Interior

The GS 460’s interior looked like a men’s club. My test car had black-colored leather seats with red walnut wood and brushed aluminum trim. This black-on-red color scheme really creeped me out. It reminded me of Dracula’s living room, although sometimes I had flashes to the outfits worn by ’80s hair bands. Visibility was a problem with the GS 460’s high-set windows; they also don’t allow a lot of light in. With the retractable rear sunshade in place, the interior stayed cool and dark.

There are so many buttons in the GS 460 that you have to hunt for the one you want. I can’t figure out why Lexus needs separate buttons for opening, closing, tilting up and tilting down the sunroof, as well as multiple controls for the audio system. More buttons for adjusting the side mirrors and controlling the trip meters are concealed in a drop-down panel to the left of the steering wheel. On the plus side, the 7-inch touch-screen is standard, even without the optional navigation system. The Bluetooth system was easy to set up and worked like a charm. With all that technology, it felt like a NASA cockpit in there!

The wide leather seats are a bit firm for my taste, but they’re 10-way power-adjustable as well as heated and cooled. While there’s adequate storage in the GS, with a nice dual-level center console and fold-out door bins, there aren’t any open trays where you can set things like cell phones or other small, loose items. I often set my phone in the cupholder, but it was difficult to keep items at hand with only four cupholders and no bottleholders in the car.

In the rear, the molded seats made it hard for my booster seats to sit flat, and the recessed seat belt receptacles were difficult for my kids to use, especially if the rear armrest was down. The armrest houses two pop-out cupholders but no storage. There’s room in the backseat for three to sit across, but not three booster seats. It’d be really difficult to fit a rear-facing infant-safety seat in the backseat, especially if you had tall adults sitting in the front seats. The Latch connectors were difficult to get to in the GS 460.

My backseat setup was to have one child in a booster seat along with two older kids who used the seat belts. Everyone had plenty of room, but only after they managed to find the recessed receptacles. The rear seat belts were a major frustration of mine.

Storage Compartments (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Fair
Cargo/Trunk Space (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Ample

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