The Lexus GSF is a Brilliant Underdog - One Take

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The Lexus GS-F is one of only two Rear-Drive, naturally aspirated V8 sedans left on the market in America. It's the last-grasp of the old school from Lexus. You get a wonderful 5.0L, aluminum V8 making 469 HP, a quick-shifting 8-speed gearbox, and a wonderfully balances chassis with sharp steering, smooth ride, and excellent brakes. Though it's not cheap, starting at $84,000, this is about as well rounded a sport sedan you can find anywhere.

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Lexus provided the vehicle, insurance, and a tank of fuel for this review.

[MatrixDiscovery]

What a world we live in where Toyota are one of the last to give us a 5.0L V8 with no turbo's.
OMG that V8 sound is what the world needs more of !

[upgradeNEVER]

YES YES YES!
One of my absolute favourite cars on sale these days! The engine is probably the biggest reason why. That Yamaha fettled V8 is something.

[WelcomeToTheMadness]

Lexus/Toyota will forever be under appreciated. Eventually you will all learn or catch up.

[robertsestito]

The greatest car that nobody buys this will be like the isf in 10 years. Good build quality good reliability it will be 10k over the price of a similar m3/4/5 or the c63.

[BrennanMcKissick]

I think these cars are so underappreciated. There's a guy that drives one near my work and I talked to him one day about it and he said he loves everything about it and the fact that he doesn't see any other ones keeps his unique.

[nrcp]

I never even considered this car as anything but a straight line car until just before the 12 hours of Sebring this year. The Sebring driving academy was doing demo laps in a few different cars and the GSF was hanging, being driven hard lap after lap, with a new M3, while sounding amazing. Lexus, you have my attention.

[johnnyr]

And that is the exact spec I would want this in. White with a red interior.

[digital_ignitestudio]

Definitely would buy this over a Charger or Camaro anyday. I still have my GS400 after 14yrs...

[herberthans]

The reason why I like these one takes is they aren't just car reviews they are also drives. Reviews quickly get boring and talking about a car can't fully express how it feels to drive while these one takes SHOW how the cars drive. For example I'm not going to watch any review of this car if it doesn't include onboard scenes and from most reviews you only get to know what the host thinks about a car and how it drives in his opinion. In a one take you just see more of the cars. I can't watch doug demorons videos because he never even drives the cars and if he does then he will only show us his face while driving. A big part of the audience probably shares my opinion. Just wanted to make it clear because some people still don't understand why I appreciate these videos even though they are a "low budget" production and can't even get myself to watch some of the higher production "quality" (cost) videos like carfection, petrolitious etc. Doug and a lot of the other channels will always be included in my youtube blocker list.

[Billfish]

I got one about 7 months ago and I still love it more each day. It took me about 3 months to get really good with it, but that's on me, not the car, I gradually ran faster and faster, corners are a dream, and with all this power, the computers in it will not let me lose it and that make driving it such a relaxing fun time. To be able to hall ass and no worries about spinning out, that's wonderful. The quality of every part on the car is were that money goes, I couldn't be happier with the way the built it, except of course the interface with the maps but I got over that real fast, the screen on it is huge and looks great, built in instead of slapped on the dash, I hate that in so many cars now, this one looks designed right. I also love that it is not a cookie cutter design, most people that aren't car guy, don't know what it is at first and I like not having something that everyone else has. It didn't sell in big numbers is just fine with me. I almost bought an SUV, but I already have two vans, so I skipped that idea and went with a really sweat machine. I think this is the ultimate driving machine, the BMW's just break down too much with little things all the time, I hate that.

[nismo]

Lexus needs to make a new ISF. I like the GSF.

[quaidmciver]

So glad you finally got around to doing a review on the GS-F. Watched your live podcast yesterday with Doug, I agree it’s a S6, E43, CTS V Sport competitor.

[kylegordon]

Anyone else been waiting for Matt to do a review on the Lexus GS-F?! Man such an underrated car, even the GS350 F sport is a great car

[ayrton_rambles]

Normally I'm not a fan of Lexus cars, but I really like this GSF, looks good, the engine sounds amazing, and it seems like they designed it for driving enthusiasts rather than on-paper spec chasers.

[AnontheGOAT]

Ever since I bought mine, I’ve gotten so much hate. Why didn’t you buy an M3?!!!? Oh you couldn’t afford that’s why you settled for a Lexus. Lmao, makes me laugh every time because it’s useless explaining to them why it’s such a special care. All those guys ever care about is HP and TQ.

[DelsinLabonte]

Sitting in my GS300, watching this on my lunch break, and I’m thinking, “yeah that’s cool and all, but 2JZ is life!” Right? WRONG. This V8 sounds SOOOO GOOD. This car is absolutely gorgeous. In white, it kills!

[ToyotaLife]

AWESOME performance sedan ‼️ Best Japanese sedan on sale right now hands down.

Jeremy Clarkson said this car drives better then the M5 and AMG in his review of the GSF. This is a true drivers car even tho it doesn't have a manual. That v8 engine is a masterpiece and it's highly crafted. Lexus is making the best cars out of japan right now. Would love to put a supercharger on this and a aftermarket exhaust.

Also Matt you were wrong when you said these are the seats from the LC500. The only cars that have these seats are the RCF and GSF. Those are only F performance seats non F cars do not get them.

[Jumpman-hccb]

The GS is pure magic. Super reliable. Who cares about the infotainment system. Legend. This will be a classic one day.

[SidhuManav]

I bought gs f after watching your review. Great review and great car!

[AireJayy]

Matt you finally got a product that caught my attention. I'll have to check it out, always have to wear gloves when driving so I don't ruin the leather on my steering wheel