2006 Lexus GS300 AWD Road Test
Do you hear that? Of course you don't. This is an internet car review that you're reading, not a radio newscast or television report. But even if you happened to find yourself sitting in the front passenger seat of the new Lexus GS300, you would've been hard pressed to feel or hear anything but the faintest shudder after its driver pushed the 'engine start' button. As its needle dips to idle, just a smidge over 500 rpm, one thing becomes instantly clear: the be-all and end-all to automotive refinement doesn't come from a place with a hard to pronounce name full of letters accented with umlauts.