Video: Matt Farah Reviews the 2019 Lexus ES 350 F SPORT

Posted by Kevin on September 21st, 2018

Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire has fallen hard for the 2019 Lexus ES 350 F SPORT, calling it “the most comfortable, refined modern car I’ve driven”:

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spwolf
How does it compare with old prices?
More expensive across the board. Then of course it's larger and packs much more features than the 6ES. Cheaper than a base E200L.

FYI the current lineup looks like this:

ES200 'Elite' ¥279,000
ES200 'Comfort' ¥298,000

ES250 'Elegant' ¥325,000
ES250 'Luxury' ¥381,000

ES300h 'Comfort' ¥354,000
ES300h 'Luxury' ¥401,000
ES300h 'Prestige' ¥467,000

Some notes on common trim names Lexus uses in China:
Base trim is usually called 'Comfort', 'Excellence', or 'Avant-garde'. An even more barebones trim is called the 'Elite'.
Premium trim is called 'Elegant'.
Luxury trim is called 'Luxury' or 'Superior'.
Ultra-luxury trim is called 'Prestige' or 'Supreme'.
For ES and LS there is the final 'Executive' trim.
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spwolf
How does it compare with old prices?
More expensive across the board. Then of course it's larger and packs much more features than the 6ES. Cheaper than a base E200L.

FYI the current lineup looks like this:

ES200 'Elite' ¥279,000
ES200 'Comfort' ¥298,000

ES250 'Elegant' ¥325,000
ES250 'Luxury' ¥381,000

ES300h 'Comfort' ¥354,000
ES300h 'Luxury' ¥401,000
ES300h 'Prestige' ¥467,000

Some notes on common trim names Lexus uses in China:
Base trim is usually called 'Comfort', 'Excellence', or 'Avant-garde'. An even more barebones trim is called the 'Elite'.
Premium trim is called 'Elegant'.
Luxury trim is called 'Luxury' or 'Superior'.
Ultra-luxury trim is called 'Prestige' or 'Supreme'.
For ES and LS there is the final 'Executive' trim.
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spwolf
How does it compare with old prices?
More expensive across the board. Then of course it's larger and packs much more features than the 6ES. Cheaper than a base E200L.

FYI the current lineup looks like this:

ES200 'Elite' ¥279,000
ES200 'Comfort' ¥298,000

ES250 'Elegant' ¥325,000
ES250 'Luxury' ¥381,000

ES300h 'Comfort' ¥354,000
ES300h 'Luxury' ¥401,000
ES300h 'Prestige' ¥467,000

Some notes on common trim names Lexus uses in China:
Base trim is usually called 'Comfort', 'Excellence', or 'Avant-garde'. An even more barebones trim is called the 'Elite'.
Premium trim is called 'Elegant'.
Luxury trim is called 'Luxury' or 'Superior'.
Ultra-luxury trim is called 'Prestige' or 'Supreme'.
For ES and LS there is the final 'Executive' trim.
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@ssun30 that is pretty small diff in pricing... also is all of this with lower customs?
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@ssun30 that is pretty small diff in pricing... also is all of this with lower customs?
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@ssun30 that is pretty small diff in pricing... also is all of this with lower customs?
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@ssun30 that is pretty small diff in pricing... also is all of this with lower customs?
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Yes. The 6ES prices are post tariff cut. Pre tariff cut 6ES out-of-shop prices are actually similar. Dealers are getting all the benefit.
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Yes. The 6ES prices are post tariff cut. Pre tariff cut 6ES out-of-shop prices are actually similar. Dealers are getting all the benefit.
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Yes. The 6ES prices are post tariff cut. Pre tariff cut 6ES out-of-shop prices are actually similar. Dealers are getting all the benefit.
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Yes. The 6ES prices are post tariff cut. Pre tariff cut 6ES out-of-shop prices are actually similar. Dealers are getting all the benefit.
Joaquin Ruhi
Back to the main thrust of this thread: Lexus 7ES reviews. It seems that WardsAuto's Steve Finlay (as opposed to the customary Christie Schweinsberg) was waiting for Lexus to reveal pricing before posting his review from the Nashville long-lead preview. Worth the wait, though, for he provides a good read:

https://www.wardsauto.com/test-drives/team-engineers-help-highlight-new-lexus-es-350
Joaquin Ruhi
Back to the main thrust of this thread: Lexus 7ES reviews. It seems that WardsAuto's Steve Finlay (as opposed to the customary Christie Schweinsberg) was waiting for Lexus to reveal pricing before posting his review from the Nashville long-lead preview. Worth the wait, though, for he provides a good read:

