They still all have solid rears

I’m sorry. You confused me

That’s why pickup trucks aren’t one of the most popular vehicles in America.

I enjoyed my IS but I’m a bigger guy, and it just wasn’t that comfortable. My ‘07 LS was like driving a couch, but too floaty of a car to really enjoy. The GS’s have been just perfect: roomy, comfortable, but sporty-ish. I’ll probably be the last guy buying Lexus GS’s.

I got the ‘08 IS350 in ‘08, had it for two years. Traded for the ‘07 LS as I was doing 60 miles highway a day to work. Bought a Jeep for the weekends then got into offroading. Sold the Jeep, traded the LS for a new ‘11 FJ Cruiser, moved to Colorado. Didn’t have another one until the ‘11 GS460 in ‘15. Very limited…

The only one of those I bought new was the IS.  The LS and both GS’s I got lightly used for about half price.  And didn’t really lose that much when selling them.

I can see that you and I will be fighting over the right blue GS-F when they crack below $40K :) beautiful car, but I don’t miss the rear legroom in my IS.

I never thought I’d see the day where someone would think that owning a BMW or Mercedes was akin to having a mid-life crisis.. What did I miss?

Go find a lightly used GS lexus and have your cake and eat it too. Gs450h. About 300 horsepower, hybrid, rear wheel drive, toyota reliable.

What were the alternatives?

Yes, the development of new technologies is more expensive. But that’s not what this particular Jalopnik article is about. This Jalopnik article is about the bifurcation of the market.

Are you citing an older Lexus? Because the 2019 Lexus ES hybrid gets 45 highway while the V6 ES gets 33 highway.

1995 Civic: 102-125 hp, 2300 lbs, 35/41 mpg depending on model.

We have 450 horsepower naturally aspirated V8 muscle cars capable of hitting 30 miles per gallon. We have turbocharged V8s making over 600 horsepower that can also hit 25-30mpg on the highway.

How about you go watch an old episode of CHiPs and look at LA’s smoggy skies

There is absolutely no reason that 1 person should be in charge of what is essentially the governments job to ensure that we have clean water and less pollutants in the air.

CA is the single biggest auto market

Go to a Toyota dealership and ask for a Supra manual to test drive. When they say no, test an 86 manual and buy it. BUY IT. Then drive it everywhere and post pictures to Instagram daily #toyota #wishitwasasupramanual #manualftw.

He was basically saying: “This is the last real sports car... even the next Supra will probably be crap.”

Frustrated that this documentary doesn’t get more mention, you’d think that everyone on the Jalopnik staff would be assigned this as essential viewing.