With 241 horsepower, it's still suitably powerful for the larger GS, and it helps return an EPA-rated 26 mpg combined. It has the same turbocharged four-cylinder engine that Lexus has installed in its smaller IS sedan and RC coupe this year. For 2016, the new GS 200t is the most affordable GS of them all. This midsize luxury sedan remains a feature-rich, comfortable and competent performer. In case you have two minutes to spare I invite you to define your needs, desires and budget and see which car would be chosen by the virtual adviser™, out of 12.000+ vehicles we currently have in our database.While the 2016 Lexus GS is still fundamentally the same car as last year, an additional engine choice and a cosmetic face-lift fleshes out its presence this year. What should decide here though is the way you feel about the two vehicles, and I hope you'll find my guidelines useful in the process. In any case that's my personal view, built upon all the data available to me. All together, there's not much more to say, in this case I wouldn't even consider anything but Jaguar. It does come at a cost though, and that's the fuel consumption. It all continues in the same direction, with Jaguar being considerably quicker, thus putting more smile on driver's face. In my opinion, everything taken into account, the British car beats the other contender by far, making it the best choice without even considering other things. The most important thing when deciding between any two vehicles should always be safety, both passive and active. Lexus appears just a bit more reliable, although the difference is truly marginal.
When it comes to fuel economy things look pretty much the same for both cars, averaging around 8.1 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers (35 mpg), in combined cycle. In addition to that it accelerates all the way to 250 kilometers per hour, 20km/h more than the other car. Jaguar is undoubtly more agile, reaching 100km/h in 2 seconds less than its competitor. We should definitely mention that owners of cars with the same powertrain as the British car rank it on average as 4.5, while the one under the competitor's bonnet gets 5.0 out of 5. Unfortunatelly, I don't have enough insight that would allow me to comment in more details on the specific models level.
That's the official data, while our visitors describe reliability of Jaguar with an average rating of 4.1, and models under the Lexus badge with 5.0 out of 5. Manufacturers have been building their reliability reputation for decades now and, generally speaking, it appears that Lexus as a brand displays somewhat better results, at least on all of the models level. Both vehicles belong to the luxury car segment, which is generally a very good thing safety-wise, still it doesn't help us solve our dilemma, does it? Reliability That aside, let's consider some other aspects which affect safety. The fact that the Jaguar got tested by the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), while the other contender didn't, puts it sky-high safety-wise, in my eyes at least. The first one has a Jaguar-engineered powertrain under the hood, a 6-cylinder, 24-valves 380hp unit, while the other one gets its power and torque from a 4-cylinder, 16-valves 245hp engine designed by Toyota.
Considering they both belong to the luxury car segment and utilize the same 4-door sedan body style and the rear wheel drive system, it all comes up to the specific petrol engine choice they offer. Well, these are two pretty similar cars we have here! It's only details that could potentially make the difference.