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- ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER has spy shots of the new Lexus ES, which debuts February 8 at the Chicago Auto Show.

Slated to arrive in late spring, the fifth-generation Lexus retains its conservative design, with a power boost to 245 hp widely predicted in the press.However, with the ES based on the same platform as the new Camry, which boasts 268 hp from its 3.5-liter V6, it's likely that we will see a little more oomph in the ES.

Check back for our Chicago Auto Show coverage with full details!

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Osnabrueck

I recon it looks pretty good. The overall heft of the body remains rather unpalatable, but the look is very much in line with the new IS and LS - which is a good thing.

Don't care for how the "kickup" is handled on the C-pillar, but the other Lexus styling cues seem to work.

Alx

I think its nice and modern and like you said Osna, goes with the new model line-up. Should do well for Lexus for sure...

audi_rudy

sure it may do well but it defently is not the prettyest car out there..i actually find it kinda ugly. just look at that center consoul

BKK-ES

Base on new camry? So it should be front wheel drive, right? By the way, it looks good to me.

Merc1

Looks a whole lot better than the current ES I must say. The current car looks terrible to say the least. The interior is particularly attractive.

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Snake Vargas

I barely know what the current ES interior looks like. The whole car was rather unappealing to me.

That said, does anyone know where this new ES will be made? Lexus in Australia have made no mention of getting a new ES, and the 'current' one has just been phased out as the Lexus price leader in favour of the IS. In fact, Lexus Australia have been trumpeting that their lineup is now wholly RWD or 4WD, so it seems somewhat unlikely they'll renege and reintroduce a FWD ES so soon. All of which brings me back to the point, could this new 2007 ES be a US domestic market only version? Or is it actually merely a completely rebodied version of the current one?

Anyhow, the whole car doesn't look too bad, better than the current ES. The rear window is a little too raked for my liking, in a car with a smallish cabin it makes it look strangely proportioned. Not to mention the 'mass' of the rear sides above the rear wheels. The interior console looks weird with that loopy mess, but other than that, I can see the car doing well enough, where the current ES does satisfactorily (in America at least).

Alx

Introduced to Chicago - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER, model exclusively USA that becomes part to half road between the IS and the GS, with a styling decidedly more softly, less adapted to the European tastes.

As far as the contents, as usual of excellence. The motor is the same one of - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER, with 276 344 horses and Nm, than coupled with the new automatic transmission to 6 relationships concurs one acceleration from 0-100 km/h in 7 second ones.

Much rich, obviously, the equipments, are of electronic systems, are of systems for the emergency (8+2 airbag), are of equipment for the comfort of the passengers, comprised the audio system Mark Levinson with income for the iPod.
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The Artist

i just checked that car out at WCF.. looks very wierd to me.. something is wrong with the proportions..

warot

The rear lights look so Asian... it's a mix of Kia, Toyota and something else. Totally unattractive to me. Front looks ok though.

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