Lexus is set to unveil its new GS model - that would be the company's 5-series/Audi A6/ E-class challenger - at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California this weekend, but these undisguised photos of it have already leaked onto the web via a
Chinese blog site
And we're sorry to report that Lexus seem to have taken all the sexy bits from the LF-Gh concept that it showed off at the New York motor show back in the spring and, er, thrown them away. We'll know more when the car gets its official unveiling, but for now we're left feeling distinctly whelmed.
It still looks like an E60 BMW 5-series, however. Which is interesting in itself, because once upon a time the Lexus styling department used to spend its time putting tracing paper over pictures of Mercedes models, so the switch to aping BMW styling cues (which really began with the IS range) is an interesting one.
Does it mean Lexus has decided it wants to get all sporty? The LFA supercar would certainly seem to suggest so...