https://www.wardsauto.com/test-drives/team-engineers-help-highlight-new-lexus-es-350
Joaquin Ruhi
Back to the main thrust of this thread: Lexus 7ES reviews. It seems that WardsAuto's Steve Finlay (as opposed to the customary Christie Schweinsberg) was waiting for Lexus to reveal pricing before posting his review from the Nashville long-lead preview. Worth the wait, though, for he provides a good read:

https://www.wardsauto.com/test-drives/team-engineers-help-highlight-new-lexus-es-350
Joaquin Ruhi
Back to the main thrust of this thread: Lexus 7ES reviews. It seems that WardsAuto's Steve Finlay (as opposed to the customary Christie Schweinsberg) was waiting for Lexus to reveal pricing before posting his review from the Nashville long-lead preview. Worth the wait, though, for he provides a good read:

https://www.wardsauto.com/test-drives/team-engineers-help-highlight-new-lexus-es-350
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I'm on a 7000km road trip and thus can't get a first look of the 7ES in dealers. However on our way I saw dozens of trucks loaded with the 7ES, C-HR, and new Corolla. Just from that rough impression I know this is a no-brainer.
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I'm on a 7000km road trip and thus can't get a first look of the 7ES in dealers. However on our way I saw dozens of trucks loaded with the 7ES, C-HR, and new Corolla. Just from that rough impression I know this is a no-brainer.
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I'm on a 7000km road trip and thus can't get a first look of the 7ES in dealers. However on our way I saw dozens of trucks loaded with the 7ES, C-HR, and new Corolla. Just from that rough impression I know this is a no-brainer.
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I'm on a 7000km road trip and thus can't get a first look of the 7ES in dealers. However on our way I saw dozens of trucks loaded with the 7ES, C-HR, and new Corolla. Just from that rough impression I know this is a no-brainer.
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spwolf
I dont think they are too similar? There will always be people who wont know the difference between old ES and new ES too, so I dont think we need to pay attention to them.

As long as LS looks great, filtering that down is not a problem, as we can see by MB. For instance, for me, BMW's dont make too much sense since 7 series does not look great... but I dont think anyone cares, they still sell, lol.
Agreed. There will always be people that won't know the difference between the cars and there will be car people that will. There are still people that get confused from older generation and newer generation of Audi, BMW, MB and Porsche. Especially - BMW and Porsche, they look the most similar to their older models.
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spwolf
I dont think they are too similar? There will always be people who wont know the difference between old ES and new ES too, so I dont think we need to pay attention to them.

As long as LS looks great, filtering that down is not a problem, as we can see by MB. For instance, for me, BMW's dont make too much sense since 7 series does not look great... but I dont think anyone cares, they still sell, lol.
Agreed. There will always be people that won't know the difference between the cars and there will be car people that will. There are still people that get confused from older generation and newer generation of Audi, BMW, MB and Porsche. Especially - BMW and Porsche, they look the most similar to their older models.
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spwolf
I dont think they are too similar? There will always be people who wont know the difference between old ES and new ES too, so I dont think we need to pay attention to them.

As long as LS looks great, filtering that down is not a problem, as we can see by MB. For instance, for me, BMW's dont make too much sense since 7 series does not look great... but I dont think anyone cares, they still sell, lol.
Agreed. There will always be people that won't know the difference between the cars and there will be car people that will. There are still people that get confused from older generation and newer generation of Audi, BMW, MB and Porsche. Especially - BMW and Porsche, they look the most similar to their older models.
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spwolf
I dont think they are too similar? There will always be people who wont know the difference between old ES and new ES too, so I dont think we need to pay attention to them.

As long as LS looks great, filtering that down is not a problem, as we can see by MB. For instance, for me, BMW's dont make too much sense since 7 series does not look great... but I dont think anyone cares, they still sell, lol.
Agreed. There will always be people that won't know the difference between the cars and there will be car people that will. There are still people that get confused from older generation and newer generation of Audi, BMW, MB and Porsche. Especially - BMW and Porsche, they look the most similar to their older models.
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2019 ES Configurator is Live:
https://www.lexus.com/models/ES
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2019 ES Configurator is Live:
https://www.lexus.com/models/ES
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2019 ES Configurator is Live:
https://www.lexus.com/models/ES
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2019 ES Configurator is Live:
https://www.lexus.com/models/ES
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2019 ES Brochure

https://www.lexus.com/documents/brochures/2019/MY19-Lexus-ES-and-ES-Hybrid-Brochure.pdf
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2019 ES Brochure

https://www.lexus.com/documents/brochures/2019/MY19-Lexus-ES-and-ES-Hybrid-Brochure.pdf
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2019 ES Brochure

https://www.lexus.com/documents/brochures/2019/MY19-Lexus-ES-and-ES-Hybrid-Brochure.pdf

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