Lexus Indonesia today launched the new Lexus ES at the 2018 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS). The latest ES made its debut in China in April this year, and this is its first appearance in the region.
The seventh-generation XV70 is new from the ground up, and rides on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) GA-K platform, which also underpins the latest Camry. Lexus says it rivals the GA-L RWD platform used for the LC grand tourer and LS limo in terms of rigidity.
Looking very much like a smaller LS, the new ES is 66 mm longer and 46 mm wider than before, but sits 5 mm lower. The wheelbase has also grown by 51 mm, and all these figures contribute to the sleeker appearance – “provocative elegance” is what the design seeks to achieve. The dramatic spindle grille comes with vertical slats here and the 18-inch wheels are in a “Resonator” design.
For the Indonesian market, Lexus is bringing in the ES 300h, which is the hybrid model of the global range that also includes the ES 250, China-spec ES 260 and ES 350. The 300h combines a 2.5 litre Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder petrol engine with an electric motor that’s lighter, more compact and more power dense. The total system output is 215 hp. Power goes to the front wheels via a CVT automatic.
The equipment list is long, but highlighted items include a largest in class colour head-up display, 12.3-inch central screen, 17-speaker Mark Levinson Pure Play sound system, rear seat controls in the centre armrest (for seats, temp and audio), sunroof, kick-to-open powered boot, panoramic view parking monitor, three-zone auto AC with carbon filtration and nano-e, heated/ventilated seats and full LED exterior lighting.
There’s an “Ultra Luxury” variant which adds on power reclining rear seats, semi-aniline leather seats and acoustic glass rear windows to go with the standard front ones. The outgoing ES was a decent seller for Lexus Malaysia, so this new one should be heading to our market as well.
GALLERY: Lexus ES 300h official images
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Greedy UMW should bring this is. Being Hybrid, can get tax incentive discounts. Can even sell this below RM200k.
See BMW X5. From RM590k, with EEV tax incentive, the X5 40e can be sold for RM388k
Will they dare to do it?
This model looks good
S90 T8(AWD) is minimalistic, elegant, powerful, sporty, very good B&W sound system…ALSO VERY SAFE
Lexus ES(FWD) is more sleek and flamboyant…Luxurious Interior EXTREMELY plush trims very comfortable…Best feature is the Butt Cooler <3
Proton shud rebadge dis new Perdana
Front grille is like a bread slicer or even a paper shredder. Yucks!
Juara is like a bread van and Exora is like bread toaster. Happy?
Lexus and Toyota top quaity. That is why last month Toyota sold 11.500 cars, far more than Proton
Pity john, No 1 critic of Toyota in Malaysia. Don’t know where to hide his face now
For higher RV and reliability, go for Lexus. Volvo is no no no
LOL LEXUS RV IS BAD and OVERPRICE in Malaysia.
Furthermore , it is still using the upgraded version Takata air bags. ( safe or not still remain a mystery)
For safety , value for money and piece of mind Better go for Volvo ,
Lexus is NO, NO, NO.!!
LOL
Lexus RV in Malaysia already like a WATERFALL..!!
Volvo RV is terrible due to low demand in the market may be.
Too bad Lexus Hybrid is CBU…no tax extemptions :(
With Tun M back, can expect hybrid incentives to end too D:
All new Toyota Camry preview.
Even before Launching , the new Camry already look horrible as compare to current version.
Toyota designers are just stuck with old school minds and unimaginative nowadays
Toyota/Lexus shud sack their designers!
Proton already sack the previous designers for lousy local designs. Now rebadge Chinese cars much better.
Bro, hybrid tax incentive only applicable for CKD vehicles, which Lexus doesn’t meet the criteria.
Same issue goes to Prius & Prius C. For record, with incentive Prius costs approx RM140k vs RM210k currently (no incentive).
Camry hybrid is a CKD, and BMW X5 40e.
Don’t be an ignorant sod. BMW, Merz and Volvo has local factory to make the hybrid CKDs. Lexus Msia imports the cars CBU frm Japan so the tax incentives doesn’t apply. Same reason why the BMW X6 hybrid and i8 hybrid are so bloody expensive coz they’re fully imported.
Hopefully the full Toyota Safety Suite will be installed when it’s released in Malaysia.
Now refined sophistication comes standard with class-leading Lexus Safety System+ suite.
Never believe Lexus having the most sophisticated safety features other than the trusted Mercedes and Volvo features.
Toyota did lies , see what happen to the previous unintended acceleration and Takata air bags problems in the USA and other parts of the world before the recalls
German> Sushi>France>Korean>Sweden>China
Japan Jan – Jun, Lexus – 32,912 Mesidis – 32,503 BMW – 23,458 Audi – 14,052 Volvo – 8,724 :p
Volvo XC60 is reign Japan Car of the Year. What happen to Jepunis lords?
Poor Proton salesman john, still trying so hard to kutuk Japanese cars. Dah kalah teruk teruk masih nak buat kacau
Poor Toyota salesman Albert Yong, still trying hard to kutuk P1GeelyVolvo. Dah Jepunis markets rejected their local cars in favour of Volvo still masih nak buat kacau.
Toyota still sell more than Volvo in Japan wor. How is that a reject?
Like someelse said, Toyota/Lexus can only sell in Asian markets. Rejected by rest of the world.
Like someone said, Lexus is selling well in America & China(2 biggest market). So stop with your lies, john.
Nope. According someoneelse, Lexus is nowhere near best selling in either countries:
USA Jan – Jul (No.1 Mesidis – 192,902)
China Jan – Jun (No.1 Mesidis – 370,517)
So stop with your lies, AlbertKunta.
