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In Lexus' December 2021 announcement, many of us speculated about the back row of cars and what they were, and in that process, some of us were quite confused about the reduction of the spindle grill. This was paired with the "spindle body" announcement as an evolution of the grill, but I think many of us were curious what the new Lexus front ends would look like exactly.
RX gave us a clear glimpse at what this would mean and how the next generation would come to life, so I've been wondering what the next gen ES might look like. Specifically, I'm kind of excited about ES 500h FSP, so I've wondered, "What's that going to look like, exactly?"
I downloaded the high res BEV lineup pic, cropped it to just the ES and TX, and then played with the light a tad. Voila:
I know the TX has been beaten to death here, so I'll just say that similar to the renders, I expect there to be a small horizontal opening above the grill, then a larger grill similar to the RX below that. This is how Lexus is eliminating the beluga bump the RX has, I suppose. In this shot, that lower grill is either styled differently or sort of "pixelated out" to hide the final production form. Fine, as it goes, we should see soon.
But the ES is interesting. The shape of the front bumper looks intentional, a bit less pixelated, and I wonder if that's actually the final production front end for the next ES. It's an interesting half way point between Lexus' current lineup (even RX) and the BEV concepts if you look at the shape of the bumper specifically. The greenhouse and door panels look quite similar to the current ES, but some of that detail is obstructed by the RZ in this shot.
Anyway, just wanted to toss this out there since the ES generally doesn't get much love/focus, but it's one of Lexus' most important products and this pic is a very, very clear shot of the 8ES indeed.
RX gave us a clear glimpse at what this would mean and how the next generation would come to life, so I've been wondering what the next gen ES might look like. Specifically, I'm kind of excited about ES 500h FSP, so I've wondered, "What's that going to look like, exactly?"
I downloaded the high res BEV lineup pic, cropped it to just the ES and TX, and then played with the light a tad. Voila:
I know the TX has been beaten to death here, so I'll just say that similar to the renders, I expect there to be a small horizontal opening above the grill, then a larger grill similar to the RX below that. This is how Lexus is eliminating the beluga bump the RX has, I suppose. In this shot, that lower grill is either styled differently or sort of "pixelated out" to hide the final production form. Fine, as it goes, we should see soon.
But the ES is interesting. The shape of the front bumper looks intentional, a bit less pixelated, and I wonder if that's actually the final production front end for the next ES. It's an interesting half way point between Lexus' current lineup (even RX) and the BEV concepts if you look at the shape of the bumper specifically. The greenhouse and door panels look quite similar to the current ES, but some of that detail is obstructed by the RZ in this shot.
Anyway, just wanted to toss this out there since the ES generally doesn't get much love/focus, but it's one of Lexus' most important products and this pic is a very, very clear shot of the 8ES indeed.
