2017 Lexus GS F Review and Road Test - DETAILED in 4K UHD! 1 

All I hear nowadays is horsepower, sports feel, performance, etc. What percentage of our daily commute is spent on each? How often can the performance of a car be explored without the risk of receiving a ticket, going to jail, or losing licence? Reliability and resale value of cars are two of the most important things that almost every car journalist fails to mention. That's where all of the competition come short against the Lexus.

So, you're saying that if I buy an E63 AMG, I can get to the grocery store a full second faster? Keep your Cadillac, Mercedes and BMW... I'll take the reliability and resale value of a Toyota product ANY day.

The best Lexus GS F review I've ever seen.

Love this blue color

I will buy the Lexus over anything German any day of my life.......The maintenance and running costs of the german cars is ridiculously high. The reliability of the German cars is a huge issue. Lexus/Toyota are usually bulletproof in reliability.

Lexus wins all categories if we're talking about reliability, durability, and dependability. Yes, the Germans make the most powerful cars but what good is power if u can't use it. I rather have a less powerful car with great reliability/dependability, that's y Lexus/Toyota are the best brand cars in the world.

Excellent excellent excellent job Alex every review has been near perfect! A mentor in the making

Nice roar of the v8

but when it comes to reliability ...... Lexus wins! I'm deciding in between Audi S6 and GS-F though....

thumbs up, u have the best detailed car reviews on you tube in my opinion. Keep up the great job, very informative and u do put in a lot of quality in your videos and it's much appreciated.

I think I have gone over 10 reviews of this car, both video and written, yours is by far the best due to exceptional attention to details and satisfying in regards to answering all tiny questions. Thank you so much for the great work, and keep it up!

Very thorough. Love the video and learned a lot I never knew.

excellent review and comparison analysis, you are one of the best real world car reviewer's, keep up the good work Alex.

Great review and video, Alex. Thorough and very informative. Thanks so much for posting!

Excellent review Alex. Enjoying it 7 years later. My favorite review on RU-vid

Get well soon! Great video as always!

Very very good review with detail I didn't expect on YT. Really helped me get a better picture of this car. :)

It won't be as fast as an M5 but at least it'll be on the road.

Very professional review thank you.

Very impressive review!

RELIABILITY - is the most important thing that you have missed

Hope you feel better soon, Alex! Great review, and keep up the great work! -DriveAndBeDriven "The Quest To Record The Best!"

I really like your reviews. You go in to a lot of things other reviewers do not. You talk about the competition and how you rank them vs the car you are reviewing. I am definitely subscribing. I wanted to comment about you not mentioning anything about reliability, but you briefly touched up on it at the very end. Having a car with an overall reliability, speed, looks, comfort is what I would shell out the money for if I could actually afford an $80k sports sedan. However, I think the Infiniti Q50 Red Sport is just as good of a performance options IMO vs the GSF for the fraction of the cost. However, I still think the GSF has the best overall look out many of the sedans in its class and outside of it as well. I have always like this body GS design, it is classic and looks amazing.

Very descriptive car review I’m really looking into purchasing the Lexus GS-F

I’ll say this all those other cars I would definitely would lease em with out a second thought but I would buy the GS F

Great review, however, too caught up on 0-60 times. Using a cost vs hp needed equation may have this on top. All about your value equation. This competes well with all of those, including those good comparisons to 550i class. Very unique and natural V8 here.

The pursuit of Perfection!!!

2018 lexus ls500 is the king of large luxury sedan! Im dreaming about it everyday.

The best luxury sports sedan for long term ownership happiness like fine 🍷

Don't apologize Alex!!! You sound great!!!.

I am really appreciating this sedan. Even the front is growing on me. This sedan approaches perfect for 99% of performance sedan shoppers. The Lexus dealership experience and reliability is icing on the cake. I guess the price is why I don't see many on the road. 4.5 sec to 60. How spoiled we have become. Just a short time ago that was a ridiculously fast time for a 4 door sedan. A metric not typically measured but an important one is 50 to 70 mph. I am guessing with the NA power plant and power levels of this car, overtaking on the highway is easy and brisk and very competitive.

This car is a masterpiece, cannot wait!

I really like the visual of showing comparable models while you discuss them.

“Can’t go wrong”... Damn right!!!

