It's there but it's not what you think it is I am betting. It confused me too. The Lexus Intuitive Parking Assist system is a sonar based parking aid available on many Lexus vehicles, designed to make parking easier and help prevent scrapes and dings. Sonar sensors are installed in the front and rear bumpers to detect obstacles in the vehicle's path. When an obstacle is detected the system shows their distance on the Navigation and multi-information displays in the vehicle. As the car gets closer to the objects the system will also sound warning beeps to warn you of an impending collision. I think Brake assist is a part of that. You'll know it if you've ever gotten too close to a car or had someone walk out behind you really fast. It's JARRING!

 

I believe the only difference from standard parking sensors and this package is the automatic braking? I find it ridiculous that intuitive parking with brake assist isn't standard on a $50k vehicle, but oh well. I certainly don't rely on sensors, but it's a nice feature to have.

 

On Lux and Ultra Lux it's included but you are right, you must pay $2,410* to upgrade to the premium package. to get that feature.

I forget what trim's you were in line for.

In my experience, I have found that the most popular build specs for the ES are the Prem. and Lux packages. Typically that feature is included so while I am sure eventually down the road even base models will probably have this feature as standard. But in practical terms, it will probably be on the car you will choose anyway. :-)

 

My 2022 ES350 Ultra Luxury that’s going to be built next month in May will have this Intuitive-Parking Assist feature in it. Here’s a picture of the second page of the printout of the build sheet that the general sales manager gave to me when he got the allocation for my Ultra Luxury. It shows this feature on the bottom left hand corner of the build sheet. On the top left hand corner of the first page of the build sheet it also shows the vin number of my Ultra Luxury.

 

I'm in line for an F Sport trim. Yes I'm definitely not going for the norm and F sports in general are hard to find around here in the Bay Area. I found one, test drove it, thought about it for a week and it was gone, but it wasn't in the color I want, so no missed opportunity there. I love the aesthetics of the trim, so I'm going for it. Lose out on a few luxuries, my biggest gripe being memory seat, but I can overlook that.

 

I didn’t know that the F Sport trim doesn’t have the memory seats. I’ve noticed that the Lexus dealerships up here in my area in New England all have the ES F Sport on their lots. They sell very quickly though probably because most of the F Sports are a pre purchased allocation.

 

Yeah which is stupid for a $50k luxury brand car with electric seats. Oh well I won't lose sleep over it.

As for intuitive parking assist, I guess that was an option for the F sport trim before but it was removed. It's a $550 option I believe. I have my Vspec sheet on my computer, but not on my phone.

 

Just tonight I paid $1000 deposit for my special order on my ES350 L. The order will be submitted to Lexus on April 19. I will take receipt in approximately 4 months. Happy camper.

 

CONGRATS, what features/colors did you opt for?

 

Nightfall Mica/Palomino, Mark Levinson pkg, intuitive parking pkg, trunk kick sensor, full glass roof, alloy noise reduction wheels/locks, no spoiler.

 

Excellent color combination and option choices. Quick question. Why did you pick the ES350 Luxury instead of the ES350 Ultra Luxury? The Ultra Luxury would have more standard features in it plus a few more additional options that the Luxury doesn’t have.

 

Thanks. The only difference is the nav system which I do not want. This is my 4th ES, never opted for the nav system, has to be updated etc. My iPhone gets me there easily.

 

Well said, the bigger screen is nicer but 2k nicer....eh. You definetely picked some great choices and cut some of the fat like the Heads Up Display. Just curious since you mentioned being in NoVA, do you go to Pohanka or Lindsey? I go to the former and big fans of them, they are super nice

 

Pohanka. Have gone to Lindsay in the past but they really let me down big time this time around.

 

Doesn’t the nav system also come together with the ML audio system as an option in the Luxury and the Ultra Luxury model? I’m not 100% sure, but I think that the nav and the Mark Levinson audio system are integrated together as one option in the Luxury and the Ultra Luxury models. I also think that the HUD (Heads Up Display) is nice to have on the Luxury and the Ultra Luxury models too.