All-New 2026 Lexus ES Gets Electrification On All Models

🤢 Kinda feel it has a Snowplow face that only a mother could love.

Terrible style imho

202.3" long?!

This thing is huge, I don't know why it is so big.  Unless they plan to kill off the LS, which they say they are not doing.

The interior looks too sparse and boring.  Good that they did hybrid and full EV.  

Looks too much like the Camry, and the moldings on the doors look weird.  I am so sick of plastic moldings tacked on doors, why can't car companies just make a metal door without cladding and molding all over it like a 1990s Pontiac.

2 hours ago, Paolino said:

202.3" long?!

Good Point, my 2006 Escalade ESV is 198.9 inches long, so round up to 199 inches and it fits in my garage, but the house was built in 1962. It cannot fit in my sister's newer house from 2007, so I cannot see how these even longer new EVs are going to fit in a modern garage unless they feel everyone will just park outside.

WOW, parking lots that have small parking spots are going to be super tight with this car. Super long but not super wide as it is 4 inches shorter width than my Escalade. 

That is weird, long and skinny? Tacky overall and does NOT say luxury to me. 

Totally agree with @smk4565 that those plastic lines on the outside of the doors is TERRIBLE.

Lexus, year after year, styles in ways that make me wonder how people are buying them. Each generation gets a little uglier. At one point I really liked their designs (although I tend to prefer conservative designs).

I'm not quite sure what's going on with the doors... is that like a combination of woodgrain and plastic? Different types of woodgrain? Like the exteriors, the interiors of this and the current generation lost me...

43 minutes ago, Paolino said:

Lexus, year after year, styles in ways that make me wonder how people are buying them. Each generation gets a little uglier. At one point I really liked their designs (although I tend to prefer conservative designs).

I'm not quite sure what's going on with the doors... is that like a combination of woodgrain and plastic? Different types of woodgrain? Like the exteriors, the interiors of this and the current generation lost me...

And yet they are selling.  I don't get how their sales keep going up.  Although they did well on the new GX and the TX fills that 3 row SUV void that they had been missing, so maybe just getting into those 2 segments boosted sales.  

15 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

🤢 Kinda feel it has a Snowplow face that only a mother could love.

Terrible style imho

Your "honest" (while loving the look of the Kia van) opinion lol. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.

11 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Good Point, my 2006 Escalade ESV is 198.9 inches long, so round up to 199 inches

Ummm, what? How do you undershoot the measurement of YOUR OWN SUV by almost two feet in length? Exactly how drunk does one have to be to believe that a mid-size overdressed Camry is longer than an overdressed Suburban from 2006? Help it make sense.

10 hours ago, Paolino said:

Lexus, year after year, styles in ways that make me wonder how people are buying them. Each generation gets a little uglier. At one point I really liked their designs (although I tend to prefer conservative designs).

I'm not quite sure what's going on with the doors... is that like a combination of woodgrain and plastic? Different types of woodgrain? Like the exteriors, the interiors of this and the current generation lost me...

Agree. I've seen the higher trims of this (online, of course) and while the interior colors in those are better than what's pictured here, the overall look from the outside to the inside is a mix bag, at best. 

1 hour ago, surreal1272 said:

Your "honest" (while loving the look of the Kia van) opinion lol. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.

The same 6' 6" person who could "honestly" fit comfortably in the back seat of a Bolt but was cramped in a CX-9. 

12 hours ago, Paolino said:

Lexus, year after year, styles in ways that make me wonder how people are buying them.

I'm not much of a Lexus fan, but the new GX is freakin GREAT looking. 

2 hours ago, surreal1272 said:

Ummm, what? How do you undershoot the measurement of YOUR OWN SUV by almost two feet in length? Exactly how drunk does one have to be to believe that a mid-size overdressed Camry is longer than an overdressed Suburban from 2006? Help it make sense.

Agree. I've seen the higher trims of this (online, of course) and while the interior colors in those are better than what's pictured here, the overall look from the outside to the inside is a mix bag, at best. 

Doh, Yup, my bad, I was fast looking at the spec and see I looked at the regular. Good catch.

34 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

The same 6' 6" person who could "honestly" fit comfortably in the back seat of a Bolt but was cramped in a CX-9. 

I'm not much of a Lexus fan, but the new GX is freakin GREAT looking. 

CX-9 is still cramped on the Komodo dragon bang your head getting in and the way they design the seats. It is Cramped.

This is also why I have not bought a newer Escalade as GM changed the way the seats work and they are cramped also as the seats do not go down and back as far as they do in my 2006 Escalade.

Course with no support for AA / AP it is dead on arrival for all GM EVs.

In regards to the 2026 Lexus GX, better as they have de-emphasized the Predator Mouth grill, but still this is Ugly to me.

I saw some other pictures of the interior, and although I still don't like the style, it was nice to see some different color options, like a light green leather.

I actually like this. 

So we have not posted a story on the Toyota version of this same EV, Toyota bZ7 which I personally think is way better looking and is even better looking than the Tesla S.

Thoughts? @Paolino @ccap41 @smk4565 @surreal1272 @A Horse With No Name @oldshurst442 @Drew Dowdell

Toyota bZ7

Toyota full bZ family of EVs

The Toyota version looks better than the Lexus version.  And they should call it Avalon, instead of bz7.

I like the Toyota and Lexus just fine.

On 4/24/2025 at 5:34 PM, G. David Felt said:

So we have not posted a story on the Toyota version of this same EV, Toyota bZ7 which I personally think is way better looking and is even better looking than the Tesla S.

Thoughts? @Paolino @ccap41 @smk4565 @surreal1272 @A Horse With No Name @oldshurst442 @Drew Dowdell

Toyota bZ7

Toyota full bZ family of EVs

Dare I say they're actually very attractive... I'm very curious to know what the 2026 Rav4 is going to look like as I'm thinking about a small crossover and finally ditching sedans.

1 hour ago, Paolino said:

Dare I say they're actually very attractive... I'm very curious to know what the 2026 Rav4 is going to look like as I'm thinking about a small crossover and finally ditching sedans.

I also am wondering if the next Rav4 could look a bit like that bZ3X in the photo.

I will say this is the first time a car from Toyota has actually caught my attention as the bZ7 is pretty sweet looking.

1 hour ago, G. David Felt said:

I also am wondering if the next Rav4 could look a bit like that bZ3X in the photo.

I will say this is the first time a car from Toyota has actually caught my attention as the bZ7 is pretty sweet looking.

Time will tell. I'm also waiting to find out what the 2026 CX-50 (supposed to be refreshed) and CX-5 (new) will look like.