Hey Alex... I've enjoyed your videos over the last several months after discovering your channel. Very informative and you definitely arm anyone out there looking for a car with enough info to make any salesman look like a complete idiot by knowing more than them! Albeit, that's not that hard to do, but nonetheless... bravo! Keep up the good work! BTW... diggin' the "Jay Leno" look... though you might need to work on the chin, some! haha! j/k!

Excellent review as always. However, still waiting for your review on the GLC300. I'm sure there are reasons why you haven't covered that one yet and I hope they get resolved soon and we can have your evaluation.

Feel better!

Beautiful lines to be sure.

its sexy af, cadillac with the cts v and lexus with the gs f now offer a real m5 alternative that are just as luxurious and similarly as fast

you should do a review of the infiniti q70 5.6 awd

love that color

Alex, hope you feel better soon. would Genesis G80 Sports be competitor to this when it launch in US with twin turbo v6?

I love this car. Such a sleeper

Hi Alex can you please post a review on Lexus ES 350 2017

Great detail.

Hiya, Would love too see a comparison of the 2017 GS F, and the 2017 RC F... That would so Kewl.....

Hey man how tall are you? Just wondering because I was watching your CLA 250 video and you said that your head hit the roof of the car when sitting. Thank you.

8:04 The suede is on top to reduce the glare of the sun,...DUH

More powerful next update time (480-500hp) and 9-speed automatic gearbox!!!.

I'll take the GS-F in Gray and tint the windows please. Thanks for the all the info Alex. ;-))

the Lexus signature spindle grille makes the cars different from other cars which you don't see a lot everyday.

Nice.

The best!

Alex, this is great option for sure. I am sure Toyota will eventually using turbo or supercharging in their high performance options.

Any plans on reviewing the new Lincoln Continental??

Toyota should put the 5.7 that's in the tundra in the next gs f with some tuning to it will be a beast.

The Germans may have better performance but the Lexus is the better car. Lexus doesn't focus on performance at the expense of almost everything else, their cars are meant to be actually useable in everyday driving and long tours. In short, the Lexus is simply far more sensible. The Germans are bought just to have bragging rights.

have you driven the E43 and G30 550i to give those comparison?

you can find these used with under 5k miles now for mid to high 60s, good pick at that price

I'll bet once you tick the option boxes needed for the best handling version of the 550xi, you will reach if not surpass the GS-F's price. BMW charges an arm and a leg for the most sophisticated suspensions in their big cars, e.g., $3500 for the 5 series dynamic handling package, $4500 for the X5's version of the same, etc.

Alex, do a Lamborghini Huracan Spyder review please!!!

My biggest issue with the 550i is the limited choice of colors. They reserve fun colors for the M.

Thanks for this review But thir are many features missed in this car such as adaptive suspension, 18 way seat, auto hold and rear sun chat. We know the features may be changed from one dealership to other. In my opinion as fan of the lexus, this shape have some German sports feel specialy when drive it on track but a reach to BMW M5 or Mercedes E63 lexus have to work more and more to provide same performance.👋❤

You forgot a very important competitor which is the audi S6 H

Buy used. 2016 with 10k miles is about $60k

So the ES and GS are both their mid size luxury entries?

@7:20 That's where you can install your amp box. :-)

This car is best compared and priced against cars like the V-Sport, 550i and E43. It was not designed to compete with the M5, CTS-V or E63 Great car for around $80k. Even better as a used car buy in 2-3 years

I would have thought the obvious comparison would have been the M550 (which to me is a continuation of the older M Sport level, as in it's not the M5) with dynamic handling, but maybe that wasn't available until 2018. To me, that's always been the compromise BMW with most of the M hardware bits for suspension but still having a (somewhat) economical engine for real world experience. (Though I admit city driving pushes it down to 15-16, which really isn't great)

Reliability and luxury is why I pick the Lexus GS F over all the competitor. Luxury to me is not worrying about repair bills and shitty resale value

why you dont review mercedes cars? was waiting for a good review of GLC

Did anyone else see the lights flickering on the front on the exterior review

I just realized that you stated that the GS-F has adaptive suspension. Are you certain about those facts? I thought it does NOT have adaptive suspension, but simply fixed dampeners. Beneath this model, the GS350 F-Sport actually has adjustable suspension settings.

