Lexus ES 350 overhauled for 2013
The Lexus ES 350 has been updated for the 2013 model-year, and made its official debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show.
The Lexus ES 350 has been updated for the 2013 model-year, and made its official debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show.
Last week, we drove the 2012 Lexus LX 570. A couple of years ago, we drove the 2010 Lexus LX 570. And four years ago, we drove the 2008 Lexus LX 570. So what has changed over the last four years?
Let’s face it, we didn’t have high expectations for the 2012 Lexus GS. We never drove the old model, which was never taken seriously anyway, and we didn’t like the way the new model looked in pictures, like a photoshopped Honda Accord. But then we started hearing good things about it in the foreign press, like how it was somehow better than the BMW 5-Series and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. That was enough to pique our interest, and we started to look forward to the GCC launch event at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.
It seems that Lexus is sticking that new corporate grille of theirs on every existing model now. It is now the turn of the 2013 Lexus RX 350 to get the “Predator” grille that first debuted on the 2012 GS 350.
The facelifted Lexus LX 570 debuted in the United States recently as the 2013 model, but the luxury full-size 4×4 has just been officially launched in the UAE, as a 2012 model.
Hot on the heels of a facelift for the 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser, its stablemate, the Lexus LX 570, receives a substantial frontal facelift.
The 2012 Lexus ES 350 is now available in the UAE, and looks the same as before. The best way to spot it is by the dealer-installed LED driving lights up front.
It feels like the Lexus IS 300 has been around for ages. To breathe new life into the nameplate, Lexus has now created the IS 300 C, a hard-top convertible that aims to kill two markets with one stone. We got this car for this Eid-Al-Adha, a brand new one with only 20 km on the odo.
Toyota’s luxury division Lexus is all keen to steal the show at the SEMA 2011 exhibition in Las Vegas, with the debut of the 2013 GS 350 F Sport featuring a unique performance and visual upgrade package. Though no visual extravaganza, the racing-inspired F Sport package does give the GS 350 some aggressive mien.
For those who thought Toyota can only make boring plastic trash, here is the reply. What we see here is a spy-shot of the Lexus LS-F TMG edition which has been reported testing at the Nurburgring.