Because you like the way it looks, love the way the leather feels and revel in the fact that your local Lexus dealer will kiss your ass with brand-appropriate comprehensiveness.

It s slow, whiney and hard-riding, with interior touches that serve an unwelcome reminder that you re not in a real Lexus.

· Speed Merchants: No

· Fashion Victims:

· Treehuggers: No

· Mack Daddies: No

· Tuner Crowd: No

· Hairdressers: No

· Penny Pinchers: No

· Euro Snobs: No

· Working Stiffs: No

· Technogeeks: No

· Poseurs:

· Soccer Moms: No

· Nascar Dads: No

· Golfing Grandparents:

· Manufacturer: Lexus

· Model tested: GS300

· Model year: 2006

· Price as Tested: $51,579

· Engine type: 3.0-liter six, DOHC w/VVTi

· Horsepower: 245hp @ 6200 rpm

· Torque: 230 lb.-ft. @ 6200 rpm

· Redline: 6500 rpm

· Wheels and Tires: 17 alloy, Dunlop 225/50R all-season tires

· Drive type: rear wheel drive: 0 - 60: 6.8 secs.

· 1/4 mile: 15.4 secs.

· Top speed: 130mph (limited)

· Fuel economy city/highway: 21/27

· NHTSA crash test rating front/side/rollover: Not rated

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