Lexus Reveals GS 250 Horsepower Details

What about the "h" after 250 in the title? Is it a typo?

There's no "jump in horsepower" at all. The JDM IS250 has always had 215ps while the US-spec'd IS250 has a lower power rating. The same motor simply got carried over to the GS250 which is not bound for the US that's all.

Foglights for the F-Sport!

A lonely GS250 isn't going to cut it. The GS needs more engines in non-American markets in order to be even remotely competitive. I can see the new GS needing a sub 2-liter motor, both in gas and diesel form for many European and Asian markets where there is an engine capacity tax on anything above 2-liters. I'm amazed at how Lexus continually refuses to adapt to local market conditions and then scratch their heads and wonder why their cars don't sell. American-style luxury doesn't work well outside of North America. Lexus needs to adapt their products to suit local tastes and for Europe and Asia that means smaller engines, diesels, different trim levels etc. The more engine choices, trims etc. the more appealing their cars can become. A wagon version of the GS is also a must for Europe.

The 2.5 is a perfect mid-gen upgrade for the CT, along with the new Camry Hybrid engine BD

Is a GS250 even going to be able to get out of its own way?  The IS250 is very underpowered compared to the IS350, I can't imagine that engine in the larger GS.

I always had the impression that the IS 250 had 204 hp in US and 208 hp in Europe.  Can someone explain to me where these 212 hp / 215 ps come from?

People! I am from Poland and I love Lexus , I dream about getting new GS but with all thouse huge engines it is impossible for me to afford it, I hope they will make GS with "shity" small 2.5l  engine , so people like me will have a chance to own one. And I don't give f...k that will be slower then the others brands , you love Lexus for somthing else than just acceleration. 4x4 is must have !!!!!!!! I don't see other choice.. 

I used to love lexus, but this is getting so lame ! they are basically just using the same engine over and over and over without any improvement.... at all

The european version of the IS 250 has 208 PS. The Japanese has 215.

Hi! I like the new GS it is a wonderful car. It is going to be a success all over the world except Europe (i am from Europe). There it will fail big time. There are several reasons for that: 1. No wagon variant. All competitors have that, half of these cars are sold as wagons. Makes -50%for Lexus. 2. No diesel Engines. Cars of that size are used mainly for highway/autobahn travelling. On the Autobahn even the revised GS450h (it is still a 290hp Gasoline Engine!) has a hard time keeping it up with the fuel consumption compared to a 2 Litre 180hp Diesel. 2 Liter Diesels are the biggest sellers in that category. Again -50% for Lexus sales. Only 25% of original potential customers remain. I see no reason whatsoever for not putting the Toyota 2,2 D-CAT engine in the GS. One litre diesel is usually about 5% cheaper than gasoline.  3. Only 1 Gasoline Engine (4GR-FSE) that is already showing its age concerning fuel consuption. No stop-start, which lowers the combined-cycle fuel consumption by about 5% at the expense of a better starter-motor. All competitors of the GS using forced induction inline 4 engines (A6, E, 5er) outclass even the IS250s fuel economy by 25%. Although real world difference will be much smaller, everybody looks at the "window Sticker number". In some countrys taxes go with displacement, so one more reason to avoid the silky-smooth yet tax-intensive Lexus V6. I would say -50 again. 4. No AWD in western Europe. A large number of Audis are sold with quattro, same goes for Bimmers x-drive. I estimate -25% again. The Russian GS350AWD has a 180kmh (112mph) limited top speed. They cant bring that to western Europe, the car would be ridiculed all over the press as the proof for Japanese incompetence. I drive my Auris 1,6 Valvematic (basically a Corolla E15-hatchback) at speeds above that for hundreds of kilometers on a regular basis. 5. No manual transmissions available. More than half of the cars we are talking about are sold as MT. We like to have MT cars here. I myself would never buy an automatic transmission in a car (in a hybrid yes, but not in a standard car) and i do not know any people that like AT. Even my dad, a couple of years ago, (he likes evrything that is smooth and silent and refined) chose a standard camry with an inline-4 over the GS300 just cause he felt utterly bored without the need to shift gears. So i guess its minus 70% on the remainig potential customers on this one. 6. If there is again that impossible combination of features like in all other Lexuses the it will be again down for another 20%. Like on the RX you have to have leather seats if you like the HUD. I would pay an extra-fee if i could choose the features more freely. So this gives us --> 0,5x0,5x0,5x0,75x0,3x0,8=0,0225 I would expect the GS to sell in numbers of about 2 percent of the numbers of a BMW5 series or Audi A6. And even if I hate to say this, history will proove me right. Somebody bring this post up again in a year or so from now and it will check out as i predicted.

The fuel consumption numbers for both GS350 & GS250 on the EU cycle is shockingly inefficient when compared with, say, 535i or E350 CGI or even A6 3.0Tq. Again the CO2 numbers are nothing to shout home about. The GS250 is a good start, but it's running costs on taxation level in many countries will probably be even more than it's Euro competitors with engines that are one grade above it. Lexus/Toyota cannot only rely on the US market, they must branch out & in order to be successful they have to utilise the full range of resources available from the parent.