The electronically controlled torque vectoring differential (or TVD) is the best thing about this car, to be realistic, its engine is an updated version of the last gen IS F, so, instead of a new IS F model, we get the GS F, remember Lexus used to have the GS 460 (V8 with less power), but the biggest problem with this car is its price, seriously, for that kind of money the CTS Vseries hands down, if you want the Lexus by all means buy it, just never try the new gen CTS Vseries or others at the light or anywhere, both are great cars, it’s just that the CTS Vseries really competes with the likes of cars like the BMW M5, it’s like comparing the Cadillac CTS Vsport to a BMW M5, the GS F competes with cars like the 5 Series M550i, CTS Vsport and E-Class AMG E43, , h___ you could probably throw in any naturally aspirated rwd V8 sedan like Chevy SS, Dodge Charger, Chrysler 300C, Hyundai Genesis or others

Ride on a gravel road? How about telling what the ride is like on actual paved roads, where the car is going to spend 99 per cent of it's time? How pronounced are the differences between comfort, sport, and sport plus?

Anything north of 65K in this segment just seems pointless, rather jump into a Q50 RS or as Alex mentioned the CTS-Vsport and pocket the 15K-30K I saved. That said the GS-F is probably my favorite entry in this segment.

The beginning of this video was like reading the beginning of the New Testament. lol.

I get that it’ll be cheaper to buy and maintain but it’s still down a lot of power compared to an E63s or M5. When looking for a performance saloon, compromises just aren’t acceptable

another car with a different mission - the hellcat charger - i feel warrants having voice in this. while not having the luxury/brand cache as the lexus and it's nearest competitors the car, even by first world standards, is luxurious enough and the joy produced by the 700 hp powertrain can make up for some of its relative deficiencies. on the flip side, there is something to be said about the dealership experience at Dodge versus Lexus...

Will always take any F over anything else. Toyota performance wasn't into racing for winning but rather more for learning, which is why i admire toyota for their overengineered engines especially the ones co-developed with Yamaha.

How can you not change the angle of the seat back?!

Despite being a little bit slower compared to 550i or e53, GS F seems to drive better and I definitely appreciate the n.a. V8. As a Lexus, it should be also more reliable than German competitors as confirmed by J.D. Power. However, I don't quite like the exterior design of modern Lexus, and if that's a matter of opinion, I think everyone agrees the interior looks really outdated. I think the Carbon fiber inserts look particularly weird, wood is better for conservative design. The infotainment system also lags behind the competition. Therefore, I think the fair price for GS F should be right about the same as the 550i or e53, and if that was the price, I probably will prefer GS F for better driving engagement and reliability. However, the price of GS F is surprisingly 10k more than 550i or e53. How does one justify the price? Anyone can tell me if that 10k can be saved later by less repair cost? (note the J.D Power reliability rating of 5 series is also very high)

I would swap out the front GSF seats for the GS350 seats. Very thorough video, thanks!

Why not compare the GTR too if you're going up too $100k range?

car is sick nasty

I wish japan could make more cars to compete with 550i or E55. Instead of just ecoboxes

from this video i am picking up that faster is always better. maybe someone would like a car to not kill me on the streets but can kinda take them around a track?

This guy seems to be well informed about these cars though.

👍🏾

Sure the cts-v is faster but man it spends more time in the cadillac dealership for repairs.

Question for Alex and reviewers. I've heard people stateting this Lexus is over priced around 10K's. Do you think this HAS F is over priced?.

When I went to look at this car I loved everything about it except the front seats. Not a big guy by any means 5'10 230 lbs I felt like I was being wedged into that seat as dual lat supports wouldn't loosen up. One has to also keep their knees together tightly to fit in that seat. They made those seats for skinny people. I can fit into every other Lexus vehicle just fine but the G SF is a no-go for me. Why they didn't put the seats from the other vehicles into this one I have no idea but that doesn't make sense. It's as if they wanted to I want to sell this car to people who are 5'10 160 lbs.

The F stands for Fuji speed way in Japan

don't compare it with grabage german brands except for mercedes,the gs has it own class.

What if he locks himself in the trunk one day and the safety mechanism malfunctions?

Perhaps the suede dash will not crack like most other Lexus dashboards.

83.....what? Goodnight sir.

I don't agree at all! Your analysis has way too many options and your too focused on 0to60. How do you not mention Lexus reliability and straight up better manufacturing practices.

All Lexus lineup is predator family,nothing like Toyota and Nissan also GMC and dodge.

I don't think the seats are real leather