mcfine

Coming from a 535i it was a big adjustment going back to a 6-speed. They feel like you have power at all times and you don't have to work the engine as hard to get it. The only issue I had was if you were driving like 50 mph in the normal mode, coming up a hill and decide to punch it sometimes you could floor it and get no response because based on the way you were driving, it shifted a few gears up for fuel economy. Obviously if you were driving more aggressive before that it wouldn't be a problem cause it wouldn't have shifted gears that quickly. You can get caught in the middle between performance and fuel economy if you immediately change driving styles at certain points. But you could also just switch to sports mode if you wanted to punch it.

I just had to adjust to being a bit more rev happy with the GS350. In the end they are just as fast just a matter of how you drive so I'm good with the 6-speed. Car sounds much nicer in the higher rev range anyway But in my experience 8-speed is a good thing for sporty sedans. There is a reason the IS F has it and most other manufacturers are moving to it.

Mkalali

Im surprised all of you are so eager to get power folding mirrors, dont you have it as an option on your '13 models?Because I have it on my '13 Luxury model.

Flying3

I have an 8-speed in my ISF. This may be Lexus' finest transmission but when I want performance (most of the time), I need to run it in manual mode to keep it out of 7th and 8th gear.

Stew4HD

Ummm.. okay...? Where did you get yours?

Stew4HD

Available 2013 Options from Lexus.com

• Rain-sensing wipers
• Heated and ventilated front seats
• Power rear sunshade
• Navigation System [1]
• 12.3-inch high-resolution split-screen multimedia display
• Enhanced Bluetooth® technology [2]
• Sirius XM NavTraffic™ [1] [3]
• Sirius XM NavWeather™ [1] [3]
• Sirius XM Sports and Stocks
• Lexus Enform®
• Lexus Enform® App Suite
• Intuitive Parking Assist
• 18-inch split-five-spoke alloy wheels with Superchrome finish and summer tires
• Blind Spot Monitor System
• F SPORT exterior styling including unique front bumper, upper and lower grille inserts, rear valence and rear spoiler
• F SPORT-tuned Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS)
• 19-inch split-five-spoke alloy wheels
• 16-way F SPORT driver's seat
• Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS)
• Sport S+ Drive Mode
• Black headliner
• 14.0-in, two-piece front-brake rotors with four-piston calipers
• Variable Gear-Ratio Steering (VGRS)
• 18-inch split-nine-spoke alloy wheels [6] with Burnished Silver finish
• Wood- and leather-trimmed steering wheel and shift ****
• Linear espresso wood interior trim
• Rear-door manual sunshades
• Three-zone automatic climate control
• Lexus Memory System for front-passenger seat
• 18-way power front seats
• Semi-aniline leather interior trim
• Adaptive Front Lighting System (AFS)
• Rear Spoiler
• Illuminated door sills
• Mark Levinson® 17-speaker Premium Surround Sound Audio System [8]
• Heads-up Display
• Lexus Dynamic Handling System including Dynamic Rear Steering (DRS)

jtrue28

He lives in Kuwait.

SW17LS

We don't have them in the US...

djpeakSD

LMAO, me too! If I had folding mirrors and power trunk, i would consider my car perfect! I was so excited when I bought this thing when it first came out I didn't even realize it didn't have those options.

Stew4HD

I feel that I bought too soon! AHHH!

GSTONY

They should just drop in a 7speed dual clutch transmission and that will be perfect, with an LSD then handling will improve much greater that be a perfectly balance sport sedan

modthispny

i expect at minimum, '14 IS350 F-sport features to cross over to the '14 GS350 F-sport, such as LED headlights, 8-speed, rear cross traffic, and possibly the LFA style gauges if they feel it isn't 'childish' for the GS model. (unless they say the 6-speed is a better fit for the GS's longer wheelbase and size)

and whatever '14 IS350 non F-sport feature should cross to the '14 GS350 non F-sport as well, so the rear cross traffic, LED headlights, etc.

the rest, such as power mirrors and trunk are yet to be determined.

thISguy350

this is directly from my twitter.

@Lexus when will lexus release the new features for the 14' GS 350 F Sport? We really want power folding mirrors and an 8 speed automatic!!!

@cvrossa at this time we do not have an exact date for the 2014 GS press release. Stay tuned, we will share as soon as its available ^SP

5thavenue

FYI, the non F-sport IS350 RWD has the 8 speed transmission as well.
I've seen many people post that only the F-sport IS350 has the 8 speed. They are wrong.

I was talking to my dealer today and one of the supervisors told my wife and I that he recently came back from some Lexus convention in Las Vegas or somewhere and that Lexus made it seem like there wouldn't be any new features besides the Siri stuff. He seemed very certain about this.

I still don't think that I believe him though. I need proof!!!

He told me that it would still be about 2 weeks before he could go into the computer system for him to see all of the available options for the 2014 GS.

RXSF

wouldnt be surprised if the GS got rear cross traffic alert. the RCTA pretty much comes with the parking sensors anyways and all the other lexus cars are slowly getting them

e39ng

As I posted before, 14' GS still has the 6speed.