Lexus LF-Gh Concept - the video
We can’t make our mind up if we like the look of the Lexus LF-Gh Concept – the likely 2012 Lexus GS. So we’ve grabbed a video for a proper look.
Lexus teased us with the LF-Gh Concept ahead of its debut at the New York Motor Show this month, and this week dropped a pile of LF-Gh photos and some outline information on us. And we were a bit dismissive.
A bit dismissive because we were expecting/hoping for something more than a concept which points the way to the next generation GS, which is what we’ve actually got.
But on reflection, is the Lexus LF-Gh Concept that bad? Well, no, of course it’s not, even if it does look far more ‘Concept’ than anything else, with its huge grill and angular, aggressive looks.
But maybe this is the route forward for Lexus. They’ve already demonstrated a predilection for ‘Pimped’ cars with mad Lexus models at SEMA and the LF-Gh could, with just a more garish paint job, fit in very well with those extreme Lexus.
But maybe, with a bit of taming, this will be the 2012 Lexus GS. We’re already wondering if it will be a plug-in hybrid as Lexus has given us no information whatsoever on the powertrain. Maybe this LF-Gh could return as the long-promised Lexus GS-F, complete with a 500bhp V8? That’d get our interest.
Maybe we’ll get more information at New York. Until then, we’ve acquired a video of the LF-Gh Concept for you to have a properly good look, and make up your mind.
Kalargyi says
Love the tail lamps but not the front grill. Front bumper looks like it hit something yesterday. Overall, shape is same as the prev. gen. GS. Way to go, Toyota.
Lexus GS owner.
YuJinLong says
Ugly. Really Ugly.
Trying to copy/outdo Audi’s ‘over the top’ grills doesn’t work for them here.
I’m sure it’s a very nice car, but that grill looks like an old fashioned ‘Cow Catcher’ on a steam locomotive, or a vacuum cleaner for picking up ‘road gunk’,
Or one of the alien’s from the movie “Predator”. Definitely needs a ‘re-think’.
Lexus’s are supposed to be beautiful, aesthetic, elite, refined & elegant, this is just crass & crude. And Ugly. Also looks kind of like a cartoon Walrus. Sorry.