before their warranty expires? Would anyone buy one?
Would anyone want the Lexus dealers invoice for the removal and replacement of the right rear electric motor and diagnosis of intermittent electrical fault for the dual axis capacity flux converter?
Great when new and covered by warranty but what a nightmare for the average Australian family who is crazy enough to buy a second hand one!
Maybe on expiration of warranty they will drive to the local recycle depot on their own and throw themselves in the crusher rounding out a short but inspired life of frugality and environmental acclaim.
Personally, I am leaning towards Hydrogen as the fuel of the future and am watching BMW’s ongoing investment and development of this technology with interest.
Vote:January 30th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
I think its a good point to think about how these cars are going to last, mind you the Prius has been around for a while and that seems to be still going strong and not reports of massive failures or huge repair bills?
Vote:February 9th, 2007 at 9:21 am
I presently own a lx470, but have traded on a 450h which hasnt arrived in country. The 470 was the best car I ever owned, the best 4wd in the world, no ifs,buts or maybes. Just simply the best. I know anti toyota crowd will be saying “they look too much like a Cruiser 100, lose their value etc. etc” But if you drive one it is nothing like a cruiser.
Vote:Before i ordered the 450h i test drove a dealers car and it virtually took my breath away. the quietness, the fit and finish,the fuel economy, the long list of standard features, never bothered to look at a European car, both my wife and i really excited about this car. A final couple of points; before i sold my business we had 10 toyotas mainly cruiser and hilux utes, a couple of camrys and a prado, all varying ages and k’s the oldest 8 years 360000ks never had a problem with air cons, unlike some Australian cars I used to buy. Despite of what people say about Japanese cars, the fit and finish of Japanese cars and especially Toyota, it doesn’t matter if it is a yaris or a lexus, they are miles ahead of other manufactures in this department
February 11th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
To the knockers of the article and the Lexus cars, like the people who own or have tested one above have stated, drive one before you comment. I have always loved Lexus and I am not badge blind. But until 6 months ago I had never driven a lexus (always wanted too but never had) I finally got up the courage to attempt what I thought to be the impossible being a 27 yr old and wandered into my local dealer. Treated like royalty is an understatement. The chief salesman spent nearly 2 hrs running me over an IS250 and then at the end of it threw me the keys to the top of the line Sports Luxury and said take you girlfriend for a drive, see you this time tomorrow….. No ifs buts or parameters just here you go $84000 car for the night. To say it was the greatest 24hrs of driving in my life is an understatement! I am sold and so is now is my partner having come from a family of Euro badge owners the Lexus drop punted the lot of them.
Reliability Quote “What are these hybrids going to be worth about 6 months before their warranty expires? Would anyone buy one?
Would anyone want the Lexus dealers invoice for the removal and replacement of the right rear electric motor and diagnosis of intermittent electrical fault for the dual axis capacity flux converter?
Great when new and covered by warranty but what a nightmare for the average Australian family who is crazy enough to buy a second hand one!”
With a warranty repair rate of 2.5% last year compared to 54% and 47% for Merc and BMW respectively last year… I think you should ask those manufacturers your concerns… Lexus regularly top the most reliable cars list. I would think like most lexus vehicles they will be worth nearly as much as the day it was bought… but I doubt you will be able to buy a second hand one that soon… because I am fairly certain people will not want to sell theirs… I know I won’t… Now when does that IS-F arrive….. :)
Vote:February 11th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Mat, you quoted me but forgot the context. I was talking ‘out of warranty’ wear and tear not ‘new car’ reliability. All machines wear out, it’s inevitable even for your all conquering Lexus. They don’t defy the laws of physics…do they? My comment had nothing to do with reliability but everything to do with wear and tear on a very (extremely?!?!) complex vehicle AFTER its warranty period.
I doubt very much that they will hold their value as you think they will.
Vote:I have never seen a three or five year old Lexus that was still worth as much as the day it was bought. Have you?
I hope you get your 80k+ back but I’m not holding out a lot of hope. You may have been better spending 800k+ on an F40 and then you might be in with a chance.
February 11th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
On a tangent to this… good to see Lexus investing abit into the electronic motor. 140kw is amazing, my V6 has that much power!
Vote:February 11th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
[...] Also in the hybrid SUV game is Lexus with its luxury-level SUVs, the RX400H and the GS450H. The GS450H carries a “high performance designation” with its 3.5 liter V6 and hybrid system, a combined rating of 339 horsepower and goes 0 to 60 mph in 5.2 seconds. [...]
Vote:February 13th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Steane.
Sorry if you thought I took it out of context. I know all cars age and eventually they will break. But if you do some research on the vehicles you will see that long term reliability is exceptional as well. Put it this way I would have more faith in limited faults with a lexus then I would with pretty much any car on the road. Yes it will depreciate, but have a look at resale on a Lexus and you will. I never expect to get the money back… do you honestly expect to get it back from a Merc or BMW? Or even most Ferrari unless it is a exotic short run like an F40 or Enzo.
