Curated Content Editor

7 Older Lexus Models That Still Look Great
by Jeffrey Bausch

BrownPride

My list:
1st-gen LS
3rd-gen LS (still looks good after 10 years)
1st-gen SC
2nd-gen RX
2nd-gen IS imo takes the cake, but maybe I'm biased because I drive one. Really nice looking car, especially after the refresh.

mmarshall

1Gen-SC....probably the best-looking Lexus product ever built.

GSCT

Maybe not best (I got to go with the LFA) but second best for sure. I don't know how they got that so right and the second gen so lame!

joedaddy1

iTrader: (1)

i always wanted to buy the 2000-era ES300.. probably the most "Japanese" looking Lexus ever built. If it was a 5spd automatic, i would be driving one right now. The 3.0 v6 from the avalon was buttery smooth..

mmarshall

Great vehicle, and beautiful wood-lined interior, but some versions from that generation suffered from faulty ECU programming for the engine/transmission that caused sluggish or delayed response accelerating from rolling starts at lower speeds.

RXGS

iTrader: (2)

My 2001 ES300 in charcoal gray with the black interior is still my favorite Lexus I've ever owned. My dad says the same thing and he's on his 12th Lexus.

Aron9000

I find this thread title hilarious. If you're counting 10+ years old as "older", Lexus has only made 8 models up to that point in maybe 1 or 2 generations.

Sedans- ES, LS, GS, IS
Coupe- SC
SUV's- RX, LX, GX

blacksc400

iTrader: (4)

Gen 1 SC for sure, timeless and still look good today, that's why I have had 13 of them, including every year model combo there was to this car

grayson73

Strange that there's a picture of the 4GS. It says it came out in 2011, but for U.S., the first year was 2013.

JDR76

It debuted in 2011 and the 2013 model first hit showrooms in Feb '12 as I recall.

SW17LS

I think a lot of them still look really good today.

Fizzboy7

How about one of the finest Lexus interior designs of all time? I still think the elegance and simplicity of this ES300's dash is better looking than most of today's overwrought creations.

airgas1998

hard to argue against that....domestic couldn't hold a candle to that interior back then.

Toys4RJill

One interior that I do not think looks great is the 07-12 ES350 interior. It looks so dated with all the buttons on some trims levels and the design was never all that great to begin with.