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Old Sep 14, 2018 | 12:50 PM
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I was at the local Lexus dealership yesterday having my car serviced so I took a look around the showroom. They had a 2019 ES 350 F Sport black with black interior and all I can say is WOW. Such a beautiful car, especially with the F Sport wheels. It really is an impressive evolution in this gen. Don’t tell my fellow LS owners, but for a split second I thought it was the new LS from the side.
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Old Sep 15, 2018 | 08:41 PM
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Yes, the shape of the new ES is very similar to that of the new LS from multiple angles. My local dealership had the two (both white) parked side by side on the showroom floor and it was difficult to differentiate. The LS hood is longer.
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Lexus of ABQ had a new ES the same color as mine and pulled it up for me when I was dropping mine off for service today.

It was a base model with no options.

The interior seemed cheap-looking.

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Old Sep 20, 2018 | 08:04 AM
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Pic wouldn’t load last night.


And still won’t upload. Ugh

Is anyone else unable to upload any photos from any device????

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Old Sep 20, 2018 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 355F1
Lexus of ABQ had a new ES the same color as mine and pulled it up for me when I was dropping mine off for service today.

It was a base model with no options.

The interior seemed cheap-looking.
I recently sat in a Luxury trim ES350 and thought overall it was OK. I wasn't wow'ed but will be taking a closer and longer look at the new gen in the near future. With the ES350 UL listing at around $52k nicely equipped there are some other competitive models in that ballpark to look at. It will interesting shopping. Even with all of the focus on CUV's and SUV's Lexus will have a hit on their hands with the new
ES.
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Old Sep 20, 2018 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 355F1
Lexus of ABQ had a new ES the same color as mine and pulled it up for me when I was dropping mine off for service today.

It was a base model with no options.

The interior seemed cheap-looking.
Cheap looking compared to what? Base model is NuLuxe so not real leather - what else was cheap looking about it?
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Old Sep 20, 2018 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mikemu30
Cheap looking compared to what? Base model is NuLuxe so not real leather - what else was cheap looking about it?
Actually, I think that Nuluxe looks as good as leather on a Lexus...
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Old Sep 20, 2018 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mikemu30
Cheap looking compared to what? Base model is NuLuxe so not real leather - what else was cheap looking about it?
Cheap materials inside the cabin, not just the seats.


I have a 2017 ES 350 UL.

Let me try to upload the pic again.
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Old Sep 20, 2018 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by bc6152
Actually, I think that Nuluxe looks as good as leather on a Lexus...
FINALLY. LoL. Pic below


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Old Sep 21, 2018 | 06:41 AM
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Not sure what that picture is supposed to show us.
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Old Sep 21, 2018 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by mikemu30
Not sure what that picture is supposed to show us.
It shows us this:

Originally Posted by 355F1
Lexus of ABQ had a new ES the same color as mine and pulled it up for me when I was dropping mine off for service today.

It was a base model with no options.

The interior seemed cheap-looking.
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Old Sep 21, 2018 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike728
It shows us this:
That part I had figured out.
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Old Sep 21, 2018 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mikemu30
Not sure what that picture is supposed to show us.
It's the front end of a 2019 ES Grey Nebula versus my 2017 ES Grey Nebula. lol
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