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2008 Lexus GS 450h Overview

Likes:

  • Awesome acceleration
  • Very responsive and refined hybrid powertrain
  • Lots of active and passive safety features

Dislikes:

  • Real-world mileage is no better than the GS 350's
  • Tight backseat
  • Limited headroom all around
  • Steering feel in fast driving

Bottom Line

By Bengt Halvorson's avatar Bengt Halvorson, Editor

The automotive experts at TheCarConnection.com have perused the most respected Web reviews to bring you the most useful information in this review of the 2008 Lexus GS 450h. TheCarConnection.com's editors also drove the GS 450h and are able to integrate their impressions ...

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By Bengt Halvorson's avatar Bengt Halvorson, Editor

Outwardly, TheCarConnection.com spies few differences between the hybrid 2008 Lexus GS 450h and its gasoline-powered sibling. Kelley Blue Book says "the GS brings a legitimate sense of design passion to its sleekly flowing sheetmetal that arguably qualifies it as the...

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Trim MSRP / Invoice Fuel Econ
2008 Lexus GS 450h: 4dr Sedan Hybrid $55,800 / $49,104 City: 22
Hwy: 25

Other Choices:

The 2008 Lexus GS 450h is a class in itself. There are no competitors that are hybrids and emphasize performance; the Honda Accord Hybrid was the only other one, but it was discontinued after 2007. The Camry Hybrid and Altima Hybrid are the closest competitors, perhaps, but they're both about half the price of the GS 450h and don't provide anything close to the driving experience. Each of them, however, returns mileage in the 30s. The Mercedes E320 Bluetec might also be considered a competitor by some accounts; it has an attractive, luxurious interior that's roomier than that of the GS, and its torquey turbodiesel engine provides surprisingly good acceleration and conservative EPA highway estimates of 23 mpg city, 32 mpg highway.

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