Selling well must be No. 1 meh? John, your lies gets more outrageous. First, you said Toyota is rejected in its homeland, Japan but someone proved you wrong. Then, you shift to say it’s the rest of world. Other people also proved you wrong. Now you want to continue with your lies. What do you want to gain from your lies?
Wah, even in Japan the German big three powerful. Surprisingly, Japanese car not popular in Europe.
Betui! Betui! Betui!
“What about Japanese brands, then? Well, the Toyota Yaris (2,780 units) outsold the Peugeot 208 (2,185 units) and Fiat Panda (2,135 units) in Greece, while the pure-electric Nissan Leaf took top spot in – you guessed it – Norway with 4,639 units sold. This is quite a feat considering that it outsold the Golf (3,891 units) and BMW i3 (2,450 units), the former being the best-seller in 2017.”
PT is here to burst ur fake bubble. U and ur bashers shud just go home and bash urself lah. Having “fake likes” dun mean u are right.
https://paultan.org/2018/06/29/check-out-europes-top-selling-cars-in-2018-by-country/
Meanwhile Top 10 selling brands in Europe H1 2018:
1. VW
2. Renault
3. Ford
4. Peugeot
5. Opel/Vhall
6. Mercedes
7. Audi
8. BMW
9. FIAT
10. Skoda
Sorry but none of the Japanese brands are in the top 10.
You can refer to this report here: “European car market achieves highest first half sales in H1 2018 – 24% SUV growth; diesels, MPVs down”
TOYOTA sell more cars than Mercedes and BMW combine in Japan.
Why is Mercedes and BMW sort of rejected in Japan with such low volume sales there??
to each their own….
this is an absolute stunner….
too bad its FWD tho….
At least FWD murah sikit. ES was cheaper than IS because of this
Lexus is Toyota. Toyota is a good seller. See Malaysia, Toyota sales from 2000 in May jump to 11500 in June.
All the negative anti Toyota fanboys terus diam.
Ugly grill
nothing special
just a glorified Toyota only.
Cannot compare to better looking German and Swedes designs.
Better compare to China and India car only
May I ask how old are you?
People who say this car ugly usually drive myvi, viva, vios
Nah, more like those sambung bayar Proton owners who can’t pay for their car.
What make you such a stupid dumb ass to make this sort of assumptions?
love Germans and Swedes more and also owning ///
Lexus RV is like a terrible Free Fall in Malaysia , perhaps the demand is lacking and low .
But not as terrible as Proton. Proton RV is like fall of old gomen. Instantly no value.
One hell of a funny, boring and ugly grill
Even the C pillar looks boring
Not worth
Just passed on @@@@
May I ask how mature are you then?
This lexus is really a piece of shit to me ..
What says you?
Bashers are the shit, can only bash here and there in front of their computers. If you think can design better, why not show us your design? The fact that you can only this is a piece of shit before trying it shows how immature you are.
Bro, jangan la kata “glorified toyota”.
Better kata “glorified perodua”.
Hope is satisfy your sarcastic needs while other Lexus driver drives happily in their enhanced sound insulated vehicle.
GeelyVolvo XC60 is Jepun Car of the Year.
All the Jepunis fanbois terus diam.
GeelyVolvo XC60 is Sweden Car of the Year. All the anti Jepunis fanboys terus diam
GeelyVolvo XC60 is World Car of the Year 2018. All the bashers terus diam. Lolz!
Lexus is Straits Times car of the Year and Technology car of the Year and yet bashers like the above still bising. Lol
even if this car is a glorified Toyota, look at the grille. full of bling bling effect.
now lets look at Proton Boyue grille, shall we? and err…
This Lexus ES 300h is in the “Same” class as BMW 530e & Mercedez E350e. In fact it beats the 5 series & E-class for refinement/comfort. What say you guys !!
Even the Japanese themselves admit that Nobody looks at the Lexus as same status as the Mercedes or other Europeans Luxury cars.
That’s why the lexus Division Head in japan was changed..
Lexus is Straits Times car of the Year
Big Deal! Its not even car of the year in its homeland. So what?
Proton is also not car of the year in its homeland. So?
Maybe U can tell why Lexus is selling well in America & China(2 biggest market) not to mention profitable too !!
Murica also picked Trump as their leader, what does that tells u about their choices?
Ha ha ha. I like your analogy of Murica. What about China? Are their choice same as Murica?! Oops, itu china tada choice
Let me chip in with this shared by other commenter. China Jan-Jun sales:
Mesidis – 370,517
Lexus – 74,451
If ur definition of selling well is in comparison with Mesidis, then Lexus is selling terribly!
Where is the link for the sales figure? Hmm?
Man, that is a beautiful car. Like a smaller LS. Loved the design of the 2nd and 3rd gen ES which had the frameless windows. But the generations that followed were boring to look at. This is a return to sexy design for the ES.
Gotta agree with u. Those bashers who said this car ugly are dumbass who fail in art classes. Can’t even draw a proper car on a piece of paper but want to condemn others.
Hahaha! Like someone above said. Bread Slicer. Can use this car to slice my daily bread! Lolz!
Sure, can slice the bread van called Juara according to someone else. Lol.
U do realise that bread van is oso known as Mitsu Townbox? Sama sama Jepunis wei! Fratricidal kantoi! Lolz!
U do realise that the first Proton used Mitsu platform right? Without the Jepunis, Proton can’t even make a bread van. Bashing the Jepunis means bashing ur own Proton. John kantoi again for bashing lol.