Top Gear has a comparison of the 467-horsepower Lexus GS F and the M5 30 Jahre, the 30th anniversary 600-horsepower edition of BMW’s super sedan — despite the power difference, it was a close competition:
But what I’m trying to convey is that you shouldn’t write the Lexus off – in fact although this isn’t a very super-saloony comment, if the Lexus had a simpler, more satisfying interior design and a less hopeless infotainment system (the mouse set-up is utterly awful) it would have run the BMW closer.
The GS F is a less polished, honed and deft product than the M5, the Hyde side lurking closer to the surface. But there’s something to be said for that: it’s a little less grown up, arguably the more fun, thrashable and amusing of the pair.
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