2013 LEXUS ES350/ES300H: SOME PEOPLE LIKE VANILLA

摘要

ES is a perfectly acceptable midsizer, now with a hybrid you might really want. IF YOU THINK THE prospect of overhauling a flagship is daunting, consider the task of redesigning your company's second-best-selling product. The halo might be missing, but corporate profitability and the jobs of thousands rest on your shoulders. That scenario faced chief engineer Toshio Asahi as he embarked on a redesign of the Lexus ES, the brand's entry-luxury front-drive sedan and its best seller behind the RX crossover. His first step was to embark upon a 4,000-mile ride in today's ES to determine what worked and what didn't.