jre002

I don't know if it's intentional or not, but it is a smart move for Lexus to have the GS come out after the new generation E-Class and 5er. Gives an opportunity to one-up the competition.

I'll definitely make sure to get RWD this time though.

Ice350

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I don't believe that Lexus is interested in one-upping Benz nor BMW. I beleive they do their thing and could care less. That's one of the reasons I like Lexus, it's about being a leader, not a follower.

jre002

I am a Lexus fan just like you are, but I think it's fair to assume that all automakers want to one-up their competition. You could say that about pretty much any industry.

rominl

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lexus has their own soul, but to say that they don't look at e and 5 and make final adjustments, that's a bit much. after all, lexus is still chasing after bmw and mb in that segment

LexFather

Again this is how they debut...

E class
5 series
GS

So the next GS will debut soon and it might be in Europe first since its an international car.

Ice350

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I think that chase is over. Other peoples designs have been influenced by Lexus these days, not the other way around.
I'm Lexus looks....then does their own thing.

chauss

the current styling on the GS will last another 3 to 4 years IMHO....(I hope so anyways- it will keep value longer that way - as soon as a new design comes out we all lose 4 to 5 K value) It will be quite a while before the current model looks out of date style wise- 8-)

MelYW

Agree that other models emulate the GS...examples include Jag XF, Buick, Genesis.

Ironically, this is also what makes the GS start to look outdated. The XF and Buick lines look updated and bolder. IMO, the back end of the XF is what Lexus should have done to the GS design.

Interesting that this next generation of Lexus updates takes on a critical role with its marketshare slipping.

For all of our sake, lets hope they do care about competitors...however, maybe their lack of interest in eliminating quality issues tells us they dont.