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    jezze
  • January 27, 2014
not bad!
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    Lexus Cohen
  • January 27, 2014
It's actually not bad.
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    Mike DeLorca
  • January 27, 2014
I often wondered that with TMC having the Venza, why not have something similar with LEXUS ? When the Venza was introduced, Management expressed it was a soft impression of LEXUS or "LEXUS LITE". Could the company consider it worth while?
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    mgoldwire
  • January 28, 2014
That actually doesn't look half bad. Might sell well really.
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    Carson
  • January 28, 2014
If this was priced competitively with the German marques it would sell very well I believe in Europe. Never going to happen though.
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    Lexusman
  • January 28, 2014
Please don't! If you want to buy a wagon, go to Toyota. Avensis is a good choise! Lexus does not need to run after trends just to impress AUDI/BENZ/BMW and satisfy every niche. Keep on building F-Sports for every model and start reenforce image in direction to Maserati and Porsche. That is where Lexus perfectly suits. The upcoming NX300h and NX200t are covering that wagon-field already. By the way: For the ES it would be better to be a Toyota. ;) Regards, Lexusman
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      Carson
    • January 28, 2014
    Well BMW sells around 200k 3 series each year in Europe. I'm not sure what percentage are in wagon/estate format, but in many countries it is >50%. I think it is correct to say that BMW, Audi and MB each sell more wagons in this class alone than Lexus' entire sales in the region. So it is a very big market that Lexus is choosing to ignore.
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    Travis
  • January 28, 2014
Would not happen. Lexus would make a whole new car for the shooting brake ( what a stupid name ) then do this to the ES. Even tho I do believe Lexus needs a wagon kind of car in their lineup
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      wasapasserby
    • January 28, 2014
    Mercedes didn't invent the term shooting brake -- it's been around for over a hundred years. It would save R&D for Lexus to develop a shooting brake off an existing model such as the ES (or GS).
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      Travis
    • January 28, 2014
    Yes it would save them money but at the same time if Lexus is trying to move upmarket they cant just build off existing models.
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    BOSS
  • January 28, 2014
Yes, make it for the European market only, thanks.
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    Chaimkel
  • January 28, 2014
I would sell my 530xi Touring and buy one of these in a heartbeat (if available in Canada). What an enormous market Lexus is ignoring! There are no *reliable* wagons available in Canada (i.e. Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Acura, Nissan, and Infiniti don't offer any in Canada), so I hope Lexus solves this problem FAST!
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    Ruqis
  • January 28, 2014
The Mercedes CLS shooting brakes is a joke
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    Thomas
  • January 29, 2014
It's not a shooting brake. Neither is the Merceds CLS SB.

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