F is for Finesse: 2016 Lexus GS F Goes Back to Basics - Car and Driver (blog)
The chief engineer of the 2016 Lexus GS F stops on a pic of a mid-90s Toyota Chaser—a Japanese-market mid-size sedan—sporting a tiger decal on the hood and orange stripes across its roof and flanks. It’s a Japanese Touring Car Championship racer in which Yaguchi scored seat time back in 2000, but the experience sticks with him today as one of several race cars that inspired each of the Lexus F cars he’s developed. A proper race car, Yaguchi says, is easy to drive fast. And that is exactly what he wants drivers to say about his new GS F. There are no adaptive dampers, and because the GS is a sedan, we’re told the ride quality will be slightly more compliant than that of the RC F coupe. Grip comes by way of Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires, measuring 255/35 in front and 275/35 out back, wrapped around 19-inch forged aluminum wheels. Lexus claims that the GS F is 76 pounds heavier than the RC F, which would put the four-door at a touch over 4100 pounds. So the GS F is at the low end of its class, though not low enough to offset the hefty power disparity. We predict a zero-to-60 sprint of 4. 4 seconds on the way to a 12. 9-second quarter-mile. In keeping with current Lexus style, the GS F makes its presence known with a yawning hourglass grille stretching from hood to asphalt. Source: www.caranddriver.com
