Joaquin Ruhi
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You read my mind, especially as to the LF-X Concept. Although derided by some (myself included) as something of a me-too lookalike reply to the original, groundbreaking Infiniti FX, it is, to date, the sole Lexus RWD-centric crossover concept shown by the carmaker.So the next GS can be something like LF-S with the LF-X as it's cuv
I love those both concepts
And i will be astonished and very happy if they get the opportunity to live on and translated to production model
The LF-S was before the panamera , A7 and approximately all except the CLS and the HPX or the LF-X was then the first rwd based cuv / suv
In this case they will have the 4 doors coupe and the performance cuv under 1 name the GS which will be differ from the awd , fwd based ES, with LS mated to LC coupe and IS mated to RC coupe the GS will get it's own cuv sport cross
Lexus definitely needs to tread carefully here. Fukuichi-san's comments that a "Lexus wagon" would be "Maybe not as tall as an SUV but not as short as a wagon. There could be some optimized packaging" sounds precisely like what BMW had in mind when it rolled out its 5-Series Gran Turismo with its height midway between the 5-Series sedan and the X5 crossover. We all know what a disaster and redundant model the BMW 5GT turned out to be...
I think it's a given that Lexus will be testing the waters with at least one concept to try to figure out which way to go. Reading the trademark tea leaves, the next Lexus concept will be LS-FC, obviously a closer-to-production teaser for the fuel cell version of 5LS, likely to debut either at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show in mid-September or in Tokyo in late October. Beyond that, though, the next Lexus concept may well give us a clue to the brand's post-4GS thinking. We may see it as soon as Detroit or Geneva 2018 (or even Tokyo 2017 if LS-FC debuts at Frankfurt)