Hi Joe Bruzek from cars.com the entry-level luxury sedan segment is
filled with small sporty cars were here with the 2014 lexus es350 and it's
neither small nor sporty but that's not a knock against its size is actually one
of its greatest strength and that happened in $MONTH 2013 18 yes 350 was
redesigned it went from being based on the camera platform being based on the
larger toyota avalon platform
let's take a look on the inside where that help the most lexus uncorked 4.1
inches of rear seat legroom when they switch to the avalon platform in 2013
and it's hugely noticeable the backseat is very very comfortable and the front
seat here is position where i would drive and this is how much labor I have
it's very comfortable and the low exhaust pipe and the chassis is also
great because there's not this huge divider here between the seats and even
if he had to put someone in the middle row they would have plenty of room is
well and this is not the kind of room that you're going to find in the
entry-level luxury sedan segment we're fortunate to test the ES 350 and the GS
350 side-by-side and for me one of the more notable standouts on the interior
with seating comfort is much more comfortable in the GS for my personal
taste
I like a lot of lower back support and I just didn't find that in the es which
impacted comfort on the long-haul I've been pretty satisfied with how the
interior looks I think a lot of materials are nice especially this
optional bamboo wood trim around the interior but other editors weren't as
satisfied especially with the quality materials on the dashboard and some of
the consistency and also the faux leather seating compared to the optional
real leather seating but for my taste I think it looks great
one of the things that you have to look at though is you have the toyota avalon
which has a very upscale interior very similar to the ES 350 at a much
discounted price the ES 350 is a very calm
for oriented vehicle and a ride smooth and there's a little body roll plus it's
only front-wheel-drive doesn't beg you to be thrown in the corners it's
respectful at what it does but it is no performance car but that doesn't mean
it's slow the 268 horsepower v6 is very potent even in the large sedan and it
even muscular sounding which is odd because it to be six but has a very
healthy acceleration and sound . Iran it
what's great about the b6 that it's powerful but it also runs on regular
gasoline and it gets its best mileage and its best horsepower using regular
and not premium like some of the other competitors what's unfortunate is that
you have this great v6 but it's only front-wheel-drive not from a performance
aspect of it needs to be a rural dr it's just that its spinning its tires pretty
frequently in the wintry conditions that we've been driving it and attracting
trouble getting a huge workout and there's no all-wheel drive option the ES
350 can be loaded with technology and connectivity with your phone and all of
it is controlled through the lexus remote touch interface now it's this
little thumb pad I works like a mouse and I like the way it works you have to
use it
see if it fits your comfort level but I'm very comfortable using this while
driving a lot of cars are including a text message functions through the car
where you can respond to a text message via the vehicles controls and alexis has
one of those features and they give you 15 pre-programmed responses the ES 350
trunk space is also notable just like the inside because of how much room it
has we found it easier to fit gear into this trunk then the lexus GS
now that's kind of where the ES 350 is notable that's with how much room it has
for the money a lot of time you have to step up a few notches and price to get
this much room on the inside and the trunk for around thirty seven thousand
dollars with destination you're getting a ton of room for not a lot of money
yeah