467-hp 2016 Lexus GS F

Lexus could not wait till the approaching Motor City car show to deal with its newest performance offering: the five.0-liter, V8-powered GS F sedan. We'll get AN up-close check out the 2016 automotive in mere some days, however the automaker's official announcement offers America a reasonably sensible plan of what we're watching.

First, the GS F is most positively not constant factor because the equally named GS 350 F Sport -- Lexus is adamant that. although each cars sport styling touches visually separating them from the remainder of the GS vary, there is not any confusing the GS F's naturally aspirated V8 with the three.5-liter V6 underneath the hood of its F Sport relative. That V8 is nice for 467 HP (at seven,100 rpm) and 389 lb-ft of torsion (between four,800 and 5,600 rpm). It's all channeled to the rear wheels through a compulsory eight-speed transmission. There area unit paddle shifters.

You'll notice that these output figures area unit right in line with those of the RC F auto -- a really curious, if capable, automotive that boasts constant naturally aspirated V8 and shell. you'll be able to browse our thoughts on the RC F here.

The four-door GS F may be a bit heavier than its machine matching part (4,034 pounds to three,958 pounds), however  performance should not suffer an excessive amount of. a regular electronically motivated rear diff -- Lexus calls it the "Torque Vectoring Differential" -- helps kind things get in corners (that's on possibility on the RC F, that gets a Torsen limited-slip diff usually). 3 TVD modes can (at least theoretically) let the driving force tailor the car's responsiveness to his or her preferences: Slalom "emphasizes nimble steering response and legerity," consistent with Lexus, whereas track "emphasizes management throughout high-speed route driving.

With these specs and options in mind, the GS F appears poised to require on ... well, we're not entirely certain what competitors the GS F is gunning for, directly. It's larger (though a lot of powerful) than the BMW M3, with dimensions a lot of like those of the considerably heavier, a lot of powerful BMW M5 and Mercedes-AMG E63 (with a large 560 horsepower and 577 horsepower, respectively). One factor it will have over the remainder of the crop of performance/luxury sedans -- unless you are going to let the tough-to-classify Chevrolet SS count as luxury -- is its naturally aspirated V8, associate progressively hard-to-find powerplant outside of the muscle and truck markets.

So if you completely should be ready to mash the throttle and rocket forward, engine respiration freely because the revs build toward that seven,100-rpm peak, then simply perhaps the 2016 Lexus GS F are right for you. We'll have a lot of information and plenty of photos from the ground of the urban center machine show.