TheLexus GS(Japanese: レクサス・GS,Rekusasu GS) is amid-sizeluxury carsold byLexus, the luxurydivisionofToyota. The same car launched in 1991 as theToyota Aristoin Japan, but the Lexus-badged model did not appear until 1993. Now in its fourth generation, the GS sold under the Aristo name in Japan only until the release of the third generation in 2005.
Designed as aperformance sedancompeting in themid-luxury class, the GS slots between the entry-level/compact executiveISand full-size/flagshipLS, and shares its chassis with one of Toyota's longest-running platforms: theS-serieswhich has been used under multiple generations of theToyota Crownpremium sedans.