All I was saying is real world reliability and value holding for cars mere mortals can even remotely consider owning they are hard to beat.
Vote:February 13th, 2007 at 10:09 am
You may be right Mat but we are discussing a Hybrid Lexus in this thread not your normal proven petrol engined Lexus. The technology is amazing and extremely complex and it will suffer wear and tear as the car ages, issues which will be diabolically expensive to fix. That was my point and it was specific and only relevant to the hybrid. I am not doubting for a moment that Lexus build a better car than most and I have plenty of respect for what they have achieved and the quality of their product.
Vote:February 13th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Yeah they might be, but I was referring to the Hybrid as well. What is to say honestly that they are going to be that drastically more expensive to repair? It is a common model to the fleet of vehicles? It may be stupidly expensive, I don’t know I have not seen a parts and repair figure for them. But I really doubt the R&D lads at Lexus and ultimately Toyota would have journeyed down this road without a very solid knowledge that one it was going to be reliable two that it was economically viable to sustain.
We will just have to wait and see I suppose or ask someone who does own one?!?
Vote:February 13th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
I don’t think that any manufacturer is too concerned at what their product is like when the warranty period is over. They don’t build them to last forever.
I dont know what the Hybrid specific parts will cost to repair or replace but an educated guess tells me that cheap or reasonable or even good value for money will not be the words or phrases used to describe their purchase / replacement.
I guess we will have to come back to this in a about 2012 or so and see what the story is!
Hopefully in the meantime they have developed Hydrogen to the point it is more viable than these Hybrid cars. Seems like a bandaid solution to me, more of a marketing exercise than a real attempt at creating a viable alternative fuel or means of propulsion.
Vote:February 14th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
steane: “I doubt very much that they will hold their value as you think they will.
I have never seen a three or five year old Lexus that was still worth as much as the day it was bought. Have you?”
Obviously not. All cars depreciate unless they are very unique like some Ferraris.
Furthermore, Lexus has has excellent history with reliability. JD Power and Associate Survey usually puts them first.
Just because a perfectly sterile environment cannot be achieved it doesn’t mean doctors should operate in sewers.
You seem skeptical of hybrids because it is new technology but say “I am leaning towards Hydrogen as the fuel of the future” when there is so much more uncertainty over hydrogen.
Hybrid technology is not an alternative fuel. The Prius uses gasoline. Hybrids can be attached to diesels, biofuels, and in theory even LPG and hydrogen.
Vote:February 14th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
On the topic of car reliability, according to Consumer Reports the most reliable sedan available is a Lexus.
See here
Vote:February 14th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
And also, if you look at the link I provided above, it says,
“The Toyota Prius and Honda Civic gas/electric hybrid cars both were both listed among the most reliable vehicles.”
The batteries are warrantied and Toyota has said they should last the life of the car. Of course, the Prius hasn’t been out for that long. Suppose we are to assume anything that is not true and tried is defective. When airbags came out did you wait several years and collect data on airbag efficacy before buying a car with airbags? When ABS came out did you do the same?
Lexus and Toyota vehicles have a strong history of reliability and the hybrid electric models seem to be fine so far. To raise the standard of evidence and continually demand absolute perfection over the tiniest detail even goes against Lexus philosophy, which states that perfection is an unattainable goal but the firm makes gradual and relentless progression towards the goal of perfection and even if they cannot reach perfection the attempt itself is worth it.
Vote:February 14th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
I will also add the following I read:
“[Hydrogen cars] have a hydrogen tank, and a fuel cell which adds hydrogen and oxygen to make water vapor as the only ‘emission’ – in order to provide energy for ELECTRIC MOTORS. These ELECTRIC MOTORS are also motor-GENERATORS which put electricity into BATTERIES for later use, when the car is decelerating or stopping – REGENERATIVE BRAKING OF A HYBRID.”
Source: http://www.autobloggreen.com/2.....r-a-prius/
If you have issues with the batteries in a hybrid car then logically you would have the same issues in a hydrogen car. A hydrogen car pretty much is a hybrid car except it uses hydrogen instead of gasoline as fuel. In gasoline cars the energy from the engine is converted to kinetic energy, and during braking is converted to chemical energy or electrical energy. With hydrogen you have electric energy instantly. Hydrogen may be good if there isn’t enough gasoline in the world but the reality is that there isn’t much hydrogen in the world either. But hydrogen can be produced by electrolysis of water to its elements, but this requires electrical energy.
Vote:February 15th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
TES, if you think that the electric motors and electronics on a Hybrid won’t wear and need repair or replacement over time then I don’t know what to say. I’d better get out there and buy one. It’s likely to be the only thing left after WW3 with the exception of the Cockroach.
I was specific in my reference to Hydrogen powered vehicles, so specific in fact that I referred to BMW’s Hydrogen technology. Here is a quote from a recent MSNBC article on the new 745h;
“Most carmakers experimenting with hydrogen are doing so with fuel cells that would use the energy carrier to create an electric power system. But BMW’s path is to use liquid hydrogen in existing internal combustion engines since the infrastructure for fuel cells and refueling hydrogen is so limited.”
also
“The space that two fuel tanks take up means only the 7-Series will offer the hydrogen package at first. BMW’s long-term goal is to offer hydrogen motors in all its cars.”
See the full article at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14798876/
I do not think that electric vehicles or Hybrids are the way of the future. I think we will see plenty of them in the next few years but they will die a slow death in the face of genuine combustion engine fuel alternatives. They are simply a stop-gap that makes the manufacturer look green and the new owner feel environmentally all warm inside.
BMW already have a vehicle with an internal combustion engine that will run on a genuine alternative fuel ie Hydrogen. It’s not hard to envisage in 10 to 20 years Hydrogen outlets at our current petrol stations. It also means that oil companies will continue to make money (they will produce Hydrogen alongside oil based fuel) and Governments will continue to benefit from fuel excise. Do you think that this isn’t being thought about by them now…? Do you really think you will be plugging your car into the power socket at home while oil companies fade into history and Governments go without? …I don’t think they will be letting that happen.
Vote:March 3rd, 2007 at 12:05 am
steane .. do you watch Top Gear ? I’m sure you do, if not well just to give you an idea of how reliable Lexus is. The top 5 cars slot on their past survey, as voted by the viewers had 3 Lexus models and that wasn’t just to do with the car itself, it was about the dealership, their responses, maintenance etc.
Jeremy Clarkson admitted on ep.1 of season 9 that he actually loved the Gs450H.
While you go on about BMW and their hydrogen prototype, Toyota and Lexus did their research ages ago which is evident in their models as you can see.. Go check some of the U.S based sites and the array of hybrid vehicles is pretty extensive.
I’m sure you know of the upcoming hybrid Supra? 0-60mph in less than 5 seconds, top speed of 175mph and still return 30mpg? oh well you just learnt something now didn’t you? that engine is derived from a Lexus with tweaks.
From what I can read of all your posts, it seems to be of quite difficu N ce for you to admit that Toyota or Lexus (for that matter) are actually leaving their competitors far behind.
“I don’t think that any manufacturer is too concerned at what their product is like when the warranty period is over. They don’t build them to last forever.”
Vote:March 3rd, 2007 at 12:13 am
to continue ..
I’m sure Holden and Ford employ that thinking mate… Toyotas run solid, my first Corolla lasted me 300,000kms (I bought it on 195,000) and never let me down, now sure it was just a Corolla (you’re think so big deal).. well my current (privately imported) 20Valve Corolla which is 14 years old, delivers 7-8000revs from a mere 1.6L capacity.. I occasionally have runs with DIE HARD v6 Commofalcodores and they like to ask what engine am I actually running.
Off topic I know, but whats your bloddy problem in not being able to admit and give due credit to the engineering magnificance of Toyota or Lexus?
Let’s have a run :) anytime , anywhere . I’d like to see the look on your face when all you see is a Toyota badge that goes past you :)
Vote:March 5th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
The only Toyota badge that I’ve ever seen gone past me is a either a Supra or a Celica GT4
Vote:March 28th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
re: alborz
Vote:I dont know what you drive, I have been waiting for 6 weeks and will probably be another 3 oe 4 before i get a Lesus 450h, do you want to try your car against the Lexus?
March 28th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
:D with pleasure.
Vote:April 12th, 2007 at 11:59 am
I cannot believe that “steane” is worry what it will be worth 6 months before the warranty expires, to give an example of the retained value in an Hybrid vehicle have a look at a 2 1/2 year old Prius.
There is no problem at the low end of the market & I would suggest that at the top end it will have about the same depreciation as other vehicle in its price range & will be cheaper to run than those equivalent vehicles.
Vote:May 13th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
This is a magnificent car, i’m here in Australia and money is no problem for me. Out of all the dealerships i went to, Lexus won hands down for hassle free, enjoyable customer service.
The GS450h itself is a perfect balance of size, comfort, quality, style, economy and of course an infallible track record for reliability. At $130000, it is a bargain.
Vote:September 2nd, 2007 at 5:57 pm
I bought one for my wife yesterday and she just loves it.
Vote:November 15th, 2007 at 5:15 am
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Vote:November 25th, 2008 at 9:49 am
I bought one of these recently and it’s simply amazing. So smooth, fast and comfortable. Fantastic quality and full of beautifully engineering.
Vote:May 18th, 2009 at 6:04 am
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