Reviews: The 2019 Lexus ES 350 & ES 300h

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A better and more positive than I expected review of the ES 350 F-Sport (save for complaints of minor FWD torque steer and the Remote Touch interface) comes to us from Autoblog:

https://www.autoblog.com/2018/12/07/2019-lexus-es-350-f-review/

I actually enjoyed driving it more than the BMW M550i, and I liked driving that car quite a bit. Seriously. No one is as surprised by that statement as the guy who typed it.

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Car Compare: 2019 Lexus ES 350 vs. TLX, Q50, MKZ, and Lacrosse
https://www.motortrend.com/cars/lex...-tlx-infiniti-q50-lincoln-mkz-buick-lacrosse/
In this on-paper comparison, we match up the best-selling Lexus ES against competitors we’ve previously driven

Conclusions

After a week in the Lexus I understand why the ES continues to outsell these four competitors by between 40 and 212 percent (Q50 and LaCrosse), and why its rate of sales decrease year-over-year was less than half what the others suffered from 2017 to 2018. It looks good from all angles except the front, and it goes about its business without any attention-grabbing engine or tire noises, automatically turning on its heated steering wheel and seats, then automatically turning them down about 10 minutes into a journey. It's a faithful automotive valet—solicitous, never argumentative, seen but not heard. Toss in a strong record for reliability and resale value, and what non-car enthusiast could resist? So in a consumer-focused Big Test focusing on packaging, safety, reliability, refinement, and the like, I boldly predict that Lexus would grab the gold. Second place might be hotly contested by a heavily optioned 300-hp Q50 Luxe AWD and Acura TLX SH-AWD. I see a Lincoln MKZ 3.0 Reserve II AWD finishing a close third and Buick's LaCrosse Avenir AWD bringing up the rear. Stay tuned to check these predictions against a future test—unless the category shrinks to complete insignificance before we get around to it ...

 

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@krew @Motor we all know that the ES crushed everyone in this test but instead of MT coming out and staying that they say.. paper comparison which is bull.. we all know that MT hates lexus so bad and instead of giving the company their due they insist on this nonsense.. They did the samething to 5LS didn't they @Ian Schmidt
 

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Instead of coming out and sayng the ES is the desivie winner. they used this BS...... its pathetic of them. They always try to take lexus down with Bullshit....

Agreed, they give the ES a big victory and tuck it away.


The ES is maybe as large as those cars but that is it. It is outgunned, those cars are simply a higher level and GS competition. The ES straddling the fence is going to struggle there especially its first attempt.

Acura has tried it forever with the Accord based RLX/Legend and it is clearly a step down. You can't mask its origins in this class.

Crossing my fingers for a next GS!
 

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The ES is maybe as large as those cars but that is it. It is outgunned, those cars are simply a higher level and GS competition. The ES straddling the fence is going to struggle there especially its first attempt.

Acura has tried it forever with the Accord based RLX/Legend and it is clearly a step down. You can't mask its origins in this class.

Crossing my fingers for a next GS!

Can't really blame the UK media for putting those cars against each other though, given that the GS has been cancelled in the region. Really though, I doubt many people buying an ES would be concerned with this result one way or the other.
 

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Can't really blame the UK media for putting those cars against each other though, given that the GS has been cancelled in the region. Really though, I doubt many people buying an ES would be concerned with this result one way or the other.

Yeah its a fair comparison since that is what Lexus offers now. I just feel that market is even more badge conscience than us in the States but the ES being a hybrid is a nice Ace to have.