2013 Lexus ES350 First Drive: Luxury Without Pretense

Since its inception in 1989, the Lexus ES line has traded on its core values of composed practicality, restrained styling, and understated luxury. It has worked hard to distance itself from its pedestrian Toyota Camry roots, and it's not about to compromise its dignity with a flashy makeover just to get the neighbors talking. Let the Lexus LFA and LX lux-UV shoulder the fuel-swilling, in-your-face grandstanding for the brand; the ES is quite content in its role as an amiable friend to the aspirational masses. So when it came time to create the sixth-generation ES, Lexus made sure not to wander far from the same predictable formula that has put more than one million examples of the car on the road to date. (more